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Old 06-06-2016 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by PilotJ3
How do you treat Crew Scheduling? I've been here 5.5 yrs and never had a problem with them, treat them with respect, say hi what can I help you with? Your fault is commuting to work, try to live in base and you'll see the difference.

Also for the "guaranteed interview" you have to meet certain requirements and I believe you have to be like a 2yrs as a CA and then wait for your seniority to be interviewed.

Think about this way...

1. You've been already here 6 months.
2. By the time you're done with training in Endevour it will be September/October. 9 months since you started in the airlines
3. It will take you 1.5yr to make your 1,000 P121. Now you are into March/Apr 2018.
4. The earliest you will be able to get a Interview with Delta via Endevour is 2020/2021.

That's about 5 to 6 yrs before you can interview in Delta. When the flow starts moving (once they are done with the Letter T guys) you could be potentially in AA by 2020/2021. Because you are in the beginning of the last group of flow.

Same time frame with a Guaranteed Job at AA, not an interview. By then Delta would have about 6,000 New Hires with the average age of 35/45 yr old. Meanwhile all the guys flowing into AA and the once already there have around 10 to 15 yrs to retire.

Also the 10k they are giving us for this year it will be around 6,000 after taxes (that is if you hold them and not use them in any case).

I'm not telling you to stay. I'm saying that look at the pros and cons...also the Endevour Bonus ends in 2018, same timeframe they will have their CS series up and running. If you think AA is bad to their regionals, you have to study Comair, ASA and Compass history. It's just a matter of time before Endevour is too expensive for Delta.

They are using them until their planes are up and running.
I response to how do you treat scheduling. For some schedulers it really doesn't matter how you treat them they are just nasty. I'm always pleasant and some are pleasant back. However......some are not at all...I've been laughed at for legit requests multiple times. and have had to fight for them to honor the contract countless times. Also low man reserve they are pretty ruthless with because they think those guys and gals don't understand the contract. And they fight just to try to make you think you are wrong. It's intimidation.

Again it gets better as you get seniority and they focus more on the lower reserves. But the first year is brutal no doubt.
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