I gave up 2 years at my previous Major flying 73’s and was gonna be #1 on the list for a few years at the end of my career. Similar reasons for leaving. Brutally slow seniority progression, single fleet, long upgrade times, and unknown desire to grow the brand at the time I left. I’m incredibly happy with my choice of coming to DL. Being junior in base and still able to get a line with tons of days off and schedule flexibility is great. The variety in fleets and different types of flying for different desires is a huge plus for me. We still are averaging around 500 mandatory retirements a year for the next 30 years.

you’d know better then any of us what the internals of SWA are looking like but it’s difficult to predict the future. I think either choice will result in a great career.