Southwest Pilots 10 yr and up scheduling...
12-31-2011 | 05:44 AM
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Southwest Pilots 10 yr and up scheduling...
Southwest seems to go with a "ton of little flights" per day. What does it look like for a 10 yr CA or higher with scheduling. Ever get to where you can knock out some flying and are home a ton of days per month?
12-31-2011 | 06:00 AM
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I may be wrong, but I would think a 10 year CA at SWA is at least 20 years away. Who knows what things will look like then.
12-31-2011 | 08:23 AM
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dont work there but i know that the min days off even for reserves is 15 and most trips are 3 days commutable on one end. I think that if you live in base at SWA you can make a ton of money and have a lot of time at home.
12-31-2011 | 09:11 AM
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A 10 year employee at SWA would be a junior Captain or a very senior F.O with Lance Captain status most likely. A quick look at the average line values at one base show the following: Average line toal just over 91 trips for pay. Average days off just over 18. Highest paying line over 106 trips for pay.
A very junior pilot will most likely be near the average values, possibly slightly lower or higher. A very senior pilot will most likely be able to pick where they want to be as like anywhere. If you choose to max out pay you will probably sacrifice days off to do so. If you maximize days off you will obviosly sacrifice pay in that scenario.
Remember that SWA does not have pref bid. All lines are viewable in total and you are able to have some concrete knowledge about exactly what you are bidding on. Lines probably vary more in days off and pay than a company that employs pref bid where lines are built around a specific line total for all pilots. All other line totals are similar to the example shown.
BASE * AVG * CAP * AVG DAY OFF MAX LN
BWI CA 91.07 107.46 18.15 106.35
BWI FO 91.07 107.46 18.15 106.35
A very junior pilot will most likely be near the average values, possibly slightly lower or higher. A very senior pilot will most likely be able to pick where they want to be as like anywhere. If you choose to max out pay you will probably sacrifice days off to do so. If you maximize days off you will obviosly sacrifice pay in that scenario.
Remember that SWA does not have pref bid. All lines are viewable in total and you are able to have some concrete knowledge about exactly what you are bidding on. Lines probably vary more in days off and pay than a company that employs pref bid where lines are built around a specific line total for all pilots. All other line totals are similar to the example shown.
BASE * AVG * CAP * AVG DAY OFF MAX LN
BWI CA 91.07 107.46 18.15 106.35
BWI FO 91.07 107.46 18.15 106.35
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12-31-2011 | 02:04 PM
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A 10 year employee at SWA would be a junior Captain or a very senior F.O with Lance Captain status most likely. A quick look at the average line values at one base show the following: Average line toal just over 91 trips for pay. Average days off just over 18. Highest paying line over 106 trips for pay.
A very junior pilot will most likely be near the average values, possibly slightly lower or higher. A very senior pilot will most likely be able to pick where they want to be as like anywhere. If you choose to max out pay you will probably sacrifice days off to do so. If you maximize days off you will obviosly sacrifice pay in that scenario.
Remember that SWA does not have pref bid. All lines are viewable in total and you are able to have some concrete knowledge about exactly what you are bidding on. Lines probably vary more in days off and pay than a company that employs pref bid where lines are built around a specific line total for all pilots. All other line totals are similar to the example shown.
BASE * AVG * CAP * AVG DAY OFF MAX LN
BWI CA 91.07 107.46 18.15 106.35
BWI FO 91.07 107.46 18.15 106.35
A very junior pilot will most likely be near the average values, possibly slightly lower or higher. A very senior pilot will most likely be able to pick where they want to be as like anywhere. If you choose to max out pay you will probably sacrifice days off to do so. If you maximize days off you will obviosly sacrifice pay in that scenario.
Remember that SWA does not have pref bid. All lines are viewable in total and you are able to have some concrete knowledge about exactly what you are bidding on. Lines probably vary more in days off and pay than a company that employs pref bid where lines are built around a specific line total for all pilots. All other line totals are similar to the example shown.
BASE * AVG * CAP * AVG DAY OFF MAX LN
BWI CA 91.07 107.46 18.15 106.35
BWI FO 91.07 107.46 18.15 106.35
12-31-2011 | 04:06 PM
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That is an example of the line values for January at the BWI base. The totals are for credit, not block. I am not sure what the average block totals are, but our minimum day pays 6.5 TFP, and I would guess that our average block per day is well below the 6.5 credit minimum. For example a 3 day trip credits a minimum of 19.5 and a 4 day at 25 TFP, but most credit over that amount and block tends to be considerably less than credit due to rigs.
