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Trip7 01-22-2019 07:17 AM

Civilian, 4700TT, 0 TPIC but I am an Eagle Scout:D

p3flteng 01-22-2019 07:35 AM

2007
NWA, 4500 civ, TPIC 500, 767 type w International exp.
Mil enlisted, 4000 hours P3 FE.

Cheers

OOfff 01-22-2019 08:02 AM

6800TT
400 tpic
All civilian/RJ

ShyGuy 01-22-2019 08:10 AM


Originally Posted by Talladega8790 (Post 2747491)
Agreed. Any insight on the other two?

Do you really have to get it spelled out this way? Look at which aviation groups offer job fairs, should answer your question.

Excargodog 01-22-2019 08:34 AM

What if I just SELF-IDENTIFIED as one of those groups? :D

weekendflyer 01-22-2019 10:16 AM

Civilian-3200TT,1500TPIC, LCA

Gander 01-22-2019 12:40 PM

7214.5 , 2000 tpic civilian / night freight. 121 commuter ,cfi/cfii, 135 charter. 1999 hire

GucciBoy 01-22-2019 12:57 PM


Originally Posted by Gander (Post 2747948)
7214.5 , 2000 tpic civilian / night freight. 121 commuter ,cfi/cfii, 135 charter. 1999 hire



I think it was the .5 that put you over the top.


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Denny Crane 01-22-2019 01:15 PM

1800 military heavy..........1988

DENNY CRANE! :D

Otters 01-22-2019 01:18 PM


Originally Posted by hockeypilot44 (Post 2747159)
Guessing one is female.

I trained one. 25 or 26. Will be #1 at DAL. Had no PIC. Very sharp. Cute too

KnotSoFast 01-22-2019 04:50 PM

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1988 hire 1,510 USAF fighter hours + 52 hours C-150 :p

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WillieF15 01-22-2019 05:15 PM

2015 Hire

1950 hrs fighter

Jaww 01-22-2019 05:28 PM


Originally Posted by Otters (Post 2747975)
I trained one. 25 or 26. Will be #1 at DAL. Had no PIC. Very sharp. Cute too

Professional...

And we wonder why the union had to send a warning letter out about sky hub.

NERD 01-22-2019 05:38 PM

Could be a dude he’s referring to. Not that there is anything wrong with that




Originally Posted by Jaww (Post 2748103)
Professional...

And we wonder why the union had to send a warning letter out about sky hub.


MoonShot 01-22-2019 06:24 PM

I had about 5600 +/- when I got hired in 2008. About 600-700 TPIC.

I debated back and forth about applying places before I hit the 1000 TPIC mark. At the time, I was going to wait to apply to Delta (which didn't require the 1000 TPIC) until I had my 1000 TPIC because many other carriers required it. I certainly didn't know it at the time, but hindsight has proven that applying and leaving before that mark was the best thing I could have ever done!

Cogf16 01-23-2019 06:47 AM


Originally Posted by KnotSoFast (Post 2748085)
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1988 hire 1,510 USAF fighter hours + 52 hours C-150 :p

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Me too, almost. '88 hire 1300ish USAF fighter plus 25 hrs. ROTC C-152

53x11 01-23-2019 10:40 AM

All Civi’

13,065 TT
11,100 Jet (1700 corporate/9400 121 RJ’s)
9,109 PIC 121 ( 291 SIC)

Lotta pipeline patrol for the rest. :eek:

Edit: Hired 2015. 45 yrs old when hired.

forgot to bid 01-23-2019 11:41 AM


Originally Posted by NERD (Post 2748109)
Could be a dude he’s referring to. Not that there is anything wrong with that

Hey i identify as a cute 25 or 26 year old.

badflaps 01-23-2019 12:07 PM


Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 2748502)
Hey i identify as a cute 25 or 26 year old.

You need to be on the burple spandex/nylon uniform commitee.:eek:

forgot to bid 01-23-2019 03:08 PM


Originally Posted by badflaps (Post 2748517)
You need to be on the burple spandex/nylon uniform commitee.:eek:

Better yet. I need to be wearing that because I'm 25 or 26 and cute.

Btw

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tel...al-battle/amp/


Dutch man, 69, who 'identifies as 20 years younger' launches legal battle to change age.

A pensioner has begun a legal battle to be recognised as being 20 years younger than his actual age so he can go back to work and achieve greater success with women on Tinder.

badflaps 01-23-2019 03:30 PM

I'd like to do that, except I would probably throw a rod.

