cuuldude101

I have a quick question about the boeings that Southwest uses which are 737-700: 281 737-500: 25 737-300: 194 I'm considering an occupation in this airline and I want to know, which one of these models have a glass cockpit. What I mean is like the boeing 777 and the others there are screens that eliminate some gauges. Also does like one type of Boeing plane have it's own design. Like the 737-700 being the red and blue planes, the 737-300 being the brown and red ones, and the 737-500 being the ones like Shamu and theArizona state flag. This information would come in handy for me and if you answer I will give you best answer

julian1920014533

huh??? Do you mean a panel for the 737 like on flight simulator???? Reason why I said that is because I have the actually 3d panel I fly with when I fly with the 737-700 series with Southwest Virtual on Flight Simulator. Yes, Im a virtual pilot, and I have the Shamu lively aircraft. Let me know what you mean.

VictoryIsMine3456

The different liveries are across the fleet, but the blue ones are the newer livery. The 737-300 does not have a glass cockpit that I know of.

Servette5788

Why don't contact Southwest directly? (they are in Dallas, TX)

cjh

You have 3 categories of 737First is the Original (1965-1980) – NO glass cockpit-100 and -200 variants. These were well before glass cockpit was even thought aboutSecond is the Classic (1981-1992) – NO glass cockpit-300 and -500 variant. These as well do not have glass cockpitsThird is the Next Generation (1993-present) – YES glass cockpit-600,-700,-800,-900 variants. With these Boeing completely remodeled the 737. You get a Six-screen LCD glass cockpit with modern avionics, retaining crew commonality with previous generation 737. This is on every; I mean every, Boeing 737 made from 1993 to nowIn regards to Southwest Colors, the beige, red and orange strip were introduced with the company and after 30 years (2001), Southwest decided to change their livery to what’s called the Canyon Blue Fleet. As of right now only the -700 variant (newest models) have the new livery. Eventually all Southwest jets will have the Canyon Blue Fleet, but as with all airline livery updates, it takes years before all jets in a fleet are one livery. Just look at what happened to United. In 2001 they decided to change their old gray and orange to the new blue and white and to this day only 50% are in the new colors.Try to fly those -700 models. Otherwise if you fly the -300 or -500 it will be like flying a fighter jet in the 1960's, because there are a million gauges that look old and outdated. Southwest eventually is going to get rid off all their all models and only operate the -700. In fact they have placed an order for 128 more -700s. The odds are in your favor of flying a glass cockpit system. Enjoy.Southwest is a great company; for employees that is. You will get great benefits and a pay that revivals the flagship carriers. Plus you will be working for one of the most financially successful airlines in the world. You can rest assure this airline will not fail while all the flagship carriers do.Hope this helps

jeanne

sounds like cjh knows what he's talking about. you could also contact southwest directly.