End of 2024 Salary Survey
12-10-2024 | 09:34 AM
#171
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Joined: Mar 2015
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From: B737 Left Seat
ImSoSuss did you apply to SWA or interview? Just curious, but the recent low-mins trend until now as discussed mainly revolved around resume washing, similar to the “get hired outside of the flow” at AA idea.
12-10-2024 | 10:29 AM
#174
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 4,551
Likes: 394
I like this thread but over the years it has become
less of a useful tool and more of an argument over days worked vs days on duty, soft pays, total compensation etc. I work in round numbers anyway, so the info that I find the most useful is airline/fleet/relative seniority vs $$$.
There are always outliers and they are interesting, but they don't represent the mean.
12-10-2024 | 01:56 PM
#175
Line Holder
Joined: May 2015
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Topped out SWA captain with 4 weeks vacation
Jr in a Senior base.
Some Reserve but mostly Lines.
Block a little over 600
Averaged 11.5 days worked including unused reserve days.
485K salary
134K Bonus
54K NEC
Free health Insurance and finally uniform allowance and Free Parking!
Why did a lot of FO's leave? Many things. Boeing, Meltdown, Management Bafoonery, Contract Negotiations, and the dream of sitting reserve at a major and having to go back to training every three months to do your three takeoffs and landings. I think all those led to many career SWAPA pilots with a very bad attitude that made new people think that the culture was truely gone. I flew with many new guys with stories of Captains telling them they made a terrible decision coming th SWA. Management continually made bad decisions with furlough notices and a very contentious Negotiations cycle. Plus there are many who have gotten into this industry who have no idea of its history!
Jr in a Senior base.
Some Reserve but mostly Lines.
Block a little over 600
Averaged 11.5 days worked including unused reserve days.
485K salary
134K Bonus
54K NEC
Free health Insurance and finally uniform allowance and Free Parking!
Why did a lot of FO's leave? Many things. Boeing, Meltdown, Management Bafoonery, Contract Negotiations, and the dream of sitting reserve at a major and having to go back to training every three months to do your three takeoffs and landings. I think all those led to many career SWAPA pilots with a very bad attitude that made new people think that the culture was truely gone. I flew with many new guys with stories of Captains telling them they made a terrible decision coming th SWA. Management continually made bad decisions with furlough notices and a very contentious Negotiations cycle. Plus there are many who have gotten into this industry who have no idea of its history!
12-10-2024 | 04:54 PM
#177
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 13,215
Likes: 663
From: ir.delta.com
High Time Flyer here at SW. Denver Captain with about 10 years in the left seat and 5 weeks vacation. Not sure on the final numbers but block for the year will probably come in somewhere around 950 and of W2 of about 1.1 million. 219k of that was the Retro Bonus. Definitely worked harder this year than years in the past although I have been "playing the game" since I was a senior F/O in BWI back in 2012. It's crazy but it is not about the money...its about the game....which I love. Ironically I'm sure I am not the highest paid at this airline. I know personally a lot of guys who are smarter and work harder than I do.
12-10-2024 | 05:38 PM
#178
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 926
Likes: 19
From: B777 CA
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