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Southwest





Dallas, TX
www.southwest.com

quicktake

  • First 737-800 delivery in March
  • Total aircraft deliveries this year: 33 (all -800s)
  • Retiring an equal number of -300s
  • SWA-AirTran pilot seniority list integration completed
  • Southwest's $1.4 B purchase of AirTran completed in May
  • Combined airline will fly more than 100m passengers out of more than 100 airports, and international routes
  • Pilots eligible for profitability-based raises in 2012
  • Southwest routemap
  • This page last updated: Jan 15, 2012 (payscale pay bump, tail image, quicktake; fleet count; pilot count)
 
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pilots pilots
6,104
 Total
6,104
 Active
0
 Furlough

Southwest Airlines Pilots Assocation
(amend. Aug 2012)
pilots pilots
737-700: 
372
737-500: 
 25
737-300: 
 161

BWI
DAL
HOU
LAS
MCO
MDW
OAK
PHX

pilots

Hiring. SWA is not currently accepting new profiles for online applications. Hiring approx. 140 pilots in 2012.

Minimums:
ATP; 2,500 TT or 1,500 turbine total; 1,000 PIC turbine; Class 1 medical.

Non-typed applicants have six months to get the rating if selected.

Southwest interview gouge.

pilots

Call 866-359-7967 to list. Otherwise at ticket counter or gate. CASS participant.


[above figures were converted from $/trip to $/hour]

Monthly guarantee: 78 hours (averaged)
Reserve guarantee: 79 hours

Future contractual pay raises: 2011 (2%), 2012 (2%)

Most junior captain hired: Jul 2001 (OAK)

Per Diem :
$2.15/hr
 

pilots

401K:
yes
401k Matching:
up to 9.3%
A/B Fund:
none
Other:
Profit sharing (10% avg past 10 years)

   
 
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