AirbusPTC 01-24-2019 09:04 AM


Originally Posted by Sunnydays (Post 2746805)
When hired as a delta pilot how many hours did you have?Military? Civilian?

Civilian = 5200

Turbine PIC (121 Ops) = 2000

GunshipGuy 01-24-2019 09:46 AM

2008 with 3200 hours Mil C-130

flyingmau5 01-24-2019 10:43 AM

Hired late 2018. Still waiting on class date.

All civilian.

- 3,600 TT
- 2,100 121 CRJ Jet
- 1,050 121 CRJ PIC

House of Usher 01-24-2019 12:27 PM

Hired 1996 Civilian 6700 TT, 4000 PIC 121 Turbine

captkdobbs 01-25-2019 07:49 PM


Originally Posted by Sunnydays (Post 2746805)
When hired as a delta pilot how many hours did you have?Military? Civilian?

Hired late 2014, older than average, military ground-pounder and civilian jobs/management prior to aviation career.

All civilian flight time
- 8500 TT
- 5900 TPIC (mostly CRJ)
- 370 FE

Progression: CFI, T-Prop-FO, -CA, -LCA, 727-FE, Furlough, CRJ-FO, -CA, -LCA, Delta.

It's been a journey; I'm happy to be here!

justwanttofly 01-27-2019 05:48 PM

2016: 1900 Military (C-130, 500TPIC)

Rotide 01-27-2019 07:14 PM

5k’ mil
700ish CP C130
3k+ PC12
1.5k D328
2k IP time.
Civilian 500 hours flying part 91 biz jets and lots more flying twin Cessna’s and Bonanzas and what ever I could get in.
Total time was around 9k at my interview Apr 18.

nuneze23 01-27-2019 09:12 PM

Hired 2018:
6,000 TT
5,000 121
All Civilian, two type ratings. Came over from the ugly Eskimo. Happy to not be commuting across the country anymore.

WillieF15 01-28-2019 04:47 PM

AFRC blackball?
 
Any ANG/AFRC bubbas get hired recently? Couple well-qualified part-timers in my unit have had their apps in quite a while and wonder if DAL has reduced hiring active ANG/AFRC dudes.

TED74 01-29-2019 04:22 AM


Originally Posted by WillieF15 (Post 2751802)
Any ANG/AFRC bubbas get hired recently? Couple well-qualified part-timers in my unit have had their apps in quite a while and wonder if DAL has reduced hiring active ANG/AFRC dudes.

I know three highly-qualified ANG pilots (fighter guys) hired recently. All were zoomies and not guard babies, but long-time guardsmen nonetheless.

Timbo 01-29-2019 07:32 AM

Hired in 1985 with 5,600 total, 5,000 Civ, 600 mil

4000 multi/turbine/night

DC 9, LR23, KC135 time as well.

Joined the ANG after flying part 135 for 4+ years.

(flying cnxd checks in an AC690 mostly, with some LR23 F/O time too)

BTW, my 5,600 total was the highest in my new hire class of 24, but at the time there was no such thing as an RJ, and the Mil commitment was only 4-5 years so most of the Mil guys only had about 1,200-2,000 TT. I think there were only 4 of us civilians in the class.

A couple other Civilians in my class had the next two highest times with about 4,500 and 3,500 each, and the 3 of us where the youngest in the class at 24, 26 and 26.5. Average age of the class was 28, oldest guys (2) were 34.

Of that new hire class of 24 I think there are only about 10 of us still working at Delta. 6 left early just before bankruptcy, a couple of those guys flew for Polar and/or Atlas and other places.

Oh, my then new hire seniority number was...

are you sitting down?

3879! :eek:

That's how many pilots Delta had in September of 1985!

BUT...we did get to sit sideways on the 727 for 3 years and paid on the B scale for the full 5 years so there's that.:rolleyes:

I got my first A Scale paycheck in November of 1990, and my guard unit was activated to participate in Desert Shield/Storm a month later! :mad:

One A scale check ($5K), and then back to active duty pay! ($3,000/month in 1990)

In 1992, after released from Desert Storm, I bid MD88 Capt/CVG and got it....4 from the bottom.

Most senior guys were shocked that a 'new hire' with only 6 years got a MD88 Capt. bid, so was I, but it didn't last long as the company soon sold off the DC9's and all those more senior (most of them!) DC9 Capts came to the MD88 and spit me out the bottom, back to the 757 right seat for 4 more years. Then in 1993 Delta started furloughing pilots for the first time in the history of the company.

