Originally Posted by
Trent900
Given that DAL are trying to hire the best out there, I wonder how the regional guys are going to compete for positions.
Probably the SAME way they competed for the 200ish spots in 2010, the 2007-2008 era, etc.
Like just about any other place, DAL hires good people from the massive stack of pilots.
You can train ANY a-hole to fly a plane. It's very hard to un-train an a-hole. In fact, so much, that most airlines usually avoid it. Although, in typical fashion, (insert whatever percentage you wish here) makes it through.
Originally Posted by
fatsopilot
However Delta didn't hire any of the Compass pilots, any of the Mesaba pilots, any of the NorthWest pilots (or Republic/Hughes) or Western pilots or Pan Am pilots. In the end, what is the difference? I doubt the Delta hiring process is any better than any other airline at weeding out the odd balls.
Probably some truth to that. If you were to add up all the pilots on the DAL list, a massive chunk of them didn't go through the DAL process.