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12-29-2013 | 08:08 PM

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Bahahahaha! The combined airline is fat on pilots. There's 88 717s going bye-bye, and the amount of retirements is nothing earth-shattering relatively speaking. I wish SW would be hiring, but I don't see that happening for a while.

Whackmaster: Care to comment on the quality of your crystal ball? I would dearly love to see you make a post that simply says, "I was very wrong."

12-29-2013 | 09:42 PM

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From: DOWNGRADE COMPLETE: Thanks Gary. Thanks SWAPA.

My crystal ball was very wrong about 2014 hiring at SWA (and I'm happy about that fact).

10-26-2014 | 09:24 PM

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Any new updates/changes to the seniority of the bases? I heard Dallas opened up big time with the Wright Amendment going away... Thanks in advance for all the info.

10-27-2014 | 07:10 AM

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Any new updates/changes to the seniority of the bases? I heard Dallas opened up big time with the Wright Amendment going away... Thanks in advance for all the info.

Dallas went senior for the Wright growth. There are a few junior guys who snuck in there over the summer. Houston is in a similar situation. West coast is still very junior, with OAK and PHX seeing the most junior FOs. Other than that, same same. I think once Atlanta opens up, many of the airtran peeps are going to head that way, so there will be some more shuffling around.

10-27-2014 | 09:40 AM

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What's the overall story with MDW? I've heard and read conflicting reports of whether it goes junior/senior. Is MDW a big commuter base or do many pilots live there?

10-27-2014 | 10:15 AM

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Thx E6, appreciate all the SWA info.

10-27-2014 | 10:29 AM

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MDW has a good mix of junior and senior folks. Plenty of new hires and recent upgrades are there. I have flown a few trips out of there, and I really liked the people. Generally a younger and more outgoing crowd. There are quite a few commuters there, and the crashpad situation there as well as the number of flights lends itself to commuting. It is swa's biggest crew base right now.

11-09-2014 | 08:51 PM

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Thanks, very helpful!

11-09-2014 | 09:33 PM

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Any new updates/changes to the seniority of the bases? I heard Dallas opened up big time with the Wright Amendment going away... Thanks in advance for all the info.

I looked up the hire dates of the bottom 20 FOs in the domiciles listed below and put the dates from senior to junior.

OAK: 3/2012-9/2014
LAS: 4/2014-9/2014
PHX: 7/2014-8/2014
DAL: 3/2014-6/2014
MDW: 4/2014-8/2014

Based on this I think it's safe to say you'll probably hold any of these bases within 6 months of starting class. Let me know if you want any other info.

S.B.