Originally Posted by
Milksheikh
That's kind of what I was thinking as well. Why would delta take an endeavor guy when they can hire someone from one of the aa regionals and keep endeavor staffed. Its almost like they just go through the motions of "interviewing" the next dgi/ssp guy who otherwise wouldn't have been called and knowing full well they're not going to hire them. There may be some truth in this as the success rate is I bielieve just above 50% or something like that.
The EDV program is the same interview as anyone else gets. The difference is you aren't fighting to get the interview. Keep in mind though that since you aren't fighting to get the interview you are being compared to people who scored that much higher on their application when you do get interviewed. There isn't a quota or anything else for the interviewers, but Delta might have the most difficult interview of any airline.
If Delta is where you really want to go, I think it's a good program and a way to at least get the shot. And you can still get an off the street interview even if you're at EDV.
As far as them intentionally denying people, I do not believe that in the slightest. They want EDV to be a supplier of pilots to mainline and the movement and opportunity to attract pilots to EDV. The movement is controlled by number of interviews on the front end to make sure all the CAs don't leave at once but that's based on how many were already accepted, there is no incentive to deny pilots to staff because that would just mean more interviews granted and more pilots now looking to go to the other majors.