Swift Air - The truth
08-17-2019, 11:02 PM
#611
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2009
Posts: 578
Originally Posted by randomroute
We have excellent travel benefits. Probably the best of any 121 carrier. Positive space on Delta/UAL/SWA and we get 3 vouchers every year to ship upto 10,000lbs at least 1,000NM on both FedEx and Kalitta.
Pay is pretty much acerage for a 737 carrier. 75 hour guarantee and 2:1 trip rig. Days on are about 8 for home based and 4 for MIA. Excellent benefits. Profit sharing every March. Hot F/A’s that love regional F/O’s and most importantly our management is the best in the industry. They will ensure thjs place stays around no matter what.
Aircraft? Well, I dont want to brag but its the friggin ‘73...youre easily gonna be the envy of your former peers....can you say autothrottles? No? How about autobrakes
No? How about “control wheel steering”?
I dont want to spill too much of the beans soup but we are pretty set and legit over here. Did I mention the girls in the back love regionals F/Os? If you get MIA-hold onto your hat...lets just say, ‘the beer flows like wine’
Come here for the plane, stay for the vacation package and small company charm.
Dont believe any of the horror stories about this place. We are second to literally none. Our service is beyond comparison. Also our CP is the biggest TOOL! He is literally always willing to extend a helping hand and not threaten your job when you question safety or industry standard. We are talking about a guy that literally “wrote the book”! Which book? ALL OF THEM.
121 SUP isnt for the faint of heart. Only come here if youre a real pilot.
Hey do me a favor, when you get here-save some girls for the rest of us! Alright bud, I’ll see you on the flight line
Pay is pretty much acerage for a 737 carrier. 75 hour guarantee and 2:1 trip rig. Days on are about 8 for home based and 4 for MIA. Excellent benefits. Profit sharing every March. Hot F/A’s that love regional F/O’s and most importantly our management is the best in the industry. They will ensure thjs place stays around no matter what.
Aircraft? Well, I dont want to brag but its the friggin ‘73...youre easily gonna be the envy of your former peers....can you say autothrottles? No? How about autobrakes
No? How about “control wheel steering”? I dont want to spill too much of the beans soup but we are pretty set and legit over here. Did I mention the girls in the back love regionals F/Os? If you get MIA-hold onto your hat...lets just say, ‘the beer flows like wine’
Come here for the plane, stay for the vacation package and small company charm.
Dont believe any of the horror stories about this place. We are second to literally none. Our service is beyond comparison. Also our CP is the biggest TOOL! He is literally always willing to extend a helping hand and not threaten your job when you question safety or industry standard. We are talking about a guy that literally “wrote the book”! Which book? ALL OF THEM.
121 SUP isnt for the faint of heart. Only come here if youre a real pilot.
Hey do me a favor, when you get here-save some girls for the rest of us! Alright bud, I’ll see you on the flight line
Was.
Awesome.
08-18-2019, 07:10 AM
#613
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: Gear Handle supervisor
Posts: 1,035
Originally Posted by TikkleMe
Well that’s not telling of how certain types feel they can make up their own rules as they go.
A lot of it was this agency they used didn’t do their homework. The requirements were they had to be under 60 and of course one of them ended up turning 60 in the middle, so that became a fiasco. Then they didn’t check to see what the FAA requirements were and brought guys that didn’t meet the reqs. Which obviously is a misstep outside of the contract on the agency’s part.
The FAA has audited our pilot flight times including our full time pilots to ensure meeting the hours. We have a few that say they meet it and they don’t after doing auditing, so those will have to be checked as they don’t add up and questioned with the FAA.
08-18-2019, 09:19 AM
#616
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: B-737NG preferably in first class with a glass of champagne and caviar
Posts: 5,912
Originally Posted by TiredSoul
In defense of the CP...he probably doesn’t know the rule.....
or most of the other inconvenient ones.
or most of the other inconvenient ones.
121.436 has been around for quite sometime. A number of expats, with less than less than 1,000 SICT under CFR 121 operations. Many upgraded an accumulated a few thousand hours of PIC. Many have returned and unable to get a DEC due to CFR 121.436. However, there are remedies... obtaining a deviation/waiver letter from the FAA. AOPA legal as well as private law firms are able to provide assistance in this matter.
With that in mind, I can’t believe that any CFR 121 operator, risking their certificate, would fail to thoroughly review and audit logbooks, FAA records, or PRIAs. Companies providing such services are paid to obtain information with the exception of logbook info.
Disclaimer... Investigating companies will perform services based on the degree of and intensity of the background check the airline desires.
Now I’ll say this... HR departments may not be aware of the ramifications and requirements of CFR 121.436. New SHRMers may not take the time to review the eligibility requirements, to serve as a crewmember under CFR 121.436, for new F/Os or DECs.
Last edited by captjns; 08-18-2019 at 09:56 AM.
08-18-2019, 10:50 AM
#617
Banned
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: 7th green
Posts: 4,378
Originally Posted by randomroute
or snj
Youre an F/O tool as well. You fit Swift’s ideal pilot metric.
Youre an F/O tool as well. You fit Swift’s ideal pilot metric.
08-18-2019, 10:55 AM
#618
Banned
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: 7th green
Posts: 4,378
Originally Posted by captjns
With that in mind, I can’t believe that any CFR 121 operator, risking their certificate, would fail to thoroughly review and audit logbooks, FAA records, or PRIAs.
We've got a number of F/Os who would be outstanding Captains RIGHT NOW except they don't have that magic 1000 hours of Part 121 time. However, I guarantee that the first FSAC after they ring that bell, they'll be scheduled for upgrade training.
08-18-2019, 11:13 AM
#619
All is fine at .79
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: Paahlot
Posts: 4,084
Originally Posted by Packrat
You obviously aren't familiar with captjns' posts here. He's got more time deadheading to/from work than you have in your logbook.
Just means he sucks at commuting.
08-18-2019, 12:51 PM
#620
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: B-737NG preferably in first class with a glass of champagne and caviar
Posts: 5,912
Originally Posted by TiredSoul
That doesn’t make him more right....or wrong.
Just means he sucks at commuting.
Just means he sucks at commuting.
Last edited by captjns; 08-18-2019 at 01:21 PM.
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