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Southwest





Dallas, TX
www.southwest.com

quicktake

  • First 175-seat Boeing 737-800 has been delivered (ETOPS certified)
  • Opening DEN pilot domicile in October, 250 pilots
  • Total -800 aircraft deliveries in 2012: 33
  • 41 -800 deliveries in 2013
  • 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
  • IATA code: WN; ICAO code: SWA
  • ATC callsign: "Southwest"
  • This page last updated: May 10, 2012 (quicktake; fleet count)
 
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pilots pilots
6,104
Total
6,104
Active
0
Furlough

Southwest Airlines Pilots Assocation
(amend. Aug 2012)
pilots pilots
737-800: 
3
737-700: 
372
737-500: 
25
737-300: 
161

BWI
DAL
DEN (in Oct.)
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