Originally Posted by
de727ups
"Even if SWA was my first choice it would have been a long shot for a guy from the northwest. Are you really that out of touch?"
Are you? So you think SWA doesn't like pilots from the Northwest? Ummm....yeah.....
"SWA is not my first choice they do not have any bases close to my home"
Oakland is closer than LAS, where you were based with National.
Sky, it's not so much about your personal choice not to want to fly for SWA. It's about you bashing the career and saying working for SWA isn't worth your time while 99% of the other folks on this forum would consider that a great career.
You can't bash the career in one breath and then try to tell us SWA is a crummy job in the next (Because they don't have a base in the northwest and all their pilots live in Texas). It's a crummy job for you. Anyone else think so?
You had better things to do than pursue the career. That's great. Don't tell the rest of us we should follow your path or we're fools. Lord knows I'm glad I didn't.....
"No one can really say what will happen.... Skyhigh 5/20/08"
I have also said that working for SWA would be a great job. It is just not for me. A big part of that is because I never had a chance at it.
Here is another earth shattering revelation for you. Last night I looked up where I would have been by now if I had made it to one of the legacy airlines back in the late 1990's when I was ready for it. It seems that even if my dream job would have come through for me I still would be an FO and would be earning less than the kid who installs tile at one of my projects.
Oh yea, and I also would be facing a furlough or lay off from most of them.
You are not a fool and I wouldn't dream of suggesting that you give up what
for you is obviously a fantastic career. Most pilots however will fall way short of your accomplishments. It is false advertising for you to proclaim how great the industry is based upon your personal good fortune. How can you honestly tell a kid that things are great with the industry and that it is a good place to invest yourself?
It is taken out of context but it is still true, "
anything could happen". All this turmoil
could blow away and the good times
could come rolling back in, however we also could be facing industry Armageddon. Our future lies somewhere in between. You are comfortable recommending this profession based upon past results. I however feel that following the trends over the last 20 years and projecting them into the future is a better indicator.
One f the things I learned while climbing the ladder is that you can not rely on information given from big time airline captains. The last time most of them had to look for a job was 20 years prior and they really were out of touch with the obsticles and opportunities of the present even at their own company.
It is much better to get information from those who were just a few rungs up the ladder ahead of you.
Skyhigh