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Old 02-15-2023 | 04:16 PM
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MCO captain resigned this week with 16.5 years on property at Southwest Airlines. He will now be one of the latest new-hires to join American Airlines.
Huge move. Wishing him the best for a happy and prosperous 2nd bite at the apple.
The hits keep on coming for the LUV airline.
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Old 02-15-2023 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ILUVMYJOB
MCO captain resigned this week with 16.5 years on property at Southwest Airlines. He will now be one of the latest new-hires to join American Airlines.
Huge move. Wishing him the best for a happy and prosperous 2nd bite at the apple.
The hits keep on coming for the LUV airline.
Bet he wishes he had taken the million dollars to go away a few years back. And he'd be a captain again already by now... That side business stuff must make this job just a goof.
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Old 02-15-2023 | 11:39 PM
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This is confirmed via the SWAPA forum. Best of luck to him, and thanks.
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Old 02-16-2023 | 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by at6d
This is confirmed via the SWAPA forum. Best of luck to him, and thanks.
Lets see the company response to this... they will probably say he retired...
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Old 02-16-2023 | 03:51 AM
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Seems like a really odd move, but good for him.
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Old 02-16-2023 | 04:41 AM
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Every newhire be like...
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Old 02-16-2023 | 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield
Seems like a really odd move, but good for him.
To be fair, he lived close to the base he's going to and he was driving 3 plus hours to our base to sit weekend reserve.. after almost 2 decades or commuting for seniority. He wasn't doing it for the money...
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Old 02-16-2023 | 06:01 AM
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There was a 17 year OAK Capt in class at UA last year. Guess he was a Bay Area local and wanted to do some different flying, got SFO 787.
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Old 02-16-2023 | 07:42 AM
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When you fly our schedule for 15 years or more, its easy to have burnout.
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Originally Posted by Black Coffee
When you fly our schedule for 15 years or more, its easy to have burnout.
When you fly our schedule for more than 3 years you burn out….
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