Originally Posted by
GogglesPisano
If you think Delta -- or any legacy carrier -- hires pilots solely because they think they're "good sticks" and can make it through training, you're solely mistaken. This isn't a low-budget commuter/ACMI that's only worried about training costs and how few sims someone needs. Being a pilot is only a prt of your job description here. They're looking at the whole package. They're looking at the manager-captain you will be someday. They're are news blurbs/electronic bulletin boards filled with stories about Delta people volunteering in their communities. They take it very seriously. Take it or leave it. If you think it's silly, apply elsewhere.
Right.
Too bad that can't take a measure of who's a "better" CA?
The ones hired in a different era when they didn't care about it? Or those hired after?
I mean, how on earth "back in the day" did they hire all these good people? (sarcasm)
It would be almost as fun as culling the data on those that had few if any sick calls when asked at the interview versus their usage AFTER being hired.
As well as the point I've made many time before. She who's STILL volunteering after being hired, who's STILL paying for and active in OBAP, WAI, NGPA, etc etc etc.