Originally Posted by
Max Glide
Seriously?
There's a Air Force guy who was imprisoned on his base for beating up his wife...and he's now flying for Delta.
There's a guy (Endeavor/old Mesaba) who used to shout "There's another empty kitchen" each time he heard a female voice on frequency...he's also at Delta (Chicago Bears fan and ERAU, AZ background...if you know what I mean).
Would you like more examples?
Yes, there are indeed great guys/gals who also got picked up by Delta...and other majors!
I don't believe bad people slip in. Delta hires people very intentionally. Are there head scratchers? Absolutely, but to reiterate my point that's on Delta which is why it's such a highly tailored, customized process. Unless you were involved in the hiring of those people you mentioned, you have no real reason to bring up their situations. Fact is you don't really know how it all went down or why they were hired.
Furthermore, yes, good people get turned away. However, I'm of the belief that's because of their interview shortcomings or succumbing to the pressures of the process. Every OTS applicant has to meet a minimum score in each of the 4 parts (not sure about SSP or the flow guys). If they don't, they don't get hired. Pretty cut and dry. From everything I've ever heard/read of the process, there's absolutely no room in entire interview program that allows AK or anyone in his department to look past bad scores and use emotion or hunches to hire people. We can thank the lawyers for that.