I used to be a trainer for Swift, so I say this with experience. They require 6 months of solo experience, which is still not near long enough....
The people who keep dogging Swift are probably people who got fired from them. I'm an O/O for them, and I don't have any complaints.
i have a kw t2000 and recently installed a galaxy dx 959 with rf power, gain and mic gaia at 100%, and if i turn the squelch any lower than 3/4...