This whole idea is a joke. First of all Delta has always had a skewed view of what a "hirable applicant" is/was. No if's, and's or but's. Now with this initiative, they are considering college grads with less than a B average, as long as the grades for aviation-related classes were a B or better. Seriously, 10 years ago, Delta wouldn't have even considered a guy with less than a B average. Secondly, after all is said and done, all Delta is willing to actually commit to is to "guarantee" the candidate the opportunity to interview, and that is only at a regional carrier (no disrespect intended toward regional guys).

So say a guy decides to pursue a career in aviation, he has to go to one of the approved schools, take some aviation-related courses, graduate with the above mentioned GPA, or better, then stay at that school to accumulate 1000 hours of IP time, before being "guaranteed" an interview. All the while, after graduation, earning probably minimum wage, again, just to be allowed an interview. With no guarantee of actually securing a job. Then, if he or she is lucky enough to actually be hired, and after logging the required "mainline" hours, they are again only "guaranteed" an interview at said "mainline" airline.

As well, the article says that "CAPT would mainly look to high-tier college aviation programmes as means of cultivating pilots. "Statistical data indicates that a quality college education from a top-tier university or college provides us with a much better pilot in terms of fewer training failures, overall performance and reliability," notes Kraby." .......Quality education? Less than a B average will provide a pilot, who over time, will have "fewer training failures, overall performance and reliability." Really?

All I can say is that it must have been a really lousy week for the author to have stopped sniffing glue, prior to writing that article.