Originally Posted by
buzzpat
Mike, congrats on the interview. Take it seriously and prepare. PM me if you want some insight coming from the USAF.
Secondly, this ain't Vance, or CBM, or wherever we have UPT bases now. Its a whole new endeavor. My advice is to tone it down a notch and listen. Almost all of the guys opining here are senior, and some, will be very senior to you if you get the offer. Chain of command won't matter any more.
You've got the flying chops, now you gotta prove you've got the CRM, good pilot, fun-to-be-with chops. Whole 'notha level. IMO, quit sweating the small stuff and take in the important stuff. You're first push in ATL or JFK will rock your world....if you're fortunate enough.
And, to your question, no. If you're hired, you're hired. The projected monthly training date is just that, what the schoolhouse can absorb. You'll get a training date. We have 12,000 pilots who are going through same said schoolhouse doing our 9-month recurrent training, transitioning to other equipment, requaling in same equipment, etc. You've never seen anything like it.
Good luck!
Buzz
And, its Delta Air Lines. F that up, and you're done.
Thanks for the reply and great advice. I could have just as easily made my post without the 1st paragraph, nothing like the stress of moving an interview up 3 weeks to make me a little jumpy.
Originally Posted by
AeroCrewSolut
Mike, to answer your question Delta is WAY BEHIND the power curve when it comes to hiring. Two weeks ago I had a client who interviewed, was offered a CJO, and now is in a late August class. I had a couple of SSP clients interview yesterday (7 out of 8 hired yesterday, all SSP candidates) and their class date is in the fall. They are being held back because of staffing needs at Endeavor.
If Delta sees a pilot they like, they will hire them regardless of class availability. If there isn't a class date you will be put you in a hiring pool. Worse case scenario is a class date this fall.
I think the best think for you to do in the next week is drop APC from your life. Don't worry about every little detail you hear from the internet. Start studying for the tests. Start preparing for the HR interview. You need to show HR who you are beyond your piloting skills.
But I'm such an addict
. I appreciate the information, I haven't interviewed for a job since I was a college student and to say I have any real understanding of how the airline hiring process is conducted would be a gross overstatement. Now back to the books...