View Poll Results: AA or SWA
AA
109
48.88%
SWA
114
51.12%
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SWA or AA?
02-17-2024 | 03:55 AM
#111
Line Holder
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 91
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Yeah bigger paychecks, less workdays, better stability, more schedule flexibility, better QOL, more productive schedules, better retirement…but I guess I could chase that WB FO seat status and LCR that I don’t really care about. Super dumb I guess.
02-17-2024 | 08:17 AM
#112
Line Holder
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 345
Likes: 100
Okie dokie, I believe ya, I promise.
02-17-2024 | 08:27 AM
#113
Line Holder
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
02-17-2024 | 09:50 AM
#114
Line Holder
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 312
Likes: 22
With that said the constant “my airline is better” arguments are lame and it needs to end. We are all just expenses on a balance sheet. If you are at any of the major airlines I believe you will have a great career and what works for one person does not mean it works for another. If you are at a regional and happy then you are doing great too.
I know you were just responding to another poster but congratulations on making a great decision for you.
Looking forward to the Airline versus Air Line versus Airlines discussions to stop.
02-17-2024 | 10:21 AM
#115
Line Holder
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Happy for you and your pilot group.
With that said the constant “my airline is better” arguments are lame and it needs to end. We are all just expenses on a balance sheet. If you are at any of the major airlines I believe you will have a great career and what works for one person does not mean it works for another. If you are at a regional and happy then you are doing great too.
I know you were just responding to another poster but congratulations on making a great decision for you.
Looking forward to the Airline versus Air Line versus Airlines discussions to stop.
With that said the constant “my airline is better” arguments are lame and it needs to end. We are all just expenses on a balance sheet. If you are at any of the major airlines I believe you will have a great career and what works for one person does not mean it works for another. If you are at a regional and happy then you are doing great too.
I know you were just responding to another poster but congratulations on making a great decision for you.
Looking forward to the Airline versus Air Line versus Airlines discussions to stop.
It wasn’t really a “ballsy” move, IMO it was the smart one. Especially if you value stability and can overlook the shiny object of massive retirements. You can look at almost any 25 yr period at AA and see the bumpy ride pilots have had.
02-17-2024 | 10:26 AM
#116
Furloughed Again?!
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 4,948
Likes: 109
From: Boeing 737
Happy for you and your pilot group.
With that said the constant “my airline is better” arguments are lame and it needs to end. We are all just expenses on a balance sheet. If you are at any of the major airlines I believe you will have a great career and what works for one person does not mean it works for another. If you are at a regional and happy then you are doing great too.
I know you were just responding to another poster but congratulations on making a great decision for you.
Looking forward to the Airline versus Air Line versus Airlines discussions to stop.
With that said the constant “my airline is better” arguments are lame and it needs to end. We are all just expenses on a balance sheet. If you are at any of the major airlines I believe you will have a great career and what works for one person does not mean it works for another. If you are at a regional and happy then you are doing great too.
I know you were just responding to another poster but congratulations on making a great decision for you.
Looking forward to the Airline versus Air Line versus Airlines discussions to stop.
02-17-2024 | 11:38 AM
#117
On Reserve
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 70
Likes: 0
Doesn’t sound like leaving AA is dumb for him. SW culture isn’t perfect. But I think we definitely have the most chill and laid back pilot group of all the majors. And that’s important to some people. Of all my friends at UA, DL, and SW, the consensus place that none one is jealous of or would ever want to work is AA. I just remember going to DFW at my regional and seeing how miserable and ****ed off the AA guys always looked. But hey, to each their own.
02-17-2024 | 11:48 AM
#118
On Reserve
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
All I said was I left and I was happy with my decision. He essentially said I was dumb for doing that. He’s also on SW and other airline threads touting the awesomeness of AA.
It wasn’t really a “ballsy” move, IMO it was the smart one. Especially if you value stability and can overlook the shiny object of massive retirements. You can look at almost any 25 yr period at AA and see the bumpy ride pilots have had.
It wasn’t really a “ballsy” move, IMO it was the smart one. Especially if you value stability and can overlook the shiny object of massive retirements. You can look at almost any 25 yr period at AA and see the bumpy ride pilots have had.
02-17-2024 | 12:11 PM
#119
Prime Minister/Moderator
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 44,895
Likes: 690
From: Engines Turn or People Swim
There is a rarely used FAR provision to allow for a short course for people coming from another airline on the same equipment. But I've only seen airlines bother with that when they knew they were hiring a large number of such folks in a short time-frame. I think the course may have to be customized based on where the pilots are coming from, so not something they would do for a few stray cats here and there. I know one or two regionals did it when flying was getting moved around and lots of people were chasing the flying.
02-17-2024 | 12:13 PM
#120
Line Holder
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Same footprint at SW as the full type but I had some extra days off during the oral.
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