What if the Type cost $50,000, would that be ok? Then the people that Really Really wanted to be there could. And don't think for a second that somebody wouldn't pay it.

Life is full of choices.

Everybody draws a line between what they think they're owed and what they think they have to earn.

My line is somewhere North of $7000 and south of $50,000.

NOBODY got here for free.

Man!? There's an awful lot of hubris on the part of some of you SWA guys. All this it will never happen here or to me talk is usually a precursor to some rough patches. I wish you guys all the luck in the world. Honestly.

SWA never appealed to me for some reason. Maybe a 73 for the rest of my career or no chance for different exciting flying.... my fear of gas statons.... something... what ever it is, to each his own. All that vibrato and arrogance would worry me.

Gee, that is funny I also have a fear of windshear, especially going into DFW on the southern runways........


:rolleyes:

WOW! ...............
BTW, that was due to a relatively new discovery. WINDSHEAR. And before A LOT of training was put into that.
Not an unstabilized approach due to CREW!!!:rolleyes:

I don't think the windshear comment is warranted, dude. People are just arguing about paying for type rating, it's not a life and death thing.

For the record, I've got the biggest RICHARD here! Just kidding. To the original poster, good luck and God Speed with whatever you decide. If Delta hires you and you choose to come here, I'm certain you will love it. Take care.

Tom

I agree. People's fear of the unknown and uncertainty make them do and say strange things. All it would take is a Sum of All Fears type of event, and half of us would be out of work.

Tom

Paying for type
 

I don't think that paying for a type is ALL that bad.
If you want to work for SWA then you need to do what they
say. Its like any other requirement for 121 OPS.
1st class medical, and all the other crap.

If you don't want to pay for the education, then
don't apply there. Thats the program at SWA, it seems
to have worked good enough for them for 3 decades.

I have several types and never paid for any of them.

If you consider most other companies (part 91) Flexjet and the like
they will
spring the bill for training but want you to stick around for
a couple of years.
Nobody seems to be up in arms about that?

For me, I wish I would have went to SWA.
But at the time AA was the juggernaut, little did
I or anyone else know. Its all a big gamble.

Between the foolishness here there are some good points.

If you go with DAL, you are buying a stock at the low water mark. It doesn't mean the stock won't go lower. It does have good upside.

SWA is a chugging along. You buying a stock high. Then again...its a GOOD stock...proven performer.

Either way--a better question is where do you want to be an F/O for 10 years. I think either way--that's the real choice. Slowing growth at SWA, the young pilot group left at DAL, and age 60 going away all combine to mean the bottom half of the pay scale is the part you need to consider for a while.

Either way--you got a good choice. Good luck and pass on some pireps....