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Originally Posted by skydog 
And yes, having the type does make training cheaper for SWA. It costs a bunch of money for SWA to train a pilot. If that pilot fails training, that is tens of thousands of dollars the company has spent with nothing to show for it. Requiring a type rating prior to hire provides much greater assurance that the people they hire will successfully complete their training, which is what SWA ultimately wants.
I suspect that the type rating requirement is a holdover from the start-up days, when they did not have a lot of money for training. Hell, back then it might have been a way to avoid training costs altogether. We're talking early 1970's here.
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Are you just talking? Or can you back this stuff up? Is seems my company can hire folks of sufficient aptitude to complete training in minimum time with nary a washout.
If it's all about being proficient in the airplane, why aren't they interested in hiring first officers with lots of time in the airplane sans type rating? What good is a type rating with no time in the airplane?