SWA hiring
08-14-2018 | 09:17 PM
#161
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I’m looking at the way you all view corporate pilots on this Southwest forum and I have discovered that one wouldn’t really be welcome even if we were interested. I am a corporate pilot and have never missed a major family event, any Christmas or Thanksgiving. I obviously don’t think poorly of airline flying since I’m interested in joining the ranks if I can get interviewed, but some of the viewpoints here are plain incorrect. I guess it depends on the company someone works for, but if we need a day off we ask and get approved even if we need a contact pilot to fill in. We don’t fly 8 year olds or anyone not conducting business for our company for that matter. Our passengers even clean up after the flight. It’s wrong to think anyone group is better than the other as each job requires different skills and interactions with people. I apologize for being interested in Southwest based on the responses from many here. I will go back to “wasting my time” at my corporate job.
08-15-2018 | 08:38 AM
#162
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I am a corporate pilot and have never missed a major family event, any Christmas or Thanksgiving....I’m interested in joining the ranks if I can get interviewed, but some of the viewpoints here are plain incorrect. I guess it depends on the company someone works for, but if we need a day off we ask and get approved even if we need a contact pilot to fill in.
In my near decade as a part 91 corporate pilot, we had holidays off because the company was closed.
Being junior at any major gives the gift of holiday flying.
We also had a budget for contract pilots, but that was for vacation fills or days when we had multiple trips that extended our guys too much.
We have over 9000 pilots here, many have corporate experience.
Why exactly do you want to come here?
You seem a little uptight about the corporate jokes. What’s the deal?
08-15-2018 | 09:59 AM
#163
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The only potentially negative thing I have heard about corporate guys is that some smaller part 91 jobs are not considered good job references in terms of background checking. They prefer guys with some other experience that have had more than one boss who can attest to their personality/flying ability. This was from a guy who works in hiring.
Plenty of corporate guys being hired. The baby of my class was 28 years old and only had corporate experience. He was also a real go getter and has a very outgoing and friendly personality.
Plenty of corporate guys being hired. The baby of my class was 28 years old and only had corporate experience. He was also a real go getter and has a very outgoing and friendly personality.
08-15-2018 | 03:26 PM
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08-16-2018 | 06:02 AM
#167
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I had a long stretch of overseas "part 91" employment before coming to Southwest and to the People Dept's credit they worked hard to make the background check happen. It was difficult due to the time zone differences and due to the secretive nature of my former employer. However, I did have part 135 experience in the USA from over a decade ago with refs from current SWA employees, so maybe that helped.
08-16-2018 | 09:41 PM
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There are a lot of things that I miss about corporate flying to be honest. I admit that I miss the benefits of a crew car (although Uber and Zipcar fill the gap). I miss nice clean FBO restrooms. I miss the more civilized pace of corporate flying vs the 35 minute turns. I miss the aircraft with state of the art avionics and systems, and the performance to easily cruise in the mid 40s without breaking a sweat. I miss the free sourdough from Signature in SFO, the taffy in Grand Junction, the Pretzels in NE Philly.
But none of the benefits of corporate flying outweigh the flexibility of the schedule we enjoy at SW. Since I left corporate flying a little over 5 years ago, I haven’t missed a single important family event, and I’ve only missed about 2 Christmases and one Thanksgiving. That’s hard to beat.
Add to that the B-fund and profit sharing being a qualified plan, and it’s hard to believe I wasted as much time flying corporate as I did. I’ll blame it on the lost decade.
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But none of the benefits of corporate flying outweigh the flexibility of the schedule we enjoy at SW. Since I left corporate flying a little over 5 years ago, I haven’t missed a single important family event, and I’ve only missed about 2 Christmases and one Thanksgiving. That’s hard to beat.
Add to that the B-fund and profit sharing being a qualified plan, and it’s hard to believe I wasted as much time flying corporate as I did. I’ll blame it on the lost decade.
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