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Hey, Drum is it? - honest question - I passed on the SSP. Now, I've decided to take the flow. Am I welcome or should I be ashamed for not taking the opportunity to interview years back? I passed to take care of a family member (if that even matters, but now it's over) and I'd still love to fly for mainline. Should I pass on the flow and wait for an interview? And FWIW (pm me if you don't get the shorthand) I hold a degree and had an offer from UPS.
So, when I sit in your right seat and you learn I'm an EDV peep, will you even ask past that? Or just tell me how I'm a second class pilot and don't have any idea what the Delta standard is really about? Honestly I hope to change your mind and together we can both keep this airline the envy of most pilots. But if I never get the chance to fly with you, I guess I'd be OK with that too. I'll help make it better without you.
I can't speak for everyone here at Delta, but no one behaves like that in a cockpit that I've ever seen. I'd even go further and say once you're wearing the uniform we are very friendly to everyone in company. Kind of a happy cult. I would lay a few bucks even Drum is a different entity in person and doesn't fully realize how bad he comes off online.
With all that said, there is definitely some distrust of the newhires and soon to be new captains from the old timers. Ive had at least two tell me "when i retire I'm not flying anymore, I don't like all the young people everywhere being captains". And that was a sentiment by the adled and angry when i was a regional captain from old timers and even the FAs at the regionals. It's just an age dynamic that ive seen before.
There's a generation gap here and it's going to get larger. Plus the feeling of being left out (deadzoner) of the few good times we had is real from some captains. They don't say it to be mean, in fact many are shocked they are going to retire with a higher number than I'll ever get, but theres a weird culture here of "i never got mine, and the 20k-80k you made is meaningless because some pilots here-that arent you-;are going to retire with 35years or more". Its a very "me-me-me" culture from 20% of captains in a junior base like nyc for instance.