8/14/2023 0 Comments Southwest schedule![]() Whether that's good or bad for Pilot QOL is a judgement call but certainly it's different from a hub and spoke, multi-fleet legacy. These two characteristics provide for "efficiencies" that you can't imagine. SWA is primarily a point to point airline and it's a single fleet airline of course also. Zap is spot on about doing research on SWA scheduling practices. SWA, regardless of the schedules, is a great company. I am one of those guys asking about schedules. But, as always, go in with your eyes wide open, with as much true intel on the job as possible. Our trips are dense.Įach airline has their own particulars that you need to be aware of but in reality it's not an issue for but the very small number of guys that end up having job offers from 2 different airlines. Like others have said, when you are at work at SWA - YOU WORK! However, for me the strict AM/PM schedules work for me as well as the ability to get max pay for the least time at work. I credited 1700+ Trips For Pay for the year. Had 2 weeks of vacation where each week was turned into 19 days off with our vacation overlap trip pull rules. I also sat some reserve days that I never got used so those don't show up in my logbook, but that sure as heck show up on the paycheck. It sounds like a lot but counting thru my logbook I flew at total of 176 days in the year - an average of 14.67 days per month. Getting awarded Sunday PM 3-days that I then ELITT into all weekday flying.Ģ016 I flew 857 block hours which does not count deadheads. Holding weekday flying for the most part and I'll pick up premium on the weekends if I want to. ![]() With SWAPA pushing a total re-write of the contract, does SWA look more like a legacy as far as work rules post 2020?į/O currently 59% domicile seniority. Considering going back to reserve for the fall. As a lineholder that's increased to 14 days-ish. That's working harder than my buddies at Delta and United, but they are still all commuting to work. I think after that point things factor in favor of going elsewhere, but I could be dead by then so I'll take QOL with the family now over future greatness.īack to the topic, I've did a year on reserve (couple months by choice) working on average 12 days a month. My biggest factor was quality of life over the next 5 years. ![]() Legacies/cargo would have involved commuting or a move we didn't really want to do. Did I want to go through upgrading aircraft/seats and starting at the bottom of the list 3-4 times in my career? Not really. I'm hoping for a early retirement and calling it quits at about a 15 year career, so I wasn't going to be some widebody captain at the legacies. Agree with Zap in that things look a lot different in your mid 30s than mid 40s.
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