Originally Posted by
iaflyer
My guess? The company isn't sure about the economy. Although there are lots of issues right now (just check out the debate to hear a few), I think the price of oil is a biggy for airlines. Everytime there is a hint of the economy is doing better or we're getting out of the recession, oil jumps 20%. That makes air travel more expensive, airlines raise prices, less people travel. Rinse, repeat.
But you are correct, now is the time to interview if you want pilots to be in place for early summer 2012. I think I read somewhere that Delta wasn't expecting any growth for 2012, or actually a slight decrease in pilot hours. Thus, no need to hire.
It is why I wish RA would charge DC on one issue he mentions. Fuel costs, and the fact that domestic tickets have to have the fuel included in the tickets. We can not add a fuel surcharge on after the ticket price for domestic flights. We must do this. Every other industry can do this. Breaking out the fuel cost would be a major win for us.
Also no reason to hire if you are going to get a flow agreement with a big regional like is rumored on the DALPA forum!
