Originally Posted by
TOGAANG
I've heard Delta favors military and that may work in my favor but I know their are plenty of good qualified pilots on the civilian side too. My best friend out of college went to Eagle and I went military. Now we are both applying for Delta. I hope he gets hired as much as I want it.
My outlook is we are all qualified or else we wouldn't apply. It is the attitude and preparation for the interview that will separate everyone. A friend of mine who got hired in 08 told me, "this is a 5 million dollar job if you stay until retirement. So make sure you approach it that way with preparing in all aspects. None of us are for sure hires."
So I have done just that like I did in pilot training. Study, interview prep, go over and over your résumé for accuracy and be level headed. Check the fighter, entitlement ego or whatever it is at the hotel room before you get to Delta.
Damn, I've rambled again. Off my soap box and checking out.
Cheers
I flew the C-21 for three years and then the C-5 for six. I was resigned to the fact that I'd probably go work for Atlas since they needed guys with heavy experience, and I didn't know anyone at the legacies. I knew a bunch of guys at SWA but I didn't want to fly domestic my whole career. I threw in applications and resumes everywhere and only heard from Atlas, they were falling over themselves to get me into a class but I wasn't separated yet. I didn't know that Delta required high school information in the education section on airline apps. I got an email from Delta asking me to go into airline apps and update my high school info. Again let me reiterate that I knew no one at Delta and used an old CC and two buddies as references on my app. I updated my high school info and not a week later I received an email inviting me for an interview. I've been told by numerous captains I fly with that Delta prefers military pilots. Good luck and hopefully we'll see you on the list sooner than later!!