Originally Posted by
PrettyFlyGuy
I see guys on here daily posting that people who don’t fly for a Major are basically lesser qualified pilots. But as of recently I have seen my neighbor who is in his 30’s with 2 DUIs(one over 10 years old) and a checkride failure get hired at United(737). Yet my Buddy has a flawless record with great gpa over 1000TPIC 121, 3 types and internal recs for days(including a parent on mainline) who can’t even get a call. He’s not the only one. Plus Delta is hiring 2500 hr millennial regional FO’s whose only PIC time is in a 152 and really have no experience to stand on(acquaintance of mine). I have jumpseated back and forth to Alaska dozens of times on mainline cockpits and I never saw anything special with those guys. If anything I was a bit disappointed in the professionalism as a young pilot aiming for bigger opportunities. So where does your mindset come from? Am I missing something?
As a former regional pilot converting to Delta I can say with certainty that Delta is a great place to work. Do we have our issues? Yes. Are they first world problems? Absolutely (guys trying to figure out what to do with excess 401k money beyond $55,000 limit to still allow them a tax vehicle).
Comparing my schedule, vacation, sick, disability, paycheck, and benefits to my friends at FlexJet and NetJets is apples and oranges.
So yeah there is a big difference between the two career/lifestyles. To each his own. As for Delta hiring 2500 hour millennials, that is rare. However we are hiring 24-60 year old pilots. Diversifying.
In my role at Delta I do a lot of work with new hire pilots as well as fly the line. I see absolutely zero issues with any of the people we are hiring right now. If anything, we have had issues in the past with the 17,000 hour Compass flow who came here virtually brain dead with a terrible attitude.
I’d take the 25 year old with 2500 hours and a willingness to learn the Delta way any day. Just wanted to add some facts to the speculative conversation.
As you were......