Mooncrest,
A few more tidbits from the interesting history of SWA's B727 years. The info comes from an acquaintance doing a very deep dive into the company's flight ops history.
“From February through June 1984 six classes totaling 24 would train to become Flight Engineers bringing the total number of Southwest trained Flight Engineers to 35 during this period. They included three Check Engineers. 22 of these 35 Southwest trained Flight Engineers would later become Pilots at Southwest Airlines…”
“…near the end of the drawdown…Vice President of Flight Operations, gave all the Flight Engineers one year to secure an ATP certificate and they would be offered a Pilot training class. Many did, some didn’t.”
Last edited by bafanguy; 16th Nov 2019 at 12:27.