Originally Posted by
BobWiley
Can someone explain it to me please. You guys have a golden ticket to the mighty delta and you guys are complaining? 7 year upgrades, really? If I were hired today I would be willing to bet it wouldn't be 7 years after half of you leave for delta and the other half leave for other regionals, sun country, spirit, Etc. So the pay is bad, Isn't this regional job a stepping stone?
If I were looking for a regional job. I would be happy to work for 9E if my goal was to get to a major. I have heard Delta seems committed to making 9e successful. So is it all about the reduction of airplanes? Are your schedules bad too? What is the deal. Sick of all the negativity
Tom, is that you?
That "golden ticket" we were sold has proven to be mostly fools gold. At least Eagle/Envoy is a guaranteed class date and PSA has been getting their guys hired at over 95%... here Delta only takes about 45%. Delta doesn't want us. Delta wants to use our bankruptcy contract to cut what they pay to the rest of DCI. After that, we are useless and likely will be shut down. Then they could take the planes they want and start up a new regional and hire "Delta material" to fill it with a guarantee of a job at Delta after X number of years.
Check back in 2 years and see how close this is to the truth.