Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
11-15-2011, 02:03 PM
The Brown Dot +1
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11-15-2011, 02:21 PM
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D H (real initials) told me my ASA interview would get me hired at Delta back in 99. He said it again in 2001 and added that was getting 737's. For the most part, they are full of happy horsemanure like any airline management. Pilots are suckers for hope.
What a flow through does not fix is the loss of longevity and lack of job protection that losy scope guarantees. With our scope Delta is a flow through to no where. We are not hiring.
What a flow through does not fix is the loss of longevity and lack of job protection that losy scope guarantees. With our scope Delta is a flow through to no where. We are not hiring.
I remember meeting several ASA pilots who were going thru 737NG initial training. No BS.
11-15-2011, 03:08 PM
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If I wasn't so close to retirement, I'd apply at SWA or any other carrier that actually wants to run an airline, then I'd quit Delta as soon as I got the offer. IMO, you shouldn't necessarily always look for the highest pay and QOL, you should look for a company that actually wants to fly aircraft and for you to fly them.
You opened this door... Since you are one of a handful of guys that actually HAS a retirement here at DAL.. what on this earth is keeping you here? Why don't you go over there and throw gear for a lot more money? Hmmmmmmmm? Feel the LUV Carl.. go on over there...
11-15-2011, 03:11 PM
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11-15-2011, 03:13 PM
veut gagner à la loterie
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T, you trying to push Carl down the stairs for seniority improvement? 
11-15-2011, 03:14 PM
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11-15-2011, 04:40 PM
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I thought y'all were BFF? Do I need to get luvjockey?
A lot of guys on this thread are saying something similar, at least from his advice I agree it is wiser to go to an airline that wants to be an airline. That is a worthwhile shot at Delta ticket brokerage Inc we are developing.
Fwiw I did the "I quit" gig and look where am I now. Said that, been there, done that, got the hell out of that. Concessionary Delta is still a multitude times better than my Coex job and thousands of times safer than my corporate cp job.
I wouldn't leave again. I'll "occupy" Delta. But i couldnt blame anyone for bailing. If it was me id go right to FedEx. If i really wanted passengers I think ACL was right Hawaiian would be a good gig. I think Virgin won't fail due to the ego involved. I think Alaska would be good. Probably none is good long term. I don't know what is good long term but im still under the belief this current Delta paint scheme will be our last before we adopt an all gray scheme.
A lot of guys on this thread are saying something similar, at least from his advice I agree it is wiser to go to an airline that wants to be an airline. That is a worthwhile shot at Delta ticket brokerage Inc we are developing.
Fwiw I did the "I quit" gig and look where am I now. Said that, been there, done that, got the hell out of that. Concessionary Delta is still a multitude times better than my Coex job and thousands of times safer than my corporate cp job.
I wouldn't leave again. I'll "occupy" Delta. But i couldnt blame anyone for bailing. If it was me id go right to FedEx. If i really wanted passengers I think ACL was right Hawaiian would be a good gig. I think Virgin won't fail due to the ego involved. I think Alaska would be good. Probably none is good long term. I don't know what is good long term but im still under the belief this current Delta paint scheme will be our last before we adopt an all gray scheme.
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11-15-2011, 05:09 PM
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There were a few LCA's a few years back doing that. They also send the WIA and OBAP scholarship winners though that course as a proving run. We have successfully hired some awesome pilots that way.
11-15-2011, 05:23 PM
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11-15-2011, 05:34 PM
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If I left now for SWA, I would never be a captain. Thus I would be making about 35,000 a year less as a SWA copilot than I make now. That wouldn't make sense financially for me.
Carl
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