Reality Show 'Airline' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers

mpenguin1 · June 18th, 2004, 09:50

Reality Show 'Airline' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...e_airline_dc_2

Thu Jun 17, 7:49 PM ET

By Jon Herskovitz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Perhaps it is the mysteries of lost luggage and the lore of lushes too drunk to fly that is causing a surge in job applicants at Southwest Airlines Inc. in the days following broadcasts of a reality TV show featuring the low-fare carrier.

The Dallas, Texas-based carrier typically receives about 180 job applications a day, but that number regularly nears 600 on Tuesdays after the show airs Monday nights.

One of the Southwest employees featured on the show, Val Brown, who works in Chicago, said she finds it is puzzling that people would chose to send in job applications after watching "Airline."

"I guess for some people, the idea of working in chaos and conflict appeals to them," she said.

JDMcFly · June 18th, 2004, 09:54

They just wanna get on da TEEE VEEE BOX.

err.. yeah.

mtsu_av8er · June 18th, 2004, 09:55

That show makes me want to work for that airline more than ever!!!

Doug Taylor · June 18th, 2004, 09:57

I can't even watch it because it stresses me out.

I think the people that apply to 'see some action' on their new job will probably last about six months before moving on to something else.

mtsu_av8er · June 18th, 2004, 09:59

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I can't even watch it because it stresses me out.

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Bringing a little bit too much work home, eh?

flyover · June 18th, 2004, 10:00

[ QUOTE ]
I can't even watch it because it stresses me out.

I think the people that apply to 'see some action' on their new job will probably last about six months before moving on to something else.

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I'm wondering if it's people that like to force others to "respect their authoitay!" I can't believe some of the deals where they are demanding birth certificates for kids that are clearly under two. Then you read where SWA is in trouble for blowing off the exit row rules once the people are onboard.

mtsu_av8er · June 18th, 2004, 10:02

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I can't believe some of the deals where they are demanding birth certificates for kids that are clearly under two.

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Not sure if we're talking about the same two episodes, but that one fat-a$$ baby was big as hell....

JDMcFly · June 18th, 2004, 10:10

I thought the baby was clearly over two?

mtsu_av8er · June 18th, 2004, 10:20

If that baby was less than two, there are some parents that need a major a$$-whipping!!

jtrain609 · June 18th, 2004, 10:30

Hey, some baby's are just fat. I was a fat a$$ baby until I developed asthma (14 months). After that I've been drinking weight gainer 9000 and I'm STILL too skinny!

Doug Taylor · June 18th, 2004, 10:40

[ QUOTE ]
Hey, some baby's are just fat. I was a fat a$$ baby until I developed asthma (14 months). After that I've been drinking weight gainer 9000 and I'm STILL too skinny!

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Step 1: Fly to Munich, Germany
Step 2: Take Train the the Hauptbahnhof
Step 3: Find Metro station nearest downtown beer gardens
Step 4: Purchase ticket, MAKE SURE YOU VALIDATE IT IN THE SMALL ORANGE BOX!, get on Metro
Step 5: Order a Liter of Paulaner Dunkel and Bayern bratwurst. Enjoy.
Step 6: Repeat Step 5

Voila! You'll look like a 767 ER captain in no time!

(Favorite quote from the "Jim Phillips w/ Moira" on RealRadio 104.1 in Orlando: "That ain't baby fat, that's eatin' fat!"

mtsu_av8er · June 18th, 2004, 10:42

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Hey, some baby's are just fat. I was a fat a$$ baby until I developed asthma (14 months). After that I've been drinking weight gainer 9000 and I'm STILL too skinny!

[/ QUOTE ]

Step 1: Fly to Munich, Germany
Step 2: Take Train the the Hauptbahnhof
Step 3: Find Metro station nearest downtown beer gardens
Step 4: Purchase ticket, MAKE SURE YOU VALIDATE IT IN THE SMALL ORANGE BOX!, get on Metro
Step 5: Order a Liter of Paulaner Dunkel and Bayern bratwurst. Enjoy.
Step 6: Repeat Step 5

Voila! You'll look like a 767 ER captain in no time!

[/ QUOTE ]

That sounds like a good morning!!!

Tim · June 18th, 2004, 10:42

As a customer service agent I can feel some of those agents pain. Lucky for me though I am a ramp rat and have no desire to work the gate or ticketing unless there is a promotion and money involved. My wife ask me if folks are really like that and I told without a doubt but most of those on the show are quite calm. I have seem some get down right awful and have to be escorted by police away from the counter and been denied travel all day. Drunks are the funniest though.

