Originally Posted by
TED74
Believe it or not, I'm not trying to do anything other than understand what's different between years ago and present. You implied there is a major difference with regards to upgrades, and their timing now vs your younger years.
I think.. again.. jmho... is that Delta has been hiring a lot in the most recent years, and the 'growth' has all been at the bottom end. After I got hired, we continued to hire for 10 months, then furloughed everybody back to the point where I had 235 guys below me. For almost 6 years. I couldn't even hold M88 FO. The 767 was a shining orb out in the ether somewhere, and upgrading was a pipe dream.
The reasons are myriad. **** poor management, bad economy, too much 'competition' yada yada yada. Perfect storm. You have none of that now.