Share your typical SWA schedule here
06-11-2017, 12:05 PM
#1
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Joined APC: Feb 2005
Posts: 495
Share your typical SWA schedule here
Questions about SWA schedules are scattered in many threads here. There is a lot of hiring going on in the industry and applicants with multiple CJO's are looking to get a feel for what flying is like at SWA. Maybe other SWA pilots on APC can post some details of your typical month/year of flying to help prospective new hires. I'll start:
Seat: Captain,
Seniority in seat/base: 50%
Typical month: Partial weekends (by choice), 12 days on
Year block: About 500 hours
Days flown annually: 105-110
Notes: I'm a low time flyer with 4 weeks of vacation and frequently trade down.
Seat: Captain,
Seniority in seat/base: 50%
Typical month: Partial weekends (by choice), 12 days on
Year block: About 500 hours
Days flown annually: 105-110
Notes: I'm a low time flyer with 4 weeks of vacation and frequently trade down.
06-11-2017, 02:00 PM
#2
Furloughed Again?!
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Boeing 737
Posts: 4,795
Share your typical SWA schedule here
Seat: FO and Cabin Temperature Specialist
Seniority in seat/base: 64%
Typical month: Partial weekends (not by choice), 14-15 days on
Year block: 763 hours
I try to move as much of my flying to the weekdays as possible to spend time with my family. I fly a little extra but rarely more than one or two days a month. I shoot for 100-110 credit per month (the equivalent of 85-95 hours)
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Seniority in seat/base: 64%
Typical month: Partial weekends (not by choice), 14-15 days on
Year block: 763 hours
I try to move as much of my flying to the weekdays as possible to spend time with my family. I fly a little extra but rarely more than one or two days a month. I shoot for 100-110 credit per month (the equivalent of 85-95 hours)
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06-11-2017, 03:13 PM
#3
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,424
Seat: FO
Seniority in seat/base: 64 percent
Typical month: Typically bid weekend line due to bidding strategy, can hold partial weekday line. Cannot hold weekends off. Typically bid 12 day line.
Year block: 775 hours
I am a high credit flyer. I typically do not fly any of my original line. I aggressively attempt to drop days via overlap and elitt and move any flying I have left to weekdays and attempt to pick up extra flying for premium pay. That extra flying typically falls on weekends, but often I can hold weekday premium flying as well, especially towards the end of the month.
By the end of the month I typically fly 15 days and try to credit as much as I can in that time period.
Seniority in seat/base: 64 percent
Typical month: Typically bid weekend line due to bidding strategy, can hold partial weekday line. Cannot hold weekends off. Typically bid 12 day line.
Year block: 775 hours
I am a high credit flyer. I typically do not fly any of my original line. I aggressively attempt to drop days via overlap and elitt and move any flying I have left to weekdays and attempt to pick up extra flying for premium pay. That extra flying typically falls on weekends, but often I can hold weekday premium flying as well, especially towards the end of the month.
By the end of the month I typically fly 15 days and try to credit as much as I can in that time period.
06-11-2017, 06:36 PM
#4
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Joined APC: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,581
Seat: FO
Seniority in seat/base: 83%
Typical month: As a junior line holder, I depend on ELITT to get what I want. So far, I've been pretty successful in dropping all my weekend flying in exchange for weekday flying and like e6b, I play the premium game, and it's much easier for a junior pilot to get it on weekends. I live in domicile too.
Year block: 860 hours
I work around 16-18 days a month. I pick up a 3-day and maybe a 2-day or a couple of turns a month.
Seniority in seat/base: 83%
Typical month: As a junior line holder, I depend on ELITT to get what I want. So far, I've been pretty successful in dropping all my weekend flying in exchange for weekday flying and like e6b, I play the premium game, and it's much easier for a junior pilot to get it on weekends. I live in domicile too.
Year block: 860 hours
I work around 16-18 days a month. I pick up a 3-day and maybe a 2-day or a couple of turns a month.
06-11-2017, 11:23 PM
#5
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Posts: 495
Thanks guys. I have been sending private messages back and forth with a couple of guys with job offers from swa plus a legacy. I realized my schedule is not of much use to them. Hopefully this is more useful.
06-12-2017, 07:26 AM
#6
Furloughed Again?!
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Boeing 737
Posts: 4,795
Having worked for a few other majors, there are some big differences in work quality of life between SW and the legacies. It's worth doing some research beyond payrates and monthly totals. If I were ten years younger I would've applied at Delta and United, no question.
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06-12-2017, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan
Having worked for a few other majors, there are some big differences in work quality of life between SW and the legacies. It's worth doing some research beyond payrates and monthly totals. If I were ten years younger I would've applied at Delta and United, no question.
06-12-2017, 08:30 AM
#8
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Joined APC: Jun 2010
Position: DOWNGRADE COMPLETE: Thanks Gary. Thanks SWAPA.
Posts: 6,601
Quality of WORK is something that I don't think many people take into consideration. We work our ass off at SWA when at work. This has its positives and negatives.
06-12-2017, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan
Having worked for a few other majors, there are some big differences in work quality of life between SW and the legacies. It's worth doing some research beyond payrates and monthly totals. If I were ten years younger I would've applied at Delta and United, no question.
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