Doug Taylor · June 18th, 2004, 10:43

I've seen more folks kicked off airplanes, spit at gate agents and assault other passengers in my short eight years as an airline pilot and there's no way I'm going to volunteer to watch that jazz on TV!

Much rather watch Skinamax, but we don't get premium channels in the Taylor hogan anymore!

mtsu_av8er · June 18th, 2004, 10:47

[ QUOTE ]
I've seen more folks kicked off airplanes, spit at gate agents and assault other passengers in my short eight years as an airline pilot and there's no way I'm going to volunteer to watch that jazz on TV!

Much rather watch Skinamax . . .

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Hmmm...Skinamax....

Tim · June 18th, 2004, 10:47

Doug you got to stand up to Kristie and tell you want your channels back. Haha..I sure she will give them right back..

Doug Taylor · June 18th, 2004, 10:52

Actually, we got rid of the premium channels because they weren't being watched at all. In fact, we even considered getting rid of digital cable altogether because we get "free" basic thru our HOA and hardly watch television at all.

But then we got the Cox DVR thing so I get to watch "Good Eats" and "Insomniac TV" whenever I want, so maybe we'll keep the digital.

If I went on a quiz show and the topic was "Popular TV shows", I'd be way hosed. The only one I have any basic familiarity with is "Everybody Just Fricken Tolerates Raymond" because it's fun teasing the name, but I've never seen the show.

mtsu_av8er · June 18th, 2004, 10:59

I love Good Eats....Mr. Brown knows his stuff. I don't watch many of the series-type shows on TV, but I am pretty hooked on Six Feet Under (ever since the first episode, i've been watching). I like watching movies, though....Digital rocks for that.

I'd rather do away with the local broadcast channels...Survivor and other shows of that type make me sick....

Tim · June 18th, 2004, 11:03

All I need are my ESPN's, Discovery channels, History Channel and Fox new and I am good

kellwolf · June 18th, 2004, 11:08

Wow, that's a lot of applications. Too bad we're on an external hiring freeze and cutting back staff left and right. They just gutted overtime here in MCO again, so now we've got TWO people to work a flight instead of four. Now I am really counting down. Not sure which is going to get here first, my last day at work or my first day on OJI cause my back went out. Wouldn't be as bad if I didn't work in the tourist capital of the world where everyone brings 3 bags and stuffs them with all they own.

Tim · June 18th, 2004, 11:11

Kell you work at SWA correct?

When I work Delta Express I loved the family that packed a weeks worth of clothes in one suitcase. The bag weights were way off for MCO. Nothing like a bag that is 4 foot tall and weight 100 lbs.

kellwolf · June 18th, 2004, 11:18

Ya know kidding. I WISH all the bags weighed FAA bag weights. When half of them have "heavy" tags on them, I just have to groan. When I have three CARTS of them, I have to cry.

Tim · June 18th, 2004, 11:25

At least yours have heavy tags. Most of our skycaps dont put them on there so you never know until you jerk the bag and it doesnt move.

Some of the worst I have seen in ATL is bags going to San Salvador. The come out of the plane wrapped in green cargo netting and have everything under the sun in them. Delta usually has to leave off bags because they are so big and can fit in the 737-800. I think they fly a 767 sometimes to accomadate them.

highspeed · June 18th, 2004, 12:00

One of the funnies things I've seen while working at VS.

One night a guy going to Lagos, Nigera, walked up with a full size office coping machine on a cart. It wasn't in a box, it wasn't wrapped in plastic, just the copier on an airport cart, and wanted to check it to LOS.

We all stood there and laughed, did this guy really expect this thing to get there in one piece. Needless to say, it was not checked in.

flyover · June 18th, 2004, 12:00

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At least yours have heavy tags. Most of our skycaps dont put them on there so you never know until you jerk the bag and it doesnt move.

Some of the worst I have seen in ATL is bags going to San Salvador. The come out of the plane wrapped in green cargo netting and have everything under the sun in them. Delta usually has to leave off bags because they are so big and can fit in the 737-800. I think they fly a 767 sometimes to accomadate them.

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I flew Salvadore a lot. I swear those people were breaking down small cars and checking them as baggage! Funny thing, almost none of those flights ever had the stab trim setting right. Hmmmm.

