The grass is always greener for a New Hire pilot at SWA.

[bafanguy]

JT12345,

Interesting. I've heard bits & pieces to the effect of what you describe. In terms of bases, to your knowledge, what's the most senior and how many years does it take to hold it ? I'll guess ATL...and many years ? The info I've got is old but was that the plug in ATL was about 12 years seniority.

And the most junior ? Commuting is the same ordeal as any airline ?

Is SWA seeing significant numbers of junior FOs leaving ? I do know that at least some people also leave UAL, AA and DL early on when they're able to work where they can get a base more to their liking. But there aren't significant numbers of people doing that, IIUC.

Commuting for many years is a tough thing.

Thanks.