Originally Posted by Palmtree Pilot (Post 3382680)

10 days off a month… where’s the throw up emoji?
Positive space commuting
$9117 a month to start
Company Seniority but not Pilot seniority. So if you get lucky enough to be hired after 3 years, you start at the bottom of the pilot seniority list.
401k matched dollar for dollar up to 9.3%, don’t know what % of profit share.
TWU is the union

Straight from a recruiter.

As said above, unless you cant get a medical or your only dream is to instruct in a simulator, there is no real incentives to taking this job if your younger and goal is to fly for a living.

Originally Posted by CaptKak (Post 3384158)

Lonestarcaptain, I really appreciate the information, definitely helps a lot for the new candidates. You think the schedule issue is still the same now especially with so much turnover.

Originally Posted by hoover (Post 3384239)

they are still way short on instructors. Everyone is working as much as they want/can

Originally Posted by airgoose (Post 3404308)

As a instructor do you also get to fly the 737 lines? any expectations on pay increase in future? It looks like an easy way to get into SW but not many liked that path.

Originally Posted by at6d (Post 3404604)

Have to mention the SWAPA lawsuit about how the company hired instructors and placed them on the seniority list thus creating a whole new category. We will see what happens.

Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan (Post 3404611)

Neat idea if they negotiate and make it official. Pilot gets hired, instructs for three years, skips commuting to OAK and reserve and takes their seniority to the line. Great recruiting tool.

Originally Posted by Hobbit64 (Post 3404715)

What's the spread on that one ?

Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan (Post 3404611)

Neat idea if they negotiate and make it official. Pilot gets hired, instructs for three years, skips commuting to OAK and reserve and takes their seniority to the line. Great recruiting tool.

Originally Posted by Proximity (Post 3405419)

Instructors should be line pilots with a few years of experience on the line, like other airlines. I believe that the FCTI should be folded into SWAPA with some sort of fence (smarter people than me can figure this out) and all future FIs should be SWAPA pilots hired from the line.