You definitely need to put the weight lifters on those flights. I've seen some of the gals really struggling to get bags on the belt.

I understood that we freighted the excess bags down. I've never seen a bigger aiplane on the route.

Dave

June 18th, 2004, 09:50	#1
mpenguin1 Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 9,868 Blog Entries: 5	Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers Reality Show 'Airline' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...e_airline_dc_2 Thu Jun 17, 7:49 PM ET By Jon Herskovitz NEW YORK (Reuters) - Perhaps it is the mysteries of lost luggage and the lore of lushes too drunk to fly that is causing a surge in job applicants at Southwest Airlines Inc. in the days following broadcasts of a reality TV show featuring the low-fare carrier. The Dallas, Texas-based carrier typically receives about 180 job applications a day, but that number regularly nears 600 on Tuesdays after the show airs Monday nights. One of the Southwest employees featured on the show, Val Brown, who works in Chicago, said she finds it is puzzling that people would chose to send in job applications after watching "Airline." "I guess for some people, the idea of working in chaos and conflict appeals to them," she said.

June 18th, 2004, 09:54	#2
JDMcFly Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New York Posts: 1,664	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers They just wanna get on da TEEE VEEE BOX. err.. yeah.

June 18th, 2004, 09:55	#3
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,403	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers That show makes me want to work for that airline more than ever!!!

June 18th, 2004, 09:57	#4
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,825 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers I can't even watch it because it stresses me out. I think the people that apply to 'see some action' on their new job will probably last about six months before moving on to something else.

June 18th, 2004, 09:59	#5
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,403	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers [ QUOTE ] I can't even watch it because it stresses me out. [/ QUOTE ] Bringing a little bit too much work home, eh?

June 18th, 2004, 10:00	#6
flyover Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,389	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers [ QUOTE ] I can't even watch it because it stresses me out. I think the people that apply to 'see some action' on their new job will probably last about six months before moving on to something else. [/ QUOTE ] I'm wondering if it's people that like to force others to "respect their authoitay!" I can't believe some of the deals where they are demanding birth certificates for kids that are clearly under two. Then you read where SWA is in trouble for blowing off the exit row rules once the people are onboard.

June 18th, 2004, 10:02	#7
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,403	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers [ QUOTE ] I can't believe some of the deals where they are demanding birth certificates for kids that are clearly under two. [/ QUOTE ] Not sure if we're talking about the same two episodes, but that one fat-a$$ baby was big as hell....

June 18th, 2004, 10:10	#8
JDMcFly Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New York Posts: 1,664	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers I thought the baby was clearly over two?

June 18th, 2004, 10:20	#9
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,403	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers If that baby was less than two, there are some parents that need a major a$$-whipping!!

June 18th, 2004, 10:30	#10
jtrain609 Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 12,100	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers Hey, some baby's are just fat. I was a fat a$$ baby until I developed asthma (14 months). After that I've been drinking weight gainer 9000 and I'm STILL too skinny!

June 18th, 2004, 10:40	#11
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,825 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers [ QUOTE ] Hey, some baby's are just fat. I was a fat a$$ baby until I developed asthma (14 months). After that I've been drinking weight gainer 9000 and I'm STILL too skinny! [/ QUOTE ] Step 1: Fly to Munich, Germany Step 2: Take Train the the Hauptbahnhof Step 3: Find Metro station nearest downtown beer gardens Step 4: Purchase ticket, MAKE SURE YOU VALIDATE IT IN THE SMALL ORANGE BOX!, get on Metro Step 5: Order a Liter of Paulaner Dunkel and Bayern bratwurst. Enjoy. Step 6: Repeat Step 5 Voila! You'll look like a 767 ER captain in no time! (Favorite quote from the "Jim Phillips w/ Moira" on RealRadio 104.1 in Orlando: "That ain't baby fat, that's eatin' fat!"

June 18th, 2004, 10:42	#12
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,403	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Hey, some baby's are just fat. I was a fat a$$ baby until I developed asthma (14 months). After that I've been drinking weight gainer 9000 and I'm STILL too skinny! [/ QUOTE ] Step 1: Fly to Munich, Germany Step 2: Take Train the the Hauptbahnhof Step 3: Find Metro station nearest downtown beer gardens Step 4: Purchase ticket, MAKE SURE YOU VALIDATE IT IN THE SMALL ORANGE BOX!, get on Metro Step 5: Order a Liter of Paulaner Dunkel and Bayern bratwurst. Enjoy. Step 6: Repeat Step 5 Voila! You'll look like a 767 ER captain in no time! [/ QUOTE ] That sounds like a good morning!!!

