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Braniff DC8

May I ask what the current junior Captain is in NY on the -200 and -900? Are people bidding it in new hire class or shortly there after? I am rated but not current. New York does not scare me! Thank you.

chrisreedrules

I also think AA and Delta are going to take entirely different fundamental approaches to the product they offer their customers. And that in turn reflects on their business and hiring needs. Delta will likely always pay more and offer a better product than American. American is setting itself up to be the "Wally World" of legacy airline flying. Think a huge LCC that also offers different tiers of flying. I just can't see Delta going down that road. A lot of that is Kirby's legacy and look at what his plans are for United now. They are almost identical to what American is already in the process of doing, he's just got a different deck of cards to play with now. American is way more heavily invested in its regional feed at the end of the day. And it has much more to lose if it's regionals fail. Therefore, American needs a flow, attractive compensation packages, and cradle-to-grave career paths to keep the business afloat. Delta doesn't need that, and likely never will.

Edgecrusher28

Can anyone clarify for me if I were to TDY somewhere. Would I receive positive space travel to and from my new base each trip or is it just one ride there and one back at the end of the month?

Thanks!

gojo

3 round trips or a combination of 6 flights

FlyingAnvil

Jr 900 CA: Jan 15 hire
Jr 200 CA: Jul 16 hire

Avroman

Are all these guys current line flying 900 Captains? Remember, training department are phantom so a move by them doesn't mean anything. Also if it's a move by a 200 Captain it doesn't help the stagnation on the 900. Then the biggest key, would any of these vacating Captains' seats be backfilled anyway????

Kforekyle

Delta will just have 50% of its customers vist "Wally World" on a daily basis. Get real!

gloopy

Haven't the majority of regional pilots that interviewed been offered the job? IMO DL's resistance to flows has nothing to do with AK. As of very recently, DL at the highest levels is still very anti flow. That doesn't mean anti regional at all. But they zealously protect their ability to take who they want. And they take most regional pilots who interview. We've only been hiring for a couple/few years and DL has taken what, 700ish EDV pilots? All while attrition to OAL is 1/10th that number? That's probably by far the single largest group unless you combine all military put together, and even then its competitive. Compared to any other regional its probably off the charts.

I'd like to see the ridiculous second day stuff go away though. Lots of good people get burned by that and IMO there is no gain with it. But as for recruiting pilots, they will have no problem if they offer near or above industry leading pay coupled with a pref interview program that takes 700 pilots from a 1700 pilot airline every 2-3 years. Even if there were to be a flow its doubtful the numbers would exceed that.

On the surface it seems like the overall success rate is close to 2/3, especially if you back out the initial wave of unsuccessful applicants that were 100% the result of poorly advertised local union braggadocio over what the program even was in the first place. Now that everyone knows you have to takeout seriously the success rate will probably creep up even higher.

In any case I wouldn't wait for a flow. IMO that's not happening anytime in the next few years at least.

TalkTurkey

I really don't think the majority of new 9E pilots care to go to Delta. They came for the money. A flow is merely a recruiting tool that is a last resort IMO. I can really imagine that when our 9E guys are ready for their interview at the mothership following 2 years of PIC, other airlines would have gotten their attention, and perhaps even interviewed/hired them. Stuff is changing.