Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
Delta traditionally slows down training for the summer flying, so in addition to the down sims, all the current pilots holding bids requiring training, but still in their prior categories are starting to filter into the training house. Those guys have to be trained first. Plus side, if you get paired with a captain, you get the better sim times!
As mentioned above hiring always seems to slow in the fall. Delta is currently overstaffed for this winters flying. Hiring normally picks up in JAN or FEB to staff the summer flying. Marketing is supposed to be providing a update for summer 16 block hours shortly to crew planning. That will determine when and how much hiring increases. The last two years marketing has made large unplanned block hour increases very late, mostly on the 757/767 fleet. That was the reason for the huge surge in hiring last winter. Not sure with the falling PRASM if we will see that this year but it's been a trend.