Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Yikes... talk about alarmist and entitled.
The "low time" pilot that got the 4 month award spent 8 years at ASA. That's hardly low time. He's currently on the MD-88.
They are addressing the threats of quick upgrades and looking at how to mitigate the threat further. Lowering the standards of who they interview is not one of them.
IOE times are increasing significantly. Some of the "affirmative action hiring" candidates are very low time. Lowering the standards? You are bypassing very high time DCI pilots because of some very strange theories on "standards". Experience is not valued at Delta.