History of Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co., the model for budget upstarts universally, has become the biggest domestic airline in the United States, by number of passengers carried. Over 70 million passengers fly Southwest Airlines each year to about 60 destinations around the nation. Passengers have found that Southwest’s rock bottom pricing generates almost a latest form of transportation, more in opposition with the automobile than other airlines. They are enthusiastic to forsake in-flight meals, baggage transfers, and other traditional frills for cheaply amenable wings.

The company flies only Boeing 737s, to shorten maintenance and training, and employee productivity is soaring. Planes are turned around for their next flight in just 15 minutes, one-third the industry standard. Though the airline has improved its salaries and taken on other features of a traditional airline, such as its first codeshare arrangement, Southwest stays a one of a kind in the industry.

Job Description/Average Wage

Flight Attendant: The Flight Attendant has the accountability to proclaim and show safety and emergency procedures such as the use of oxygen masks, seat belts, and life jackets. Answer passengers’ problems about flights, aircraft, weather, travel routes and services, arrival times, and/or schedules. The Flight Attendant will help passengers in placing carry-on luggage in overhead, garment, or under-seat storage. Other duties include:

• Assisting passengers while entering or landing the aircraft.
• Attending preflight briefings worrying weather, altitudes, routes, emergency methods, crew synchronization, lengths of flights, food and beverage services offered, and quantities of passengers.
• Ensuring that food, beverages, blankets, reading material, emergency equipment, and other supplies are on board and are in sufficient supply.
• Conducting periodic trips through the cabin to guarantee passenger comfort, and to dispense reading material, headphones, pillows, playing cards, and blankets.
• Determining unique assistance wants of passengers such as small children, the elderly or disabled persons.

The successful candidate will have an average yearly salary of around $28,000 — $82,000.

Ramp Agent: As the Ramp Agent of Southwest Airlines, you will monitor and perform all safety policies and procedures, make sure that customer and airline requirements and methods are performed in a safe, secure, and appropriate manner. This position will activate heavy, motorized machinery/equipment to shift baggage, cargo, and cater to and from customer aircraft and direct aircraft into and out of the terminal areas through communicating with pilots and provide excellent customer service. The ramp agent also:

• Load and discharge customer baggage, airfreight and company mail on and off aircraft.
• Accountable for maintaining security and safety on the ramp.
• Accompany passengers and special needs customers securely and politely.
• Converse professionally with ground personnel and flight crews.

The hourly salary for a Ramp Agent is around $10-$17.

Marketing Specialist: As a Marketing Specialist, you will be accountable for the project management and implementation of marketing activities including advertising, direct marketing, collateral, endorsements and other marketing courses, while helping with newsletter programs, events and public relations. Key duties and responsibilities of marketing specialist:

• Helps with the expansion, writing, and communication of marketing plans, promotional recaps, original briefs, project proposals, and presentations.
• Make sure that all locally-developed original marketing materials go through brand review and stay to strict brand principles.
• Lend a hand with writing and editing of promotional literature, newsletters, direct marketing, and Internet marketing tasks.
• Work successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary marketing and communications team to correspond, synchronize, and incorporate marketing and communications.

The average salary to this position is $37,000-$40,000 a year.

Benefits

• 401(k) Plan
• Profit Sharing Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• Life Insurance

How to apply

If you are interested to be a part of the company you may visit their website at http://www.southwest.com/html/about-southwest/careers/index.html and see their other available jobs.