Originally Posted by Falcon20

Which plane is seeing the best progression in ATL? I would assume the Maddog or the 717. I know it varies and who knows what will be offered but if I'm given a choice I want to make the best one possible

Originally Posted by Rosey

Here are numbers from my class that started in September of 2014. These are the airplanes from our drop and the percentiles where the most senior pilot form our class stands in each category as of this month....

M88 67% (So, this M88 pilot is senior to 33% to ATL M88 FOs today)
73N 77%
320 80%
717 84%

Guys "slumming" it on the Mad dog were holding lines within 2 months. 717 guys started getting lines in ATL in Oct of this year.

Of course, as many others have stated, progression rates in airplanes are constantly moving numbers. Take the above for what it's worth.

Originally Posted by Falcon20

Awesome intel, thanks a bunch.

Obviously it would be great to see which planes are going to be offered to new hires in the classes following the one you are in.

Originally Posted by Kjazz130

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83383582/Dal%20Poolie%20info%20expected%20INDOC%20dates.PNG

Check out this link. It will give you all the info about classes and drops

Originally Posted by webecheck

Did they not do interviews for extended periods in Sept and Oct or is there just a lack of data? I'm a late Sept cjo starting with United on Tuesday. Took the Delta interview for a reason, but the longer the pool swim... you know how it goes. If they can put 100+ through a month, that's promising.

Originally Posted by Falcon20

Awesome intel, thanks a bunch.

Obviously it would be great to see which planes are going to be offered to new hires in the classes following the one you are in. Looking at the posts it seems that the only plane that is consistently offered in the Maddog.

Originally Posted by ColdUpHere

There hasn't been a new hire put on the 320 since the first class in March 2015. It was gangbusters in the Spring of 2014 with plenty of folks going straight to a line in it. There "should" be some AE and new hire activity on the Bus to man for the 321 deliveries...but it's been crickets for the vast majority of this year.

Originally Posted by ColdUpHere

There hasn't been a new hire put on the 320 since the first class in March 2015. It was gangbusters in the Spring of 2014 with plenty of folks going straight to a line in it. There "should" be some AE and new hire activity on the Bus to man for the 321 deliveries...but it's been crickets for the vast majority of this year.

Originally Posted by Twister

Gents -

Retired USAF 1 June 2015 and was flying right up to the end. Not working now (cool!) but I'm also not currently flying (not cool!). Got an e-mail straight from Capt Kraby before I got the interview invite telling me that DAL usually looks for min of 100 hrs of turbine time in the last 12 mos to get the interview invite. Had about 200 when I retired and got the interview invite 15 Jul and the CJO 29 Sep.

However.....as we all know, pool time is running (right now) at almost 7 months CJO to Indoc. So here's my question:

Does anyone know if having a min of ~ 100 hrs turbine time in the last 12 months once you start Indoc (or sim start) is a show-stopper or not? If it is, I will NOT have it; at 12 mos out of the cockpit (5 months of military retirement + 7 months swimming) I'd be about 0.

I know AK says our CJOs are good for 12 months but it makes no sense to me that DAL pretty much requires 100 hrs turbine in 12 mos to GET the interview but they don't care about recency of flight time from CJO to indoc? Yeah, I know that 99% of swimmers are still flying but as a check-of-the-month guy I don't fit that category. Concerned about it because I don't want to show up in friggin' May 2016 for indoc and have DAL tell me I now don't have the currency they want to start training. Would REALLY appreciate any credible words from anyone, especially anyone that might be in the same boat. If I need turbine time even now (when I'm swimming in the pool), I need to fly temporarily for a puddle jumper vs getting a sim job or delivering pizza to sorority girls.

What say you?....

Originally Posted by 404yxl

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in order for a new hire to be offered a 320 slot, doesn't that mean there had to be 320 slots on an AE that went unfilled by pilots who aren't seat locked?

For example, if they need 30 more 320 FO's, then an AE has to have 30 openings and if all 30 of those openings are taken, then new hires can't be offered a 320 spot?