Interview offer...have some Q's
03-09-2017 | 09:16 AM
#11
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There will be another M&A event in Southwest's future sometime within the next 1-5 years. If upgrade time is important to you, then you should definitely take that into account when considering whether or not to come here. It's still a good place to work, but someone telling you that upgrade times will drop below ten years with a potential merger on the horizon is not shooting you straight IMO.
03-09-2017 | 10:14 AM
#12
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There will be another M&A event in Southwest's future sometime within the next 1-5 years. If upgrade time is important to you, then you should definitely take that into account when considering whether or not to come here. It's still a good place to work, but someone telling you that upgrade times will drop below ten years with a potential merger on the horizon is not shooting you straight IMO.
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03-09-2017 | 03:30 PM
#14
Furloughed Again?!
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There are still AirTran captains who downgraded when they came over who have yet to upgrade again. We need all of them to upgrade and the fleet to be equal to what it was when the 717s were still in the mix. Those will ratchet up the upgrade time for a few years before it begins to fall again. We just don't have the retirements that the legacies do to drive upgrades. Best we can hope for is a "third shift" (red eyes) to increase aircraft utilization. That block hour increase is the equivalent of adding more airplanes and will yield additional upgrades, new hires, and should also necessitate a third shift of reserves.
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03-09-2017 | 03:41 PM
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There are still AirTran captains who downgraded when they came over who have yet to upgrade again. We need all of them to upgrade and the fleet to be equal to what it was when the 717s were still in the mix. Those will ratchet up the upgrade time for a few years before it begins to fall again. We just don't have the retirements that the legacies do to drive upgrades. Best we can hope for is a "third shift" (red eyes) to increase aircraft utilization. That block hour increase is the equivalent of adding more airplanes and will yield additional upgrades, new hires, and should also necessitate a third shift of reserves.
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03-09-2017 | 06:43 PM
#16
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Not exactly but sorta. It doesn't get reset every night, but as anyone who has tried to get a deadhead boarding pass after midnight Herb time knows, the software isn't designed for flying into a new day.
Starting May 9th that will no longer be an issue. The schedule is out through August I believe and there are no redeye flights scheduled. Expect that to change soon.
03-09-2017 | 07:21 PM
#17
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Not exactly but sorta. It doesn't get reset every night, but as anyone who has tried to get a deadhead boarding pass after midnight Herb time knows, the software isn't designed for flying into a new day.
Starting May 9th that will no longer be an issue. The schedule is out through August I believe and there are no redeye flights scheduled. Expect that to change soon.
Starting May 9th that will no longer be an issue. The schedule is out through August I believe and there are no redeye flights scheduled. Expect that to change soon.
03-09-2017 | 07:22 PM
#18
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03-09-2017 | 08:10 PM
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weekends off? Nope...
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Interesting...if it helps me get off reserve then I'm all for it! Will have to re-read our red-eye language. 24-26 hours of rest after a red-eye is just about the worst scenario I've experienced.
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