Originally Posted by
iaflyer
I know this has little to do with the thread, but personally, I really like working at Delta. And it's just not me - I hear almost very little complaining from the guys I fly with. Sure, there are your malcontents, but at an airline with over 12,000 pilots there will be.
Every time I go to work, I go with a smile on my face.
Originally Posted by
tone
Continental guys like it too, good management, new fleet, etc. Yes, the legacies are more sensitive to this recession, but some are still good. I hear Delta is getting ready to kick butt, in NY and elsewhere, with some hiring too. Anyway, Southwest is great too though...
Glad you guys chimed in. I very much agree that companies like Delta and Continental have many excellent employment aspects to them. My previous comments about "Just ask about their culture" was really meant to mean "there is no perfect place to work, just ask an XYZ airline pilot". (As a SWA poolie, I am not naive enough to think or believe in anyway shape or form that SWA is somehow exempted
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Any pilot, including myself, who is still flying at the regional level would be very fortunate to get an employment offer from either of these two companies. You are right, malcontents exist everywhere.
Even at Southwest.