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Southwest Airlines

Dallas, TX

QUICKTAKE
  • AirTran's last flight was 28 Dec 14. All pilots are now on the SWA pilot list.
  • SWAPA has withdrawn its membership from the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA)
  • Southwest's $1.4 B purchase of AirTran completed in 2011
  • Combined airline will fly more than 100m passengers out of more than 100 airports, and international routes
  • 1000 PIC in turbine is now only Preferred.
  • Final flight of 737-300 was 29 Sept 2017 
  • First Flight of 737-800 Max 1 Oct 2017
  • Southwest routemap
  • IATA code: WN; ICAO code: SWA
  • ATC callsign: "Southwest"
  • Southwest has 34 MAX 8 aircraft on property
  • ETOPS flights to Hawaii will originate from California
  • This page was last updated: March 21, 2024

Company Website

PILOTS
Total: 11728
Active: 11728
Furloughed: 0
UNION
Southwest Airlines Pilots Association
FLEET
737-700: 385
737-8: 227
737-800: 207
DOMICILES
BWI
HOU
MCO
MDW
DAL
DEN
PHX
LAS
OAK
ATL
LAX
BNA
HIRING
Is Hiring?: No
JUMPSEATS

For all flights on or after May 9, 2017 OAL jumpseat listing will be on myIDTravel. SWA will be available on myIDTravel on April 9, 2017. Customer Serivce Agents will not be able to process jumpseat requests at the gate without a listing code from myIDTravel. 

Southwest Airlines PAYSCALES

CAPTAIN PAY SCALE (Hourly)
Year
All     
12 364     
11 361     
10 358     
9 356     
8 353     
7 350     
6 347     
5 345     
4 342     
3 339     
2 337     
1 334     
FIRST OFFICER PAY SCALE (Hourly)
Year
All     
12 255     
11 253     
10 251     
9 249     
8 243     
7 238     
6 236     
5 231     
4 225     
3 220     
2 185     
1 133     

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PAY NOTES

Scheduled pay increases:January 1, 20254%January 1, 20264%January 1, 20274%January 1, 20283.25%Pay notes:

The most junior Captain hire as of March 2024: June 2017 (OAK)

Minimum guarantee: 78 hours (90 TFP months) or 84 hours (96 TFP)

Reserve pay is per day, not a monthly guarantee (6 TFP per day if not assigned)

Reserves generally credit substantially more than guarantee due to being paid rig or better for each time they get assigned and having line pilot protections and overrides once assigned a trip.

PER DIEM

CONUS $2.90
OCONUS: $3.45

Per diem rates increase 2.5% each January 1.

RETIREMENT

401K Matching: No

A/B Fund:

B fund: 17% through Dec 31, 2025
18% from January 1, 2026

MBCBP: Effective datePercent of Pilot's retirement eligible wages contributed to MCBCP1/1/20241%1/1/20262%

Other:

12.2% profit sharing

Mandatory Retirements:

2021 - 206
2022 - 195
2023 - 239
2024 - 289
2025 - 313
2026 - 378
2027 - 399
2028 - 395
2029 - 393
2030 - 391
2031 - 380
2032 - 381
2033 - 381
2034 - 436
2035 - 444
2036 - 374
2037 - 363
2038 - 340
2039 - 322
2040 - 280
2041 - 235
2042 - 193
2043 - 155
2044 - 113
2045 - 115
2046 - 91
2047 - 68
2048 - 34
2049 - 14
2050 - 6
2051 - 5
2052 - 1