Originally Posted by
Mesabah
The issue will come three, four years from now, when the massive hiring begins. You need to take these pilots, and hire them at Delta right out of college, bypassing DCI completely. It will cause all kinds of issues sending them to DCI first. Simply put, we can't replace a Propel pilot when they leave, we need pilots with 1000hrs of 121 time. The experience they gain at DCI is so they can upgrade at DCI.
Propel will be around for a long time. As these students move onto mainline there will be a continuous supply of new pilots behind them. At the same time, DCI will be hiring OTS and from their own initiatives.