Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Delta plans on hiring about 1000 pilots this year. That is pretty much what we have hired every year. There are no plans to reduce CA jobs at Delta. They are increasing not decreasing. Some CA who are wildly out of Seniority on the MD88 might not be able to hold CA on another aircraft for the moment but will probably be able to upgrade again within 18 months. We are talking about CA’s hired after 2015 in this discussion.
That's what happens when a company does not try to micro manage their front line employees from a crystal palace with reems of paper policies and procedures, vs. good info, training and empowerment. Something totally foreign to UAL..
It was the reason for Eastern's demise long before Lorenzo, with the Astronut in charge and made Delta into a powerhouse in ATL (previously dominated by EAL),
Link corrected for RASMs
http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/2...0per%20ASM.htm