Originally Posted by
Buck Rogers
They also had 157 unfilled 777/787 FO positions. The capt positions might be filled next month or in a coupla months with another bid. I know they train pretty quickly, but I know of a few Capt's still awaiting training after 4 months and still not scheduled. Or, they just overman other, more senior bases and start/end with DH. Or, they just build the rotation to be covered by other bases from start to finish with more scheduled block hours (shift of flying). I feel certain, that their mgt will figure it out and/or just not expand the flying as rapidly. Hardly a crisis. OBTW, do they still add the "homily" during the interview of "We hire Captains at Delta"? It's not like the pilots we hire aren't well qualified....same for UAL and AA
Their seat lock system is also very different so you we can’t use that as excuse like here. There just seems to be a distinct shift away from shiny jet or 4 stripe syndrome to QoL. Our wart is NB trip construction. But even with that I don’t see Capt spots going unfilled here. I can’t imagine what UAL is thinking right now. They base positions on available training and required demand. Now they have holes and unused training slots. That’s a huge waste. Almost as big of a waste as displacing thousands and letting them go unqualified to then award them a new airplane and then another and train on both.