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You brought all of those to your Delta interview? Weren't you a Captain at ASA? Why wouldn't a logbook suffice? Is this common practice? Sorry first I've ever heard someone bringing schedules and/or pay sheets...

This is not required, and probably not even common practice.

However, your goal as an applicant is the make it EASY for the panel to interview you. Everything you present should almost explain itself. The guys that figure this out have a leg up.

Suggestions:

- Tab your logbook with those little colored index tabs from Office Depot. Get the ones that you can label and write exactly what it is pointing to - ie, private, commercial, instrument, multi, first day flying 135, Captain IOE at your regional, type ratings, and anything that the application specifically asked for.

- If you have multiple logbooks, put a post-it on the front of each with the sequential order: #1, #2, #3 etc

- Print out copies of the application that you filled out. Bring 4. One for you, and an extra for up to 3 interviewers so you can all follow along as they go through your app. I did this, and was able to offer one to the HR guy as they had only printed 2 copies of mine.

- etc, etc

It sounds like overkill, but ANYTHING you can do to make the interviewers life easier works in your favor. Just make sure it all looks very professional and organized. Your stuff should be able to explain itself, even if you aren't in the room. The interviewers are building an impression of you the entire time they are looking over your materials - you don't want them to come away with any lingering doubts or frustrations after sifting through your logbooks.

Sounds like Bar did it right.

Its wide spread and probably has to do with the interfacing with DAL's computers and the KCM system. Happens every so often. Takes anywhere from a half an hour to half a day to fix.

With the level of stagnation this industry has seen candidates of today typically have a lot more flight time than in decades past. Average for my class was around 7,000 hours.

Have you seen 7,000 hours worth of logbooks, especially ones with a lot of half-hour legs in them?Thanks Leine. Delta was my #1 choice and that was the thought behind trying to ace the interview.

My solution, after about 3,500 hours and various formats required by my corporate and airline employers, was to bind the log sheets which came from crew tracking and put that behind a simple Access database report which gets monthly flight time summaries from pay / scheduling. The database reporting engine does my math for me, so everything adds up. At FedEx and Delta, those who interviewed stated they liked the presentation better than hand written logs.

In the corporate world it is pretty common to field requests for logbook inspections. This way the information is easily accessible and looks presentable.

The other, morbid, reason for doing this is experience with General Aviation air safety work when a decedents wife often has no idea how to demonstrate to the NTSB / Underwriters that her husband was current in the aircraft he was operating. Often the Insurers can't do much to help until compliance with currency requirements is documented.

I doubt DAL will grant any leaves of absence long enough to allow one to work a contract in Asia.

I wasn't talking about leaves of absence.

Wow. One article must mean it's a done deal. Amirite?

And what lack of competition? People can fly Allegiant, Spirit, Sun Country, JetBlue, Southwest, American, United, Delta, Us Air, Virgin America, Alaska, Cape Air, etc. There isn't a lack of competition. If the US govt wants to control prices then they can eliminate the De-regulation act of 1978, and start controlling the industry again.

Oh.....gotcha. :)