I'm guessing you didn't smear your app with kitten blood?

Wow, entitlement generation strikes again. Haha

You have to actually sacrifice a live puppy and eat it's intestines in front of Herb and Colleen.

I thought Herb was dead?

I'll eat a kitten, I mean Colleen's puzzy, in front of Herb, if he's still alive, but it would probably kill him to watch me do it...:D

No, that is an incorrect observation 8ball, he is not in the entitlement mindset with his creds; you're thinking of the 2000 hour CRJ copilot with 2 years in. Know when to respect ones frustration after YEARS and HOURS of experience.
Obviously he didn't get the call because he didn't have community service! ;)

Yeah.
If in doubt tell them that you will gladly work for free.
My super secret squirrel resources tell me it puts you at the top of the pack for an Airline Interview!

I dunno Timbo, that seems a pretty steep price to pay for admission...

Let's just cut to the chase. He didn't get the call more than likely because he's purely civilian. Of course, he could be a complete social reject and we would never know just by this forum.

However, when at least 5 out of 6 Cptns I fly with are ex-military (mostly Air Force), and the only people I see rising to the Flt Ops management ranks are ALL ex-military, it does give one the impression that never having been a part of a squadron or having had a "call sign", does severely hamper your chances of employment with SWA.

Considering the "get the mission done" mentality, do all the overruns and incidents actually surprise anyone? There's currently three ongoing investigations at SWA by the NTSB. One for landing at the wrong airport (Branson). The other for the LGA incident where the dumb c()t collapsed the nose wheel, and the final one for a severe tail-strike on landing in LAS which has potentially totaled a new -800.

The Flt Ops at this airline is a complete disaster.

It sure does seem that the cultural tide has changed significantly over the last 10 years, at least as seen from a frequent jumpseater.

I admittedly got tired of, "Why don't you work here?" and "When are you submitting your stuff?"............

As it happens, and this may seem completely implausible, but I'm actually happy at my current non-SWA company. Hope they stay happy and I stay happy.

Nice response, DC8.

I received the same letter. Not elitist at all. I'm a 12K total time RJ driver, served as a grunt in the Army. I've applied every time the window was open at LUV. I've lost count of the number of times I've applied. I don't have the 737 type. I don't know what it takes to get 'in' there. You'd think the NUMEROUS recommendations from former freight pilots that got in at LUV would at least get me an interview....but that hasn't come to fruition. I'm still undecided if I'm going to apply this time. I'm tired. I'm just tired of the same thing over, and over, and over.