SWA New Hire Training
03-04-2017, 09:48 AM
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SWA New Hire Training
With all the new hire's and all the questions we have, maybe a good thread to address training questions and experiences.
What items did you find most useful to prestudy before training?
How often were you able to make it home?
Bring a laptop, or will a tablet be fine?
Where are guys doing IOE?
Thanks
What items did you find most useful to prestudy before training?
How often were you able to make it home?
Bring a laptop, or will a tablet be fine?
Where are guys doing IOE?
Thanks
03-04-2017, 10:39 AM
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Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 56
Originally Posted by PowerShift
With all the new hire's and all the questions we have, maybe a good thread to address training questions and experiences.
What items did you find most useful to prestudy before training?
How often were you able to make it home?
Bring a laptop, or will a tablet be fine?
Where are guys doing IOE?
Thanks
What items did you find most useful to prestudy before training?
How often were you able to make it home?
Bring a laptop, or will a tablet be fine?
Where are guys doing IOE?
Thanks
Depends where you live and when your Oral is, but most people go 2-3 times. With that said your family can always come to you
They will give you and efb on day 2 so you can use that to study.
03-04-2017, 11:17 AM
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Joined APC: May 2013
Position: 737 FO
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Originally Posted by Tom fooloery
You will do all the same system videos that you have now, except now they will track your progress. I would still go through them bc you won't get much in the way of systems from the company. So the better you know it the easier it is when you get here. If you don't have time or just don't want to do it twice. Look at the hydraulics and the flight controls
Depends where you live and when your Oral is, but most people go 2-3 times. With that said your family can always come to you
They will give you and efb on day 2 so you can use that to study.
Depends where you live and when your Oral is, but most people go 2-3 times. With that said your family can always come to you
They will give you and efb on day 2 so you can use that to study.
03-04-2017, 02:45 PM
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Position: B737
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Number one, take time to enjoy training and hanging with your class mates. We had some great times!
You will be required to do a few observation flights before you finish training. Knock them out early. If you time it right, after class you can do a quick round trip to AUS, HOU, or SAT and have time left for a couple of cold ones with your classmates (I drove home on days off where many in my class commuted via jumpseat and did the observations that way).
You will be required to do a few observation flights before you finish training. Knock them out early. If you time it right, after class you can do a quick round trip to AUS, HOU, or SAT and have time left for a couple of cold ones with your classmates (I drove home on days off where many in my class commuted via jumpseat and did the observations that way).
03-04-2017, 03:18 PM
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Position: Boeing 737
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I memorized the flows and memory items before I went. That alone pretty much made training a vacation.
I was typed, but it was a decade earlier and I didn't remember anything about the airplane.
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I was typed, but it was a decade earlier and I didn't remember anything about the airplane.
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03-04-2017, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan
I memorized the flows and memory items before I went. That alone pretty much made training a vacation.
I was typed, but it was a decade earlier and I didn't remember anything about the airplane.
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I was typed, but it was a decade earlier and I didn't remember anything about the airplane.
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03-06-2017, 05:33 AM
#7
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Joined APC: Dec 2015
Posts: 6
Originally Posted by PowerShift
With all the new hire's and all the questions we have, maybe a good thread to address training questions and experiences.
What items did you find most useful to prestudy before training?
How often were you able to make it home?
Bring a laptop, or will a tablet be fine?
Where are guys doing IOE?
Thanks
What items did you find most useful to prestudy before training?
How often were you able to make it home?
Bring a laptop, or will a tablet be fine?
Where are guys doing IOE?
Thanks
I had a 4 week old son at home, so I headed home every chance I got. 8 times in 2 months...though some times I was home for just a day.
You get the ipad the second day....don't really need a laptop if you can survive.
You select an IOE "base", close to your closest SW city...most of the guys got DH from home to that base.
03-06-2017, 07:59 AM
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
Posts: 416
Originally Posted by PowerShift
Thanks Zap, same here, type over a decade ago.
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