I agree. It took me 10 years of applying to get the interview but that was also a different industry where there wasnt 3 yr upgrades at the rest of the majors. For me I targeted where I wanted to live and applied to those airlines. Of the three that had a base there two called for interviews and I chose SW. I am really glad I got the opportunity and do like it here. Wouldnt leave for another place now or then, but if I was starting out again and there wasnt a base where I wanted to live and was going to commute I wouldnt put sw at the top. I'd obviously go to the interview if I got one and take the job if offered but I probably would keep updating for a yr or two after.
all I'm saying is since we dont have fast upgrades, variety of equipment or flying opportunities we better be years ahead on a contract alas we are not at the top of any of those. Hence, the comment of seriously why would people chose Sw unless the bases worked for were one lived etc

 

I get it. I have a few names on my personal captain avoidance list, but I think one or two of them left during the VSP. There are other names that I avoid if I can, but I'll fly with if I have to to make my schedule work. Sometimes I'll see their names pop up in ELITT on weekday trips and that makes me feel a little better that its probably more them and less me. My number one avoidance guy is an 80,000 number guy who I will never fly with again - I'll call in sick first. I don't see his name much, so I'm guessing that was just a personality conflict that went sideways. Probably as much my fault as it was his.

 

Give it another shot. We all have bad days.

 

Zap is just a little too loud with that intercom switch. You have to do it quietly. It's silent, like the max used to be.

 

Different world than 5 years ago. Much easier to get an interview these days. If you can't get a call from DL/UA/FDX/UPS, a few months at SWA will very likely trigger the interview at those places (especially Delta).

 

It's funny when I hear about FOs trying to play CA when I'm an FO that barely wants to play FO.

 

Seriously. I'll run the radios and tune up navaids and sling gear all day. It pays exactly the same as trying to get 3000 feet of head up my @$$ 'whoopsies we're in VNAV SPD' back under control.

 

He also didn't like my lanyard.

 

Hmm, looks like the cuts and shrinkage has already begun. If it were not for tax payer money this 3rd Q SWA would have lost 135million dollars, Gary Kelly has already said with fuel prices on the rise they are going to have 4Q loss as well. Stop and think about the physiological toll that is having on management and it’s investors. This company and the people running it, are not use to losing money. This is new territory for them, and you have a new CEO coming in who wants to make a good impression to the board and investors. He will not stand by and continue to try to grow his way out this problem, just like all airlines when they start losing money, they will shrink to profitability, or at least stop any growth and reevaluate. Which in any case appears they just did. Cut capacity back to 2019 levels according to the article. Welcome to the great reset.

https://thehill.com/policy/transport...t-airlines-75m

https://www.wsj.com/articles/southwe...es-11634820103

 

That’s not what I took from the article. Obviously in the short term you have to cut your flights if you don’t have the staff to fly those routes. That’s a good problem. Once you grow your staff the demand has proven to be there and then you can start increasing your flights again to booster profits. It would be different if the demand wasn’t there and the supply was over. They did the appropriate thing to cut the flights because If you just keep canceling flights your customers will go elsewhere. This will help the public perception from being on time and hiring and growing from there.