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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1078014" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Some facts. The skill level to fly a 737/717/MD80/90/95 isn't that different from the skill level to fly a 777. Seniority determines who flys what and where. SWA is an "<strong>all 737" (almost all, forgot about Airtran purchase) </strong>carrier, so there isn't much choice of which airplane to fly, just which version. It can be argued that multiple day and night landings with many more cycles are more dangerous and disruptive to the system than being on autopilot for 4-5 hrs evry night while you read <em>Penthouse </em>and brag about your new Mercedes or Porsche, or who you are banging other than your wife. The SWA pilot has enough time to actually fly to their next destination and not read a magazine or discuss money.</p><p></p><p>The SWA union is an <em>in-house </em>union, similar to what FedEx pilots voted-in and then dropped in favor of ALPA.</p><p></p><p>You're conveniently not factoring-in the lack of a pension and inferior benefits the SWA pilots receive, making their <strong>actual level of compensation </strong>much less than a Fedex pilot.</p><p></p><p>My buddy is a 5th year FO at SWA. He doesn't make anywhere near what a FedEx pilot does in <strong>total compensation. He wishes he made what a FedEx pilot does, but he doesn't want to live in MEM...ever. Cannot blame him for that.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>SWA is an orange and FedEx is an apple, so this is NOT an apples vs. apples conversation. </p><p></p><p>You need to get out more often.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1078014, member: 12508"] Some facts. The skill level to fly a 737/717/MD80/90/95 isn't that different from the skill level to fly a 777. Seniority determines who flys what and where. SWA is an "[B]all 737" (almost all, forgot about Airtran purchase) [/B]carrier, so there isn't much choice of which airplane to fly, just which version. It can be argued that multiple day and night landings with many more cycles are more dangerous and disruptive to the system than being on autopilot for 4-5 hrs evry night while you read [I]Penthouse [/I]and brag about your new Mercedes or Porsche, or who you are banging other than your wife. The SWA pilot has enough time to actually fly to their next destination and not read a magazine or discuss money. The SWA union is an [I]in-house [/I]union, similar to what FedEx pilots voted-in and then dropped in favor of ALPA. You're conveniently not factoring-in the lack of a pension and inferior benefits the SWA pilots receive, making their [B]actual level of compensation [/B]much less than a Fedex pilot. My buddy is a 5th year FO at SWA. He doesn't make anywhere near what a FedEx pilot does in [B]total compensation. He wishes he made what a FedEx pilot does, but he doesn't want to live in MEM...ever. Cannot blame him for that. [/B] SWA is an orange and FedEx is an apple, so this is NOT an apples vs. apples conversation. You need to get out more often. [/QUOTE]
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