FWIW this email is supposedly being sent out by SWA. It was posted on another forum. I went to the Southwest website and the event isn't posted anymore. Did anyone else who signed up to attend the Open House get this?

Dear Pilot:

We are honored by your interest in Southwest Airlines and especially our Pilot Open House! We know you were looking forward to this event, as were we. Unfortunately, we had to cancel the Open House for this year based on recent changes in our hiring numbers. Gary Kelly, our CEO, announced plans to reduce our growth from eight to six percent to ensure continued stability for current and future Employees. With this change, our current pool of Candidates, selected from completed interviews, will sufficiently accommodate our Pilot hiring needs for the foreseeable future.

Though we are humbly asking for your flexibility and don’t mean to discourage you in any way, you deserve an honest, accurate picture of our hiring outlook. And, we wanted you to know this information as soon as possible. Please know that you are encouraged and welcome to update your application online at southwest.com on a monthly basis. Our sincere hope is that you will continue to consider Southwest for future employment as we believe Southwest is truly the best place to work.

Sincerely,
Flight Operations Recruiting
People & Leadership Development

 

Interesting, I just interviewed this month

-SS

 

SS
Did the people dept happen to tell you when the decision board is going to meet next. I interviewed on June 28th and they told me sometime in Aug.

 

August 14th

 

that blows!

 

But its "fair". This is age 60 showing up in the planning departments...

Love where you are for 5 more years guys. The train is sllllloooowing down industry wide. Hiring with be for growth only, as attrition numbers across the industry will shrink.

 

I heard that they are done hiring in August, but if you already had an interview then your good even if it was in July. A friend of mine just got his references called from a Jul interview.

 

Is that legit?

Tom

 

Yes, with about 300 in the pool, the interviews will slow quite a bit. When the economy picks back up, so will the deliverys and the interviews. Guys/Gals that just got the good news this last DB will not see the property till first quarter of 08.

 

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got the call this week. type will be done by aug 16th. when would you guess i could be on property? any help appreciated!