Reality Show 'Airline' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers

[mpenguin1]

Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers

Reality Show 'Airline' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040617/tv_nm/life_airline_dc_2

Thu Jun 17, 7:49 PM ET

By Jon Herskovitz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Perhaps it is the mysteries of lost luggage and the lore of lushes too drunk to fly that is causing a surge in job applicants at Southwest Airlines Inc. in the days following broadcasts of a reality TV show featuring the low-fare carrier.

The Dallas, Texas-based carrier typically receives about 180 job applications a day, but that number regularly nears 600 on Tuesdays after the show airs Monday nights.

One of the Southwest employees featured on the show, Val Brown, who works in Chicago, said she finds it is puzzling that people would chose to send in job applications after watching "Airline."

"I guess for some people, the idea of working in chaos and conflict appeals to them," she said.

 

[JDMcFly]

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They just wanna get on da TEEE VEEE BOX.

err.. yeah.

 

[mtsu_av8er]

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That show makes me want to work for that airline more than ever!!!

 

[derg]

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I can't even watch it because it stresses me out.

I think the people that apply to 'see some action' on their new job will probably last about six months before moving on to something else.

 

[mtsu_av8er]

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I can't even watch it because it stresses me out.

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Bringing a little bit too much work home, eh?

 

[flyover]

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I can't even watch it because it stresses me out.

I think the people that apply to 'see some action' on their new job will probably last about six months before moving on to something else.

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I'm wondering if it's people that like to force others to "respect their authoitay!" I can't believe some of the deals where they are demanding birth certificates for kids that are clearly under two. Then you read where SWA is in trouble for blowing off the exit row rules once the people are onboard.

 

[mtsu_av8er]

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I can't believe some of the deals where they are demanding birth certificates for kids that are clearly under two.

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Not sure if we're talking about the same two episodes, but that one fat-a$$ baby was big as hell....

 

[JDMcFly]

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I thought the baby was clearly over two?

 

[mtsu_av8er]

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If that baby was less than two, there are some parents that need a major a$$-whipping!!

 

[jtrain609]

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Hey, some baby's are just fat. I was a fat a$$ baby until I developed asthma (14 months). After that I've been drinking weight gainer 9000 and I'm STILL too skinny!

 

[derg]

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Hey, some baby's are just fat. I was a fat a$$ baby until I developed asthma (14 months). After that I've been drinking weight gainer 9000 and I'm STILL too skinny!

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Step 1: Fly to Munich, Germany
Step 2: Take Train the the Hauptbahnhof
Step 3: Find Metro station nearest downtown beer gardens
Step 4: Purchase ticket, MAKE SURE YOU VALIDATE IT IN THE SMALL ORANGE BOX!, get on Metro
Step 5: Order a Liter of Paulaner Dunkel and Bayern bratwurst. Enjoy.
Step 6: Repeat Step 5

Voila! You'll look like a 767 ER captain in no time!

(Favorite quote from the "Jim Phillips w/ Moira" on RealRadio 104.1 in Orlando: "That ain't baby fat, that's eatin' fat!"

 

[mtsu_av8er]

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Hey, some baby's are just fat. I was a fat a$$ baby until I developed asthma (14 months). After that I've been drinking weight gainer 9000 and I'm STILL too skinny!

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Step 1: Fly to Munich, Germany
Step 2: Take Train the the Hauptbahnhof
Step 3: Find Metro station nearest downtown beer gardens
Step 4: Purchase ticket, MAKE SURE YOU VALIDATE IT IN THE SMALL ORANGE BOX!, get on Metro
Step 5: Order a Liter of Paulaner Dunkel and Bayern bratwurst. Enjoy.
Step 6: Repeat Step 5

Voila! You'll look like a 767 ER captain in no time!

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That sounds like a good morning!!!

 

[Tim]

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As a customer service agent I can feel some of those agents pain. Lucky for me though I am a ramp rat and have no desire to work the gate or ticketing unless there is a promotion and money involved. My wife ask me if folks are really like that and I told without a doubt but most of those on the show are quite calm. I have seem some get down right awful and have to be escorted by police away from the counter and been denied travel all day. Drunks are the funniest though.

 

[derg]

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I've seen more folks kicked off airplanes, spit at gate agents and assault other passengers in my short eight years as an airline pilot and there's no way I'm going to volunteer to watch that jazz on TV!

Much rather watch Skinamax, but we don't get premium channels in the Taylor hogan anymore!

 

[mtsu_av8er]

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I've seen more folks kicked off airplanes, spit at gate agents and assault other passengers in my short eight years as an airline pilot and there's no way I'm going to volunteer to watch that jazz on TV!

Much rather watch Skinamax . . .

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Hmmm...Skinamax....

 

[Tim]

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Doug you got to stand up to Kristie and tell you want your channels back. Haha..I sure she will give them right back..

 

[derg]

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Actually, we got rid of the premium channels because they weren't being watched at all. In fact, we even considered getting rid of digital cable altogether because we get "free" basic thru our HOA and hardly watch television at all.

But then we got the Cox DVR thing so I get to watch "Good Eats" and "Insomniac TV" whenever I want, so maybe we'll keep the digital.

If I went on a quiz show and the topic was "Popular TV shows", I'd be way hosed. The only one I have any basic familiarity with is "Everybody Just Fricken Tolerates Raymond" because it's fun teasing the name, but I've never seen the show.

 

[mtsu_av8er]

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I love Good Eats....Mr. Brown knows his stuff. I don't watch many of the series-type shows on TV, but I am pretty hooked on Six Feet Under (ever since the first episode, i've been watching). I like watching movies, though....Digital rocks for that.

I'd rather do away with the local broadcast channels...Survivor and other shows of that type make me sick....

 

[Tim]

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All I need are my ESPN's, Discovery channels, History Channel and Fox new and I am good

 

[kellwolf]

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Wow, that's a lot of applications. Too bad we're on an external hiring freeze and cutting back staff left and right. They just gutted overtime here in MCO again, so now we've got TWO people to work a flight instead of four. Now I am really counting down. Not sure which is going to get here first, my last day at work or my first day on OJI cause my back went out. Wouldn't be as bad if I didn't work in the tourist capital of the world where everyone brings 3 bags and stuffs them with all they own.