Originally Posted by
Moonbeam
Maybe you can give that guy with a 4.0 GPA and 13,000 hours an internal recommendation so he doesn't have to go to a job fair. I am just be sarcastic at the hiring practices not you. It's actually pretty awesome you made it and should have a great career! The 55 year old is being discriminated against by a computer so it's o.k. and legal.
I don't know the 55 year old and neither do you. That said, you're assuming his app is perfect and contains no errors. I've heard crazy stories from guys that made very stupid mistakes on their apps that cost them many months/years in seniority. I know you're pulling for the guy - I am, too - but there's a very high probability there's a reason or reasons other than his age and high flight time for his no-calls.
Until Delta makes their tier and scoring systems completely public and transparent, which will never happen of course, all that can be discussed as to why someone of such high experience can't get a call are theories and conjecture.