DL Hiring: New Process
03-06-2025 | 04:40 AM
#5401
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From: Blue Juice Taste Tester
I have an interview in late April. I am hoping somebody who interviewed recentley could lend me some insight about logbooks. I currently keep paper and electronic logbooks concurently. I know in the interview invite they mention they want the "orignal logbooks". The problem I am faced with is that in my paper logbooks, my PIC time is messed up from flight school where I was logging PIC as a rated student, and my current employer wanted me to log FO Pilot Flying as PIC. When I submitted my app I only counted "true" PIC time. Also my logbook has greenout on every other page and my handwriting is something between a doctor and a kindergartener. On the otherside my electronic logbook can do a neat printout which I can make into a binder and reflecting the correct amount of PIC time. Would the printout be acceptable to Delta? From what I hear it should be since RST partners with a printing service. I feel like I am getting to deep into the weeds with the term "original" as people I know stopped keeping a paper logbook after flight school.
Airlines understand that PIC as “individual who signs the release and is ultimately responsible for the flight” and PIC as “sole manipulator of the controls” are two different things.
Trust me, my handwriting couldn’t be deciphered by Egyptologists and I still got the job 😬
03-06-2025 | 07:52 AM
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03-06-2025 | 10:03 AM
#5406
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It's varied a ton. Mine was nearly 12 months from Jan24-Jan25. Others around my timeline ended up in the 6-9 month range. Hiring is "normalizing" and there may not be another class after March this year. But there could be more classes too, depending on many factors.
03-06-2025 | 10:11 AM
#5407
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So it would depend wildly on whether you ask your question to the last person who gets hired in April 2025 or the next guy who doesn’t get in until Jan 26.
As an example for me… app submitted in Jan 24, AON in Feb 24, interview in April, and the earliest class available ended up being Jan 25 (no classes Nov/Dec because they hit their number by Oct).
03-06-2025 | 11:30 AM
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03-06-2025 | 06:18 PM
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I received the AON invite in mid October of last year, got an invite to interview within 2 days of completing it, interviewed in December. I had 1507 hours total, but I understand that's not typical (some time in the F-15C likely to blame). Was told I'd have a class date Q3 of this year, which slid left to later this month. Hope this helps!
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