Originally Posted by
Thunderpig
Not to drive off-topic, but I have been offered a class date and want to find out if something the recruiters said was true. One of the recruiters explicitly said that XJT pilots get a "preferred interview" with Delta...comments?
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
35% of Delta's new hires will come from DCI and the usual number is higher than that. ASA's (yeah, old school) Chief Pilots are uber well connected at Delta, Charlie Tutt & Fred Lambert in particular. When Delta was hiring in 2007 Capt. Tutt was eating lunch with his former Delta co-workers at least once a week.
One of my interview questions was, "what would your Chief Pilot say about you?"
I said, "I saw him right down the hall, we could ask him." They laughed and said, "we already have, but we wanted to hear what you would say."
Is it really a preferential interview if everyone in DCI gets one?
And I think way too much weight is placed in the alleged "good 'ol boy network" getting people hired. That may have been true 7-10 years ago when "knowing" Plato got you an interview, but this time, with so many highly qualified civilian RJ pilots vying for so many spots, I'm willing to bet the good ol boy BS, having lunch with CT, and what squadron you flew for isn't going to mean much. The Old Guard at Delta better prepare themselves for a paradigm shift in their "culture" as these civilians come in.