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Originally Posted by seamonster (Post 1369586)

In 10 years Delta will only retire 4800 pilots due to age 65. That is 480 pilots to be hired and trained every year for 10 years. As far as I know that puts the training department at max production for 10 years. So, if we are to have 8000 pilots hired in the next ten years how are we going to train an extra 3200 pilots. It is clear, to me, that they are going to buy a pilot group to get the new pilots. To say we are going to hire 8000 pilots is just not feasible in our training department.

SM,

This is not an issue. Stand alone DAL hired more than 800 a year in 1999/2000. We contracted for simulator times in various places. Also I think DGS guys can actually conduct more training than in the past further increasing training capacity.

There may be specific choke-points and limitations (717 Sim time etc) but as far as overall training capacity I don't see a problem.

Throw in the NW simulator capacity and I don't think it will be very hard. It may take some time to initially ramp up but once it gets going - no sweat.

Scoop

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1369640)

Someone sent me the 22.D.3 report for August of 2011 and when you take those hard numbers with the one for March 2014 and compare this is what you come up with:

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psfa0dd1de.png

it is what it is.

If you have a hard time seeing it use CTRL+ to zoom in and CTRL- to zoom back.

It's not hard to believe. We've been overstaffed since the merger.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1369625)

I don't know, with Gate Latency I'm kind of concerned for nonrevs no matter how early they show.

I'm about 90% on having the door closed before we get our D+7 msg...often times several minutes ahead of that. The last shred of common sense for gate agents had been eliminated with that memo. They won't even come down and open the door for revenue pax much less non revs.

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Originally Posted by qball (Post 1369651)

Two weeks ago on (what I think was the last flight to this station) we are all closed up and calling for push about D-3. And that's when I noticed two people waving frantically at me from the gatehouse. and we pushed with them still waving.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1369654)

They're probably still waving. :D

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1369558)

And I never thought I'd see the day, but the A319/320 fleet beat out the 737 fleet and now has the highest % of SE taxi ops. :D

Much to the chagrin of everyone in the middle third of the cabin that has to listen to that stupid friggin' hydraulic pump! :D

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Originally Posted by biigD (Post 1369665)

Much to the chagrin of everyone in the middle third of the cabin that has to listen to that stupid friggin' hydraulic pump! :D

Sounds identical to the hyd pump on the 88. :) Now if they forget to turn it on, then you get "sawing" noise of the PTU!

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1369646)

It's not hard to believe. We've been overstaffed since the merger.

Here is Mar 2012 vs Mar 2014...

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse96633ac.png

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Originally Posted by Columbia (Post 1369659)

They're probably still waving. :D

LOL

http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002...s1_xlarge.jpeg

If we ARE going to pump through 800 a year, think of all the trips you will be bought off of, and with the new contract you won't have to sit around and see if you get another trip. Buddy bidding with a LCA will be back with a vengeance I bet.