Originally Posted by
Binksy
How did you pull an interview with 2,000 TT? Multiple high up internal recs? Serious question...I wanna know your secret.
I attribute it to dumb luck. I had a few recs...1 new hire, and a few 7-10 year line F.O.s
Originally Posted by
coryk
What did/do you fly? Mil fighters? Less than 3.0... what was it?
Just a little under half of my time is in fighters. The rest is a mixture AF student time, 141 flight instruction and regional time. I think that being mil AND a regional guy was a big help.
Originally Posted by
DALMD88FO
Crewdawg,
That is why I as the question. On this very thread you keep hearing about how they score your application then those that have the high score, whatever that is, get the call for an interview. With the creds you listed it doesn't jive with getting an interview at such a low amount of flight time.
I understand how people get to explain it to the interviewers, once they get the call. The question is how are they getting the call.
I wish I knew the answer to that. I never dreamed I would get a call this early...I expected a few years, if I were lucky.
Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
Congrats!
Did you happen to bring any kind of, er, "diverse" background to the table?
White male.
Originally Posted by
DALMD88FO
Which brings me back to how is it that some people seem to need a PhD, 10,000 hours shuttle time a letter of rec from the president and still don't score enough to get a call, however suspended license, 2,000 hours and a gpa outside of the range that people in the know here say won't get you looked at and gets the call early on. Good for him, yes... However it makes some us wonder what is going on.
I seriously wish I knew. But that is the reason I decided to post a few of my quals. I've read lots of stuff on here and it didn't jive with my stats. I just want people to know that even normal people have a chance. I was extremely humbled to be offered an opportunity to interview with Delta and feel very fortunate to have received a CJO. I interviewed with a great group of applicants, to include a regional F.O. with no real connections at DAL. We had everything from young regional F.O.s to old retired AF guys. I couldn't nail down any one thing that seemed to stand out.
Originally Posted by
tunes
or it could be the fact that he has connections to an important person in the hiring process...and if so good for him...everyone should be using all tools available to them.
They only people I know at Delta are a few F.O.s who are your average line guys. Not an intern.
Congrats crewdawg. I was hired at DAL with 2300 TT and up until you I think I was the lowest time. Congrats on the job. Gives me hope for a lot of my low time friends trying to get their foot in the door. You're going to love it!