Southwest hiring info
08-20-2015, 09:42 AM
#2131
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2010
Position: DOWNGRADE COMPLETE: Thanks Gary. Thanks SWAPA.
Posts: 6,623
And here I thought they did 
The last vacancy (September) was supposed to have 78 upgrades on it according to CP. It had a big goose egg. This one only had 24. Still better than zero or furloughs, but.....
The last vacancy (September) was supposed to have 78 upgrades on it according to CP. It had a big goose egg. This one only had 24. Still better than zero or furloughs, but.....
08-20-2015, 12:28 PM
#2134
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2012
Position: 737 CA
Posts: 508
Originally Posted by NimbusSurfer
Those 25 are the first new hire class that started in early July.
Nimbus
08-20-2015, 12:36 PM
#2135
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2013
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 239
Originally Posted by Burton78
What I don't understand is why there aren't at least 2 classes bringing it up to near 50 new FO's for the October Vacancy bid. The second class that started on the 29th of Jul finish training around mid September giving them two weeks to get an LOE done and holding their artificial first hard Line in October.
There are 49 names on the System Seniority List from the 2 classes on 22 and 29 July. The 24 CA upgrades are coming from current FO's so add the net 25 new FO positions to those leaving to upgrade and that's where you get the 2 new hire classes bidding for the October vacancy.
08-20-2015, 12:53 PM
#2137
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: A320 CA
Posts: 243
My wife starts on September 16th.
Couple of questions I didn't see answers to when searching:
How long is training?
What's the training footprint like? Indoc, groundschool, sims etc...
Is anyone awarded anything other than OAK, LAS or PHX in new hire class? I understand it might take 3-6 months to get back to BWI which is close to home.
She has 6500 TT
2550 TPIC
GS instructor (part time)
Interviewed June 29th
Couple of questions I didn't see answers to when searching:
How long is training?
What's the training footprint like? Indoc, groundschool, sims etc...
Is anyone awarded anything other than OAK, LAS or PHX in new hire class? I understand it might take 3-6 months to get back to BWI which is close to home.
She has 6500 TT
2550 TPIC
GS instructor (part time)
Interviewed June 29th
08-20-2015, 12:59 PM
#2138
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2013
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 239
Originally Posted by Burton78
Thanks OB.. Had a feeling I was overlooking something
No worries, there was a vacancy bid a few months ago where there were no new hires but there were CA spots. So it was 48 CA and -48 FO because there was a system wide net of 0 new pilots.
08-20-2015, 01:03 PM
#2139
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2013
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 239
Originally Posted by Spooledup
My wife starts on September 16th.
Couple of questions I didn't see answers to when searching:
How long is training?
What's the training footprint like? Indoc, groundschool, sims etc...
Is anyone awarded anything other than OAK, LAS or PHX in new hire class? I understand it might take 3-6 months to get back to BWI which is close to home.
She has 6500 TT
2550 TPIC
GS instructor (part time)
Interviewed June 29th
Couple of questions I didn't see answers to when searching:
How long is training?
What's the training footprint like? Indoc, groundschool, sims etc...
Is anyone awarded anything other than OAK, LAS or PHX in new hire class? I understand it might take 3-6 months to get back to BWI which is close to home.
She has 6500 TT
2550 TPIC
GS instructor (part time)
Interviewed June 29th
Training is around 7 weeks long with 2 weeks of indoc, 2 weeks of ground school, and 3 weeks of sims. All times are approximate. First month after training you can be awarded any base based on age in class. After that, most likely your first month will be one of the 3 west bases. Anyone's guess really how long to get to BWI, could be a couple of months or could be a year. My guess would be between 3-6 months.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
