And perfectly targeted.

 

LMAO! Great line.

 

Ironically, I think I was at about 11,000 hrs TT when I got the "Thanks for playing" letter after my interview in '06. Six thousand hours later probably would make no difference now, either. Fortunately, I'm headed elsewhere. Guess it wasn't meant to be........

 

I had 11,000 hrs when hired. I probably wasn't qualified.

 

Yup, another thread described that SWA People Department simply flushed the list to reopen for all. Comments here indicate this is recent industry practice.

As to getting typed, well, do you want the job? With the stacks of apps in the PD right now, which stack do you want to be in? The "Ready for Newhire Training" stack or the "Not as Serious About The Possibility of THIS Job" stack. Simple as that.

My Newhire class was 50/50 civ/mil. My impression was most were in the 2008 season. I discount the must be 5/6 mil arguments.

I only had 8,000 mil transport hours. So I clearly wasn't quailed for the job. Must have been my personality.

 

Yup, another thread described that SWA People Department simply flushed the list to reopen for all. Comments here indicate this is recent industry practice.

As to getting typed, well, do you want the job? With the stacks of apps in the PD right now, which stack do you want to be in? The "Ready for Newhire Training" stack or the "Not as Serious About The Possibility of THIS Job" stack. Simple as that.

My Newhire class was 50/50 civ/mil. My impression was most were in the 2008 season. I discount the must be 5/6 mil arguments.

I only had 8,000 mil transport hours. So I clearly wasn't quailed for the job. Must have been my personality.

 

Got one as well followed immediately by one stating that the new window was open. We don't need you but apply again so we can add you to the not qualified list. Comforting.

 

The April first date of my “reply” was a coincidence but the reply WAS meant to be a satirical representation of what, I imagine, many of us might like to say when getting the TBNT letter (which was real as many of you who got one, know). That said, however, the response wasn't actually sent. I never burn bridges in this industry and sending it would have been pointless anyway. Whatever the computer matrix that SWA uses, they must have a peculiar definition of "qualified".

The other point I was making was that, from an industry wide point of view, the merger of AirTran and Southwest was a remarkable turn in a very dark direction. Personally, I would have a difficult time looking an AirTran pilot in the eye if I were a SWA pilot. But maybe that’s just me.

And, even if we just forget all about the SWA fun/luv camaraderie culture stuff, If SWA is trying to enhance safety in their cockpits, this may have been a huge step backwards. I can easily imagine an AirTran FO being so upset about their treatment that they forget to point out to the SWA captain that the captain forgot to sign the release or overlooked a below mins weather report or left the logbook on the ground or are about to push with the ground power plugged in or are about to put a wingtip into the tail of another plane or, or, or …

With so many mergers providing horrible examples out there, it is amazing that this one has set a new low. It’s sad to see and it has done the industry no good.

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I quite agree with the disappointment by an Air Tran Chappy sitting the the right seat. However, I don't think anyone would take it to the point where they would jeopardize their safety or airman certificates to get their point across. Yes without a doubt, its a crappy deal to be stapled to the bottom of any seniority list

 

So why would you apply in the first place?