DL Hiring: New Process
09-07-2021, 09:51 AM
#441
Roll’n Thunder
Joined APC: Oct 2009
Position: Pilot
Posts: 3,538
Originally Posted by mketch11
Got the invite to complete the hiring assessment. I am currently 1.5 years away from flow at American from Envoy. I live within driving distance to DFW. My wife says we aren’t moving for a long time due to her job, and I am trying to figure out if I should go to Delta if given the chance and potentially commute for another 20 years or wait 1.5years and flow to American and drive to work? Sounds wrong just saying it out loud but to pass on the flow puts a non-military pilot’s chances of getting on AA slim to none. What would the wise folks out there on the interwebs do assuming I would be commuting for life?
Overall I'd say that AA offers you more money + more time at home + faster seniority progression. AA wins hands down, but the risk is something happens in the next 18 months that pushes back your flow.
Edit: And no hat.
09-07-2021, 12:31 PM
#443
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2018
Posts: 3,191
Originally Posted by NYCaviator
I just received an invite for the online assessment. Can anyone shed some light on what to expect?
09-07-2021, 01:16 PM
#444
Can’t find crew pickup
Joined APC: Jun 2021
Posts: 1,975
Originally Posted by NYCaviator
I just received an invite for the online assessment. Can anyone shed some light on what to expect?
09-07-2021, 03:34 PM
#447
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2018
Posts: 3,191
If I were doing it, I would do them all....but that's just me...."Leave no stone unturned" and all that. Maybe that is too old school....but then again I don't need a Delta job.
I think that is where barbs started flying in the first place....seems like "spoon fed" is the request du jour when applying for a multi-million dollar job.
I think that is where barbs started flying in the first place....seems like "spoon fed" is the request du jour when applying for a multi-million dollar job.
Last edited by Buck Rogers; 09-07-2021 at 03:47 PM.
09-07-2021, 05:12 PM
#448
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2012
Posts: 269
Originally Posted by mketch11
Got the invite to complete the hiring assessment. I am currently 1.5 years away from flow at American from Envoy. I live within driving distance to DFW. My wife says we aren’t moving for a long time due to her job, and I am trying to figure out if I should go to Delta if given the chance and potentially commute for another 20 years or wait 1.5years and flow to American and drive to work? Sounds wrong just saying it out loud but to pass on the flow puts a non-military pilot’s chances of getting on AA slim to none. What would the wise folks out there on the interwebs do assuming I would be commuting for life?
09-07-2021, 05:46 PM
#449
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2015
Position: UNA
Posts: 4,412
Originally Posted by DrunkIrishman
Get the job and commute. If you’re good enough to get an invite from Delta, I assume AA wants you too. Once you are at Delta, apply to AA as an off the street hire. You may even get their sooner than the flow. Waiting for a flow in this business is like fighting for “career expectations.”
09-07-2021, 08:36 PM
#450
Gets Everyday Off
Joined APC: Aug 2016
Position: Relaxed
Posts: 6,929
Originally Posted by Gone Flying
Pre Covid, AA really did not hire civilians outside of their flow. Not saying I disagree with your logic but in 2019 AA hired close to 1,000 pilots and like 50 guys/gals total were non mil/non WO pilots. I think our number when we were hiring that many was closer to 400.
2018
Actual - Total 939 hires
513 (55%) Flows - 335 (avg 28) Envoy, 114 (avg 10) PSA, 64 (avg 5) PDT
230 (24%) OTS Mil
196 (21%) OTS Civ (53 were from WO).
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