I grew up as a military kid and spent most of my life in the garden spots of Army Town, USA. This is for those out there like me who don’t know what they don’t know and are at least interested in working for Southwest.Ī brief background on me to help setup the opinion piece, I am your run-of-the-mill, average, everyday C-17 and 737 pilot. Again, this is not an article with the intention of stating Southwest is the best. As we slowly get more MAX8s here ( ), the upgrade numbers COULD go down. That is including the fact that we recently retired a big percentage of our fleet (-300s) in a fairly small period of time. That would be a six-year upgrade in my particular case. Doing the math, that’s 36 months from now when I’ll technically be able to choose to upgrade. He is currently 1800 pilots ahead of me, and we are currently upgrading 50 per month. “There is a 15-year upgrade at Southwest”, after our most recent vacancy bid the junior most captain in upgrade is a late 2008 hire. “I know Southwest gets paid less…” With our new contract, we get 15% B Fund contribution and by the time I’m eligible to upgrade to Captain, we will be among the highest if not the highest narrow body pay rates at $282/hr ($197/hr for FOs). You fly 6 legs a day.” I’ve averaged 2.7 legs per day in 3 years. A couple of quick examples I’ve personally witnessed, “Southwest is a Super-Regional. There seem to be a lot of misconceptions, rumors, questions, “fake news” out there in various outlets of social media concerning Southwest, so hopefully this piece can clarify some of those as well. I’m sure each of the majors is great in its own specific way, it just depends on your personal variables as to what’s best for you. I don’t know enough about the other companies to make an accurate comparison. This is not a “Southwest is the best” and here’s why they’re better than the other companies. Let me first start out by saying this piece is intended as a source of information for those interested in potentially flying for Southwest, for those pilots who would be a good fit here and just don’t know what they don’t know about this particular company. Completion of the program in approximately four years as an experienced, well-trained pilot and ready to begin a career as a Southwest First Officer.By: John Wims, admin of SWA New Hire Pilots private facebook group.A preferential interview with a program partner, type ratings, and experience-building opportunities during your two-year commitment (note: time commitments are partner-dependent and may vary).Experience working as a Certified Flight Instructor that inspires.
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