My how times have changed!

Cogf16 01-29-2019 10:45 AM


Originally Posted by WillieF15 (Post 2751802)
Any ANG/AFRC bubbas get hired recently? Couple well-qualified part-timers in my unit have had their apps in quite a while and wonder if DAL has reduced hiring active ANG/AFRC dudes.

Sort of on a related note, but I heard that we use about 4 X more mil leave today then some recent time in the past (I believe 5-10 years) Delta is having issues with this massive amount of MIL leave and how it is being "used" Obviously, the world has changed since 9/11 especially, but mil leave is a MAJOR issue at Delta
FWIW, 13 years of my career at Delta was while I was in the ANG(and I retired from the Guard).
As for if this is making Delta less likely to hire ANG/Reserve guys....I sure hope not!!!

Rocker 01-29-2019 12:01 PM


Originally Posted by Cogf16 (Post 2752220)
Sort of on a related note, but I heard that we use about 4 X more mil leave today then some recent time in the past (I believe 5-10 years) Delta is having issues with this massive amount of MIL leave and how it is being "used" Obviously, the world has changed since 9/11 especially, but mil leave is a MAJOR issue at Delta
FWIW, 13 years of my career at Delta was while I was in the ANG(and I retired from the Guard).
As for if this is making Delta less likely to hire ANG/Reserve guys....I sure hope not!!!

What's the impact to a pilot for using MIL leave with it being a major issue right now? I know we have USERRA protecting us for deployments, training, drills, etc, but is there anything the company does to discourage it in any way?

forgot to bid 01-29-2019 03:21 PM

Any tilt rotor guys? I want to hear about that thing.

WillieF15 01-29-2019 04:50 PM


Originally Posted by TED74 (Post 2752000)
I know three highly-qualified ANG pilots (fighter guys) hired recently. All were zoomies and not guard babies, but long-time guardsmen nonetheless.

Were they retired, or still actively drilling when they got hired? I'm wondering if DAL is staying away from ANG/RES folks who haven't hit 20 years. I got hired a few years ago, and it took me a couple years to get noticed, so I've tried to manage their expectations.

TED74 01-29-2019 06:43 PM


Originally Posted by WillieF15 (Post 2752428)
Were they retired, or still actively drilling when they got hired? I'm wondering if DAL is staying away from ANG/RES folks who haven't hit 20 years. I got hired a few years ago, and it took me a couple years to get noticed, so I've tried to manage their expectations.

One of the three was approaching an AGR retirement and didn't get a call until he was within 3-6 months of that. The other two have several more years remaining until reaching 20 years for a full retirement... their records clearly show they are "ripe" to take long term military leave to finish out at some point, but were luckily still hired.

Cogf16 01-29-2019 10:59 PM

[QUOTE=Rocker;2752260]What's the impact to a pilot for using MIL leave with it being a major issue right now? I know we have USERRA protecting us for deployments, training, drills, etc, but is there anything the company does to discourage it in any way?[/QUOTE
This is mostly anecdotal but I did talk to a guy "in the know" What I remember being an "issue" is getting hired, going to indoc, and then dropping orders for a long period of time. Getting hired and then within a few months or a year, going out on mil leave for several years. Again, anecdotal but that was my recollection.

Han Solo 01-30-2019 01:24 AM

Just another data point. I recently flew with a guy who separated at 16 years AD. Delta has to know he's going to drop mil leave for 4-5 years after he gets off probation. He was hired fairly shortly after he got his ATP (via Delta).

Rocker 01-30-2019 04:47 AM


Originally Posted by Cogf16 (Post 2752559)
This is mostly anecdotal but I did talk to a guy "in the know" What I remember being an "issue" is getting hired, going to indoc, and then dropping orders for a long period of time. Getting hired and then within a few months or a year, going out on mil leave for several years. Again, anecdotal but that was my recollection.

Gotcha. The issue they have definitely makes sense to me. The HR team in my interview did bring up the fact that I was separating from the AF with almost 15 years of service and asked if I was planning to join the reserves. I was blatantly honest with them and told them I was already hired by a guard unit, and that I planned to remain in a part time status, but that I would have periodic commitments that I'd need to use military leave for. They seemed content with that answer and we moved on, and I have no intentions of changing my plan, but I know several who disappear for years after they finish consolidation...in some cases, not even probation (with various companies).


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