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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 View Post
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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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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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 View Post
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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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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When you fly our schedule for 15 years or more, its easy to have burnout.
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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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