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Southwest Airlines

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Southwest Airlines is a major airline in the United States. It is headquartered in the Love Field neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. It is the fourth-largest airline in North America when measured by passengers carried, as of 2024. With its all-Boeing 737 fleet, Southwest serves over 100 destinations in 42 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and ten other countries and territories near the southern United States in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea regions: Aruba, the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Jamaica, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

From Wikipedia, as of Aug 7, 2026, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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2.8

4 reviews

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13 bases · main base DAL

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DAL — Dallas Love Field (main base): 1 reviewDALBWI — Baltimore: 1 reviewBWIDEN — Denver: 1 reviewDENMDW — Chicago Midway: 1 reviewMDWATL — Atlanta: no reviews yetATLAUS — Austin: no reviews yetAUSBNA — Nashville: no reviews yetBNAHOU — Houston Hobby: no reviews yetHOULAS — Las Vegas: no reviews yetLASLAX — Los Angeles: no reviews yetMCO — Orlando: no reviews yetOAK — Oakland: no reviews yetPHX — Phoenix: no reviews yet
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Ranked by how much of Southwest Airlines’s network they overlap — the carriers someone at these bases could realistically move to.

How it compares

against North American carriers (7)

Sick leave culture-1.71.3
Safety report handling+1.04.0
Management respect+0.93.5
Pay and per diems-0.63.3
Seniority and upgrades+0.63.3
Days off actually received-0.52.7
Commuting policy-0.32.3
Overall-0.32.8

Each bar is this carrier’s score minus the median of North American carriers. The right-hand number is the raw score.

Category ratings

Roster stability2.01 reply
Days off actually received2.73 replies
Fatigue and FDP practice2.02 replies
Pay and per diems3.34 replies
Benefits packageNot enough answers
Seniority and upgrades3.33 replies
Commuting policy2.33 replies
Sick leave culture1.33 replies
Safety report handling4.04 replies
Management respect3.54 replies
Contract vs reality1.52 replies

Latest reviews

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2.0

Great colleagues, exhausting month after month

Senior Cabin Crew · MDW · Jun 2026

TurbopropDirect hire1-3 yrs

Sick leave is not held against you, which matters more than people expect. The trade-off is a roster that assumes you will always be available on days off. [demo]

Pros

Pay arrives on time, every month.

Cons

Days off are theoretical.

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Verified crew

3.0

Fine if you live at base, brutal if you commute

First Officer · DAL · Feb 2026

WidebodyAgency1-3 yrsRecommends

Fatigue reports get acknowledged and then closed with no change. Safety reports are handled properly, so it is clearly a crewing problem rather than a culture problem, but that does not help when you are on your fourth…

Pros

Pay arrives on time, every month.

Cons

Crewing is unreachable when it matters.

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demo_TechStop · 3 reviews