DL Hiring: New Process
01-15-2024 | 10:37 AM
#4771
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I think we should have more dates randomly generated between the actual class start dates. And in classes of 30+ when 2 pilots fall on the same date we have a cage match with the winner drawing first blood being senior. See... silly.
01-15-2024 | 11:01 AM
#4772
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maybe military service should go to the top and we can have a brawl for which branch gets top billing
01-15-2024 | 11:07 AM
#4773
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It should be tv game show competition to decide. Random- one week it’s naked and afraid, the next is the price is right.
01-15-2024 | 04:03 PM
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Once past the original seat lock, it makes zero difference. But in the first drop, it (can) make a world of difference.
Signed,
‘older’ hire who got stuck in the -88.
01-15-2024 | 04:33 PM
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edit to add: I’m not suggesting it NEEDS changing, but it would be nice for some.
01-15-2024 | 04:34 PM
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01-15-2024 | 06:46 PM
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True, but....many airlines use age as the delineator for assigning SN. A 2 year seat lock is nothing to a mid 20 something. Further, when it comes to furlough, we work from the bottom up. So that SN, just one number, could mean all the difference. I never agreed with assignment of SN by SSN. It should and always should have remained by age. Oldest first. Always. That mandatory retirement age and all that....we're not FA s after all.
01-15-2024 | 06:49 PM
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Why? Because of what’s selected in the Indoc class’ drop. The young pilots should get stuck with the -88, because they have many more years to make up for lost time in undesirable equipment/commute. It gives the older pilots (mil, late bloomers/flows, whatever) a more equal portion of their career in more desirable equipment/base.
Once past the original seat lock, it makes zero difference. But in the first drop, it (can) make a world of difference.
Signed,
‘older’ hire who got stuck in the -88.
Once past the original seat lock, it makes zero difference. But in the first drop, it (can) make a world of difference.
Signed,
‘older’ hire who got stuck in the -88.
And for the many years I spent on it I enjoyed the flying. Trips were diverse (at least when I was on it). I liked flying with new hires (I was an LCP on it for many years) and it actually was a very fine flying airplane once the automation was turned off 
I kinda miss it in a way.
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