slim550

How many letters of recommendation were attached to your application for the people who got the call recently?

husky16

I just got the interview as well. Mine is in August. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

flyinhawyan

See post 8791.

husky16

Thank you very much

707Type

Zero. Hadn't gotten around to that part yet and was actually a bit surprised to get the invite. YMMV.

tothebigblue

Ive done some searching on this thread but couldn't find an answer to my question. Im currently flying 90+ hours a month, doing volunteer work outside flying, and doing union volunteer work. I can't really get letters of rec cause I'm the only one in my family that flies or i dont really know anyone over at delta. What are you good people getting hired with now a days? (Hours, resume, etc.) i see a lot of people not getting letters of rec and still getting the call and I also see people getting 10 letters and that not making a dent. if anyone is willing to PM me with info that'd be great. thanks all take care this weekend!

Pilotdude3407

Letters of rec, from what I hear, don't really pull that much weight. Your app needs the certain number of "points" for you to get a call. We don't know what their point threshold is, nor do we know how many points you get for any given attribute. To get it scored you need either a delta employee (I've heard it doesn't need to be a pilot) to send an email to the recruitment team, (They can get the specific address from deltanet), or if you don't know anyone to do that for you, then going to a job fair will get it scored I believe. There are also "other" ways but none that I know specifically to be able to say for certain. It seems to be across the board on qualifications to get the points. That generally makes it frustrating for a lot of people because on the surface it may appear people who have less qualifications, or time, or pic are getting called and you can't. I know you get high points for attending an aviation university. You get points for good GPA, community service, LCA time, CP time, sim instructor time. You also get graded on how well your app is put together. Make sure you have proper punctation, spelling, sentence structure. If you put N/A in one box, put it in all boxes, and make sure it's capitalized or lower case in all. Make sure your times add up. Make sure you put where you did you flight training. Just make it perfect. Have as many people critique it as possible so it is perfect. Good luck. I'm waiting right there with you.

tothebigblue

Thanks you too. A friend of mine that got hired not too long ago said to fly my butt off but i dont know how much that weighs when it comes to my app. Any who, good luck! hope to see you there!

AtlCSIP

Quick question for somebody in the know. It's been awhile since one of my 8 references sent an email to pilot selection, but I did attend WAI in March and spoke to a recruiter. The only things that have changed for me are that I have flown more hours and I'm closer to finishing a Master's degree, which will be done in December. I have 6700 hrs, 550 TPIC, 4000+ PIC, Engineering BS, over 15 years of verifiable volunteer involvement, app on file about 7 years. Is there any reason to get someone to try and send another email, or should I just wait to finish the Master's degree first?

tunes

i'd finish the masters then have someone send an email