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[thesassyfa]

Any insider news on when Southwest will open up for hiring flight attendants again? I applied twice earlier this year. As we all know the overwhelming response shut down the server. I never got a email or phone call about a interview or well anything. Any tips will help! I am at a regional airline and dying to get out!

[num1bearsfan]

thesassyfa, on 27 October 2011 - 10:36 AM, said:

Any insider news on when Southwest will open up for hiring flight attendants again? I applied twice earlier this year. As we all know the overwhelming response shut down the server. I never got a email or phone call about a interview or well anything. Any tips will help! I am at a regional airline and dying to get out!

You might consider first trying to get ANY job at Southwest as it become available. There are far more inflight opportunities internally for Southwest employees than for externals.

[jimntx]

Also, you have to be aware that they process their apps received online in the order they are received. When I was furloughed from AA in 2003, I immediately put in an on-line app with Southwest. They contacted me for an interview 19 months later. I had been recalled to AA the month before.

[buscador]

jimntx, on 27 October 2011 - 04:42 PM, said:

Also, you have to be aware that they process their apps received online in the order they are received. When I was furloughed from AA in 2003, I immediately put in an on-line app with Southwest. They contacted me for an interview 19 months later. I had been recalled to AA the month before.

Well there is no easy answer to this question,, here are two suggestions,,

#1- you could take the Air Tran approach,, that is just keep working for your current airline and hope that SWA buys it... there by entitling you to every year of seniority you have worked even though it was not for SWA,, demand your DOH and all the up grades in pay/benefits/ QOC(quality of career) , OK,, scratch that approach,, I think SWA will learn from this one,,may be another 17 years before they try it again,, or go apply at Air Tran as many of my co workers suggested to their friends,, you would be SWA when the dust settles

#2 I was told by a hiring committee person,, that do to FAA regulations and homeland security ,,blah blah blah,, airlines can no longer take on resumes for positions that dont need to be filled, this rule is the reason SWA can no longer take employee recomendations(BS)...so it is a watch and hope, when they open up the resumes make sure you get on the list.... I also heard that SWA will be hiring a decent amount next year as in 8-10 new hire flight attendant classes...

Remember that the last time they did it the computers crashed,, so be vigilant... The pilots opened theirs up for 1500 and got 7500 applications,, before the govt put their foot in SWA was recieving over 100,000 apps a year for flight attendant,,again that was told to me,,, so hang in there,, good luck,,

[eolesen]

The "don't collect resumes" thing isn't only airlines. Blame the Department of Labor... Under the OFCCP, they require companies doing business with the government to collect and submit demographic data (ethnicity, gender, etc) from all applicants.

Some corporations have simply adopted the same policy -- don't accept resumes unless there's a posting, and incresaingly, force everyone to use an online applicant system which ensures compliance with all the federal and state guidelines, even if they're not currently bidding on government work.

Gotta say, it gets even more frustrating when you go to a career fair, see applicants walking around with a stack of resumes (that they paid money to get printed on fancy paper...), and finding that few employers can even accept them.

Guess the DOL got worried that they might be marked up with comments about the person's race, gender, size, tatoos, piercings, or the recruiter's gay-dar going off...

[Dman]

Do not believe all the hype about SWA, get ready to be brain washed in Dallas, They will tell you how lucky and fortunate u r to be hired out a million applicants, the idea is to make you feel like you owe them something so they can work you to death, they like to put down other airlines, very arrogant and unprofessional not realizing that in this industry things can turn quickly, SWA and their arrogance needs to be humbled.

[buscador]

Dman, on 19 November 2011 - 01:18 PM, said:

Do not believe all the hype about SWA, get ready to be brain washed in Dallas, They will tell you how lucky and fortunate u r to be hired out a million applicants, the idea is to make you feel like you owe them something so they can work you to death, they like to put down other airlines, very arrogant and unprofessional not realizing that in this industry things can turn quickly, SWA and their arrogance needs to be humbled.

Wow, sounds like someone who got rejected from SWA,,, get a life dman... There is no other airline to work for at this time,, SWA FA's get the most flexible schedules, more pay, more benefits than any other....I started with SWA was a little company and we used to get called trailer park, cattle car ,, looked down at like second grade citizens... So yea its ok to be arrogant,, we deserve it.,,,

[num1bearsfan]

Dman, on 19 November 2011 - 01:18 PM, said:

Do not believe all the hype about SWA, get ready to be brain washed in Dallas, They will tell you how lucky and fortunate u r to be hired out a million applicants, the idea is to make you feel like you owe them something so they can work you to death, they like to put down other airlines, very arrogant and unprofessional not realizing that in this industry things can turn quickly, SWA and their arrogance needs to be humbled.

So, what exactly are you suggesting? That this person would be better off becoming a flight attendant at another airline? If so, you're completely out of touch with reality.. Your opinions of Southwest as a company aside, there's no better airline to work for period. It's not like,.. an opinion.. It's just a fact. In any possible measure of a quality employer, you can't make the case any airline is better than Southwest.. I've never even heard anyone TRY to make an argument to the contrary.

Feel free to follow up your statements with some supporting facts or information.. I would LOVE to hear about how Delta, America, United, or some regional is a better employer than Southwest Airlines..