Originally Posted by scambo1

I remember being a new hire. As a former mil guy, everything was different. I didn't know crashpads existed, Takeoff data calculations are done backwards from the AF, V1 cuts and the memorized litany was foreign, etc.

My first DAL paycheck was about $600. I remember commenting that it wasn't enough for a fun weekend, forget living on it.

It would be nice if DAL helped the newhires out with living expenses, even if it was just to help find and fund a clean crashpad. IMO, abysmally low 1st year pay was DALs way of having newhires pay for their training. I think it is higher now than it was then. That is something.

717 bases will be ATL and NYC, nothing else.