Originally Posted by
Catboatsailor
I agree asking the LOR be sent via delta.com, is beneficial. It's a quick easy reference for the hiring board to see that it was written by a Delta Employee before reading the meat and potatoes of the LOR.
About 8 months ago I called the ATL INT. Chief Pilot to ask what is the best way to input a letter of recommendation for an applicant. He told me you (the Delta employee) MUST use your Delta.com email address to send a letter of recommendation, through Airline Apps.com.
He said the reason for that was, that is the only way the hiring board can verify you (the letter writer) are actually a Delta Employee.
I had never before in my life used my Delta email, so I had to activate it and low and behold, there were already about 1000+ emails in my in box, from Corporate Communications, about every bright idea and fragrant fart Richard ever had.
Why do we pay these guys for that???
After I spent an hour deleting those, I had to call my budd, give him my "Delta Email" address so he could use it on his Airline Apps. com, then an email rec. request from Airline Apps showed up in my Delta inbox and I was finally able to write a letter of rec. for my buddy, and yes, it has to come/go through Airline Apps. to your Delta inbox before you can write it.
Oh...the rest of the story?
My budd got hired at US Air 6 months ago and is flying A320 F/O there today. He's young and at the front of the wave, so if they ever get merged with AA, I think he'll be fine.