Originally Posted by
Hardcoresurpris
So many haters in this post first off let me say this Im Not at all complaining about my job I love What I do i been working on the ramp in MSP for DL mainline for last 6 years And been flying for a few only now because I Can afford it barely afford it at that working on the ramp in Not by far the easiest thing in the world You guys might only see us loading your 50 bags flight to insert airport name here ___________. But on the other side of the airport we loading 150 to 200 bags 3000lbs fright 1000 lbs going to ATL And don't let it be an ANC flight we always bulk out the bins in 757 going to ANC And loading bags in a MD sucks in those smalls bins definitely when the lavatory guy show up and dump the toilet now the who bin smell like ....becuase were loading right under the bathroom And in summer time some days we go the whole shift without lunch And please don't give me That some times pilots go there whole shift without a lunch to doing physical work without a lunch Is way different then doing a job Where U sit down most of the time without a lunch or when a regional pilot ask you to load 500lb of ballast then ask U to take all off it off then again ask You to load 300lb of ballast all on same flight and don't let the first flight of the day be a SEA flight all of the fright of fish You going to be smelling like bad fish for the rest of the day And it doesn't get better in the winter time Im de ice coordinator So on snow days I'm outside working 8am TIL midnight to only be put in a Nice hotel to come back at 8am again And do it all over then to finally get home to notice my skin is peeling of like a snake for being soak in deiceing fluid for the last two day And btw just about everyone here on the ramp 25 years old And younger either have a degree or is working on one It's only a few that actually want to become a pilot And a lot of guys here on the ramp is on the move crew Where they have to learn how to do cold And dark start up of every Delta And Delta connections aircraft in 3 weeks Not say they go in dept like pilots do But still they can taxi a 777 to the hanger But What I'm trying to say is
you can't tell me I don't deserve I good chance to move up in a company That i ALREADY WORK FOR
You absolutely deserve it. I think people on this forum are just jumping the gun. The proposed pathway is still in early stages and the flight department at mainline is trying to figure it out. This may be part of a bigger recruitment plan where all EDV pilots eventually get an easier pathway to mainline. There are a lot of variables that mainline is probably considering so it's a fluid topic. Also, there seems to be a misconception among people here that you automatically get to be a pilot at Delta, but you might actually have jump through a bunch of hoops just like us. We're just butt hurt that we are good enough to fly for Delta, but not good enough to be Delta pilots. Personally, I don't care...