Originally Posted by
daldude
Very true they could and may. But I think most had hoped they would get the opportunity to at least compete for job rather than just being shut out. It is lost on most of them, why the flows and guaranteed interviews exist. Why not just let everybody compete on their own merit. If the Compass, Mesaba, and Pinnacle pilots are what Delta is looking for they would get the jobs anyway through the normal process.
I sure there are plenty of regional guys that don't have a flow opportunities who would agree.
After completing my mainline interview nearly 6 years ago with Compass (then a Northwest wholly owned), I don't feel like there are many of the reasonably well informed that have a problem with us taking our promised 20 spots per month (I don't claim to know anything about the Mesaba/Pinnacle flows). We competed for our job back then and have endured a less than ideal ride through the DAL/NWA merger, sale of Compass, and being voted out of Delta ALPA waiting for our turn to move on. I and many other cpz flow-ups are ex-military and took what job was available without feeling we were entitled to more than any other qualified pilot. I just have to defend these pilot's, ex-mil and not, as being deserving of these class spots and feel it would be wrong to ask us to go back and compete for our jobs all over again.