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4fans 01-25-2020 02:27 PM


Originally Posted by igotgummed (Post 2964224)
that is a a true statement

well that sucks.

igotgummed 01-25-2020 02:36 PM


Originally Posted by 4fans (Post 2964225)
well that sucks.


and it’s total bs. No 320 guy needs an EXTRA day of training to go to the big bus. If anything, 12 is too long as it is!!!

4fans 01-25-2020 03:40 PM


Originally Posted by igotgummed (Post 2964226)
and it’s total bs. No 320 guy needs an EXTRA day of training to go to the big bus. If anything, 12 is too long as it is!!!

Did they do this just to kinda artificially lengthen the seat lock?

JamesDeck 01-25-2020 03:42 PM

Hi everyone, I’m a new hire at DAL with a class date of February 3rd. How or when does the AE close?
Thanks

4fans 01-25-2020 03:49 PM


Originally Posted by JamesDeck (Post 2964253)
Hi everyone, I’m a new hire at DAL with a class date of February 3rd. How or when does the AE close?
Thanks

it closes on January 27th. Looks like you will have to wait til June-ish for your first AE.

Funk 01-25-2020 03:50 PM


Originally Posted by JamesDeck (Post 2964253)
Hi everyone, I’m a new hire at DAL with a class date of February 3rd. How or when does the AE close?
Thanks

It closes on January 27th, so you won’t be eligible to bid anything new until the next AE, whenever that turns out being.

crewdawg 01-25-2020 04:03 PM


Originally Posted by igotgummed (Post 2964226)
and it’s total bs. No 320 guy needs an EXTRA day of training to go to the big bus. If anything, 12 is too long as it is!!!

Actually all the guys I've flown with on the 330 that came from the 320 have said they could have actually used another sim or so. They all thought it was a bit too condensed. I came from Boeing so I can't really say one way or another.

dbrownie 01-25-2020 04:28 PM


Originally Posted by Funk (Post 2964152)
It’s also like trying to fill a bucket with holes in it, and NYC is that bucket. The natural tendency for pilots to bid their way out of commuting (traditionally to NYC), and there are so many openings available, the company has of late (ATLM88B excepted), generally only offered NYC to new hires in order to keep it staffed and allow conversions by more senior pilots to other bases. By the time the company gets anywhere near to filling the NYC categories, we hold another AE, allowing many of those pilots to bid to other places, thereby sustaining the demand for new bodies to New York.

Very true, NYC is a revolving door for new hires, expensive hotels and non commutable trips make it tough.

iaflyer 01-25-2020 05:51 PM


Originally Posted by 4fans (Post 2964225)
well that sucks.

Well the 330 training needed the extra day or two. They jammed so much stuff into the training program when I went through - it was overloaded.

Herkflyr 01-25-2020 06:03 PM


Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 2964302)
Well the 330 training needed the extra day or two. They jammed so much stuff into the training program when I went through - it was overloaded.

Did you go to the 330 from the 320? I hope/plan to do that myself within the next few years (I'm currently on the 320). I can't imagine that the transition would be that difficult. Going from any other aircraft other than the 320, I can appreciate that you would need all the sims you can take.


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