Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Exactly. That was at a very recent job fair, with an interaction with a Delta hiring manager (and pilot?) Mr. Arnie K. Apparently Delta feels all 9E pilots have this SSP agreement and there is no cutting any line, wait your turn. The biggest potential issue is how DALPA feels and how the pilots on the hiring team feel, knowing that this SSP deal was brokered behind their backs, with 9E ALPA and DL management only. This doesn't bode well, and the recent job fair attendance proves it with 9E guys being told to wait their turn and that their union will give them any updates.
That's okay. Now you have to think how many people voted yes out of misinformation (eg, that you can't get hired at Delta once you leave 9E).
No one voted on misinformation, everyone knew the SSP was a joke. No one thought it was a great deal for the 9E pilots - you had access to the Airlink board during the vote, you saw what everyone was posting. However, you have to admit the SSP gives a 9E pilot a better chance of getting hired at Delta over the average pilot. Any given pilot on the 9E list has a greater probability of being a Delta pilot when compared with pilots such as yourself who don't have access to the SSP. So don't play this off like it is the end of the world and no 9E pilots will ever make it to Delta, yes, the SSP is not bullet proof and yes a large number of 9E pilots will never make it to Delta but a large number of 9E pilots were never going to make it to Delta in the first place. You can try to paint the picture anyway you like, but even with all the flaws, the number of 9E pilots who will go to Delta is higher now with the SSP than it would have been without.