June 18th, 2004, 10:42	#13
Tim Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,205	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers As a customer service agent I can feel some of those agents pain. Lucky for me though I am a ramp rat and have no desire to work the gate or ticketing unless there is a promotion and money involved. My wife ask me if folks are really like that and I told without a doubt but most of those on the show are quite calm. I have seem some get down right awful and have to be escorted by police away from the counter and been denied travel all day. Drunks are the funniest though.

June 18th, 2004, 10:43	#14
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,825 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers I've seen more folks kicked off airplanes, spit at gate agents and assault other passengers in my short eight years as an airline pilot and there's no way I'm going to volunteer to watch that jazz on TV! Much rather watch Skinamax, but we don't get premium channels in the Taylor hogan anymore!

June 18th, 2004, 10:47	#15
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,403	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers [ QUOTE ] I've seen more folks kicked off airplanes, spit at gate agents and assault other passengers in my short eight years as an airline pilot and there's no way I'm going to volunteer to watch that jazz on TV! Much rather watch Skinamax . . . [/ QUOTE ] Hmmm...Skinamax....

June 18th, 2004, 10:52	#17
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,825 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers Actually, we got rid of the premium channels because they weren't being watched at all. In fact, we even considered getting rid of digital cable altogether because we get "free" basic thru our HOA and hardly watch television at all. But then we got the Cox DVR thing so I get to watch "Good Eats" and "Insomniac TV" whenever I want, so maybe we'll keep the digital. If I went on a quiz show and the topic was "Popular TV shows", I'd be way hosed. The only one I have any basic familiarity with is "Everybody Just Fricken Tolerates Raymond" because it's fun teasing the name, but I've never seen the show.

June 18th, 2004, 10:59	#18
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,403	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers I love Good Eats....Mr. Brown knows his stuff. I don't watch many of the series-type shows on TV, but I am pretty hooked on Six Feet Under (ever since the first episode, i've been watching). I like watching movies, though....Digital rocks for that. I'd rather do away with the local broadcast channels...Survivor and other shows of that type make me sick....

June 18th, 2004, 11:03	#19
Tim Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,205	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers All I need are my ESPN's, Discovery channels, History Channel and Fox new and I am good

June 18th, 2004, 11:08	#20
kellwolf Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 13,257	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers Wow, that's a lot of applications. Too bad we're on an external hiring freeze and cutting back staff left and right. They just gutted overtime here in MCO again, so now we've got TWO people to work a flight instead of four. Now I am really counting down. Not sure which is going to get here first, my last day at work or my first day on OJI cause my back went out. Wouldn't be as bad if I didn't work in the tourist capital of the world where everyone brings 3 bags and stuffs them with all they own.

June 18th, 2004, 11:11	#21
Tim Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,205	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers Kell you work at SWA correct? When I work Delta Express I loved the family that packed a weeks worth of clothes in one suitcase. The bag weights were way off for MCO. Nothing like a bag that is 4 foot tall and weight 100 lbs.

June 18th, 2004, 11:18	#22
kellwolf Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 13,257	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers Ya know kidding. I WISH all the bags weighed FAA bag weights. When half of them have "heavy" tags on them, I just have to groan. When I have three CARTS of them, I have to cry.

June 18th, 2004, 11:25	#23
Tim Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,205	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers At least yours have heavy tags. Most of our skycaps dont put them on there so you never know until you jerk the bag and it doesnt move. Some of the worst I have seen in ATL is bags going to San Salvador. The come out of the plane wrapped in green cargo netting and have everything under the sun in them. Delta usually has to leave off bags because they are so big and can fit in the 737-800. I think they fly a 767 sometimes to accomadate them.

June 18th, 2004, 12:00	#24
highspeed Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 119	Re: Reality Show \'Airline\' Spurs Flood of Job-Seekers One of the funnies things I've seen while working at VS. One night a guy going to Lagos, Nigera, walked up with a full size office coping machine on a cart. It wasn't in a box, it wasn't wrapped in plastic, just the copier on an airport cart, and wanted to check it to LOS. We all stood there and laughed, did this guy really expect this thing to get there in one piece. Needless to say, it was not checked in.

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