Awesome. Those are my plans too. Tired of getting lectured about how things used to be and how anything other than thats just daaaaaang'rous!
Zapp Blows SWA Interview: Story at 11.
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Awesome. Those are my plans too. Tired of getting lectured about how things used to be and how anything other than thats just daaaaaang'rous!
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Baller.
Oh the old days! Lime green 'n yellow!
"Larry Risely's speaking in the DLC, maybe we can swing a job in the Caravan!"
Hell yeah. Back in the day where you were the MAN if you were a Riddle CFI and you got "the interview" to fly the Mesa Airlines 208 Caravan. You could move up to the 1300 and really start building that time!
And the old paint job was cool.
Remember when Mesa moved into PRC with the Caravan, and replaced Golden Pacific's C-402s?
Remember the training manager that got his single-engine ATP just to "look good" when he applied?
Yes! He was going specifically for the Caravan position with Mesa, and wanted to stand out from the competition.
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
Thanks Cav!
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
The only part I disliked was that they broke up with me via email. <snif> At least it wasn't a text... lol
Screaming_Emu
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staplegun
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Zap-
Keep your chin up, things happen for a reason!
I was born & raised in Chicago and I live there now. When I started my quest to be an airline pilot United was at the top of my list, because they were my hometown airline and it seemed like it would be a good place to be in 1987.
Fast forward to 1993 - I'd been at USAir and left for Delta, then furloughed. I finally got my opportunity to interview at United in 1995.
It was the worst interview experience I have ever had. Up to that point I had interviewed at about 5 other airlines and had always been offered the job. My United interview was a train-wreck from start to finish. At one point I was very tempted to ask the interviewers why they had even bothered to call me in, since they obviously were not interested in hiring me.
Needless to say, I was turned down by United. I was very disappointed but not crushed, because I already had a good job at Delta, I just had to wait to be recalled.
Fast forward to today. Would I rather be at Delta or United?
I think I'm much better off at Delta. We'll see - I haven't reached retirement age yet...
You might be much better off as a corporate pilot at Wal-Mart than at Southwest. We won't know for awhile, but my personal opinion is that Southwest has some challenges ahead of it and things won't necessarily be that rosy there for the bottom half of their seniority list for some time to come...
You have a great family and your health from what I've read; time to re-dedicate yourself to your current job. If you're really that unhappy working there, then keep trying for something else, you've got all the boxes checked and it will happen if you're persistent.
JMHO!
Kevin
Keep your chin up, things happen for a reason!
I was born & raised in Chicago and I live there now. When I started my quest to be an airline pilot United was at the top of my list, because they were my hometown airline and it seemed like it would be a good place to be in 1987.
Fast forward to 1993 - I'd been at USAir and left for Delta, then furloughed. I finally got my opportunity to interview at United in 1995.
It was the worst interview experience I have ever had. Up to that point I had interviewed at about 5 other airlines and had always been offered the job. My United interview was a train-wreck from start to finish. At one point I was very tempted to ask the interviewers why they had even bothered to call me in, since they obviously were not interested in hiring me.
Needless to say, I was turned down by United. I was very disappointed but not crushed, because I already had a good job at Delta, I just had to wait to be recalled.
Fast forward to today. Would I rather be at Delta or United?
I think I'm much better off at Delta. We'll see - I haven't reached retirement age yet...
You might be much better off as a corporate pilot at Wal-Mart than at Southwest. We won't know for awhile, but my personal opinion is that Southwest has some challenges ahead of it and things won't necessarily be that rosy there for the bottom half of their seniority list for some time to come...
You have a great family and your health from what I've read; time to re-dedicate yourself to your current job. If you're really that unhappy working there, then keep trying for something else, you've got all the boxes checked and it will happen if you're persistent.
JMHO!
Kevin
You don't know until you retire, for sure.
In my few years at Delta:
There have been guys that:
Left UPS for Delta
Left Delta for UPS
Left United for Delta
Left Delta for United
Left Delta for Continental
Left Continental for Delta
And so on and so on.
The "best" place to be will always be a moving target, has been for the history of the profession and will be in the future. Find somewhere comfortable high on the foodchain and do your job.
In my few years at Delta:
There have been guys that:
Left UPS for Delta
Left Delta for UPS
Left United for Delta
Left Delta for United
Left Delta for Continental
Left Continental for Delta
And so on and so on.
The "best" place to be will always be a moving target, has been for the history of the profession and will be in the future. Find somewhere comfortable high on the foodchain and do your job.
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
That's the only problem I've found with corporate (part 91):
High on the food chain today can quickly become bottom of the heap tomorrow and on the street the next day.
The rules of the game are a moving target. Otherwise it's great!
High on the food chain today can quickly become bottom of the heap tomorrow and on the street the next day.
The rules of the game are a moving target. Otherwise it's great!
Same thing in the airline business.
I still wake up, every morning and hope some yahoo hasn't bombed a jet or got hijacked.
9/11 taught me that "Holy cow! I'm going to be a 30 year old MD-90 captain!" can become "Ok, if we're furloughing 100 pilots a month, am I going to be able to get out of real estate school before the letter arrives" overnight.
I still wake up, every morning and hope some yahoo hasn't bombed a jet or got hijacked.
9/11 taught me that "Holy cow! I'm going to be a 30 year old MD-90 captain!" can become "Ok, if we're furloughing 100 pilots a month, am I going to be able to get out of real estate school before the letter arrives" overnight.
....left Delta for GoJet.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Zap -
Reports from several military buds back home indicate that about 1/5 of them were even called for interviews by either SWA or FEDEX. The few that were called, however, were hired.
Tough market out there...keep your chin up and try again as soon as you can. Look forward to seeing you on the line somewhere, someday.
Reports from several military buds back home indicate that about 1/5 of them were even called for interviews by either SWA or FEDEX. The few that were called, however, were hired.
Tough market out there...keep your chin up and try again as soon as you can. Look forward to seeing you on the line somewhere, someday.
I still remember when I was leaving the A-10 to go to the 117. A number of guys were up for the VML at DM, and many decided to seven day opt. So many so that AFMPC sent a one-star over to the Wing to find out why so many guys were leaving. There was about 12 of them or so who all applied to SWA, and all got hired, with about 5 or 6 more from the same Wing getting hired in the few years after as they came up on their time.
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
Ah well. Kept me busy for 3 months and gave the wife a break from my perpetual search for a new car or a cheap/unique vacation destination. (when you can't nonrev airfare is expensive!) A little disappointment, but no regrets.