• 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• SWAPA has withdrawn its membership from the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA)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: July 14, 2022 (Pay Notes)

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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. 

The 2019 profit sharing amount was 12.2%

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

The most junior captain (OAK) in the July 2022 bid period is a Jan 2014 hire.

$2.30/hr (Dom.)
$2.80/hr (Intl.)