Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Understand your friend feels he's a better qualified candidate, or better applicant. He probably is.
The "other guy" has already been working for Delta as a pilot who flies Delta passengers, just not in the same division as us. The "other guy" is also an ALPA member.
ALPA's priorities should be ... (you fill in the blank). Or in other words, what flying position does my Delta experience entitle me to in the Navy, over a current Navy pilot?
Bar, I normally agree with a lot of what you write but this is wrong. If he was working for Delta as a pilot he would be on the Delta Pilot Seniority List. S/he may be working for a company owned by Delta but that's not the same thing as working for the parent company.
It's not "another division" it's another company altogether. What company does their employee ID say?
They should both interview for the mainline job.
Denny