Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 1330932)

How many of these "new" captain positions will be filled simply by people returning to captain positions they were displaced from in the last few years?

I don't know if we can call this "advancement" any more than we can call the pay rate change that occured Jan 1st a "raise".

A very small step towards restoration, is what I'd call it.

Very small.

I'm sure the usual crowd will chime in and call it "the new normal".

Nu

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1330833)

So what this prevents is flying all the reserves to ALV + 15 & running a skeleton airline? Hmmm......seems that debunks the "thinner operation" theory. Thanks. :)

Originally Posted by Sink r8 (Post 1330872)

For those who come from the regionals, it's not a question of getting "high and mighty". We know that the majority of applicants coming up will most likely be found qualified by a fair selection process. We also understand that average qualifications will fluctuate industry-wide, based on supply and demand. But we also know that some of the refuse of the industry hides within. There are people there that under no circumstances should be allowed to fly our passengers, for example the Captain in the ALB accident. We didn't want to fly as their FO's then, and don't want to fly as their Captain in the future. Those people are toxic. For some of them, there is a correlation with having a degree. Some, not all. None of this would be a problem, as long as Delta's hiring process, which found you and I qualified, is used to validate them as well. In other words, it's not a question of origins, but of whether or not the filters are removed.

Originally Posted by alfaromeo (Post 1330789)

Before you get all high and mighty, you might want to consider that most of the guys on this forum would not have been hired by Delta when I was hired in 1988 because you weren't in the military. What does that mean? Times change, that's what it means. Before you start thinking that your poop smells like rose water you might want to think twice. I do think that you are wrong with the basis of your post, I believe that all Pinnacle pilots have to meet Delta's hiring standards; standards that management alone dictates.

I find it mildly amusing that the ex-RJ pilots spend so much time ranking on each other. Would you prefer that all these Pinnacle pilots get laid off? What kind of person would not grant a hand up to someone facing the poop sandwich that is coming down to that group? I do think that our profession needs is more pilots crapping on other pilots, that will be good for us.

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1330938)

88 B717s plus 40 additional MD90's. That's still 44 more airframes worth of CA positions if we include every DC9 & 747-200 parked. Right?

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1330938)

88 B717s plus 40 additional MD90's. That's still 44 more airframes worth of CA positions if we include every DC9 & 747-200 parked. Right?

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1330973)

If you actually knew what you were talking about., you would know that there is a side letter that bypasses the published requirements so certain senior members of their ranks will get a shot that they don't deserve. That is my beef with this. If DL changed their requirements for everyone, I wouldn't have a problem with it.