Originally Posted by
Lifeisgood
Not really a hostility, but the halftruth is bothering ppl in the know.
General public and ALPA is under impression that NWA HR was doing actual hiring at Compass, which is incorrect.
Compass hiring was done by Compass HR, newly formed and trained, with an exNWA medically retired pilot (great guy) sitting in during the interviews.
That's the fact. Is typing this too condescending and snobby of me? So-so sorry that is not what I mean.
It doesn't change anything and I am sure they did their best to select great people, but that was not NWA selection.
Time will tell. If they are not pulling their weight there will be no mercy, that's the mood in the office.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Have there been issues - aside from the guy who was fired - with Compass pilots who flowed in 2010? This was a concern for those of us at Compass who didn't flow last time. I think CPZ ALPA even did a little damage control ahead of time; basically putting out the message "don't eff this up for the rest of us". I'm sure something similar will go out this time.
For what it's worth I was interviewed by two retired NWA pilots and a Compass HR person in 2007. At that time the interview included a B727 sim evaluation which didn't seem particularly relevant to the Embraer but I digress...
The interview changed after the merger. I have no clue what it is like now. Not that it matters.
I get the impression that the majority of Compass pilots just feel fortunate to be in a position to go to Delta. There are a few who feel the need to justify their good fortune by defending the Compass interview process on public forums. There also seem to be a few Delta guys (and non Delta guys who want to be Delta guys) who don't care for the flow agreement and want to denigrate Compass pilots. Both groups are ****ing in the wind. The agreement is in place.