Swa Hiring Numbers For 05 And 06

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06-04-2005, 12:48 PM

Sr. Barco

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Swa Hiring Numbers For 05 And 06

We have hired 250 pilots this year and are forecast to hire another 200 by year end.

2006 hiring is forecast to be 450 pilots total.

The most junior captains currently in class were hired 6 years and 2 months ago.

Here's some more miscellaneous stuff I recently heard from a pilot on the interview team:

Letters of recommendation from SWA pilots are not reviewed until you have passed the interview. Unfortunately these letters will not help you get an interview or help you pass it. However, once you pass the interview these letters carry a lot of weight. Obviously hiring is tight and they seem to be biased right now towards military pilots, especially fighter guys.

Sr. Barco

06-16-2005, 06:05 PM

SWAjet

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I sure hope it goes as planned. I'm prepared for anything to happen to Southwest in coming years.

06-19-2005, 10:34 AM

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As an aside, two recent classes have had a 50-50 mix of civilian-military in them.

06-19-2005, 11:46 AM

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Guys,

Thanks for passing the good news along to others....things are looking good for SWA but as always SWA is looking for great folks (like yourself)...thanks again for letting people know what our future looks like so they can plan theirs...cheers,

chase