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I'll fly with whoever Delta hires. Its not the quality of the pilot that concerns me. That is not a big issue at our company. It's the idea of mergers, SLI's, shortcuts, and lawsuits that raise concern.

I'm not a big fan of mergers of any kind, so I'd rather Delta hire pilots in the same way I was hired. That is, compete with every qualified applicant in the market (including those from the military, which you are pretty much leaving out) and hire the best pilot.

I agree wholeheartedly.

Bainite

03-03-2014 03:13 PM

British Airways began 787 service between AUS - LHR today.

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Proof that Delta needs a 330 base here in Austin now!

Denny Crane

03-03-2014 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1594289)

Can someone tell me why I have Davis Vision? All I did last year was get my eyes checked and fitted for contacts. With my insurance payment every two weeks, my co payment on the check up and some other fee I can't figure out I am paying MORE than the non insurance pay cash price is! What did I do wrong?

I did Davis one year and that's all it took to realize it's not a good deal. If you need glasses or contacts, my recommendation is to budget that into your FSA calculation during open enrollment. The FSA can be either the LPFSA or the regular FSA.

Denny

PilotFrog

03-03-2014 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 1594435)

Thanks, I think I will do that next year. It is terrible how little we get for that "insurance"

Bucking Bar

03-03-2014 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by UGBSM (Post 1594418)

Anyway, consider this. Delta hires about half from the military. (It was more like 90% military in my day) Any future military pilot would be shut out of this "lets capture all the RJ flying" scheme. A pilot hired after that with, say, 10 years military flying would end up at the bottom of a very long list of RJ's and behind someone with 1500 hrs towing a banner. The big hiring wave ahead will leave them languishing behind where they could be today.

Do I care? No. And neither do you probably. Except altruistically.

I doubt they would end up behind banner towing, but if you think about it a 7,000 hour Captain who has a ten year track history flying for a division of Delta in an 86,000 pound jetliner is a very competitive candidate.

Your generation has an affinity for it's traditions. As Delta hires 90% plus civillians the definition of altruism will shift dramatically. There just are not enough military pilots for them to be the "market" for labor any more.

The safe course for ALPA is to favor ALPA members.

80ktsClamp

03-03-2014 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Starcheck102 (Post 1594361)

Because mainlines don't need to buy regionals. The regionals are all fee-for-departure. There is no economic incentive whatsoever for a major to buy any of them.

Then why has Pinnacle twice been bought by mainline? Once by Northwest and most recently by Delta.

NERD	03-03-2014 04:09 PM

Unfortunately I think you are 100% correct Nostradamus.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1594153)

THE PILOT SHORTAGE IS HERE

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Then we get these guys involved to solve the regional pilot pilot shortage...

http://texasclimatenews.org/wp/wp-co..._capitol_2.jpg

Solution 1, repeal the 1500 hour rule.

Solution 2, eliminate the age of pilot retirements, if you can get a 1st class medical, you're good to go.

Solution 3, some Doctors become very rich.

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80ktsClamp

03-03-2014 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1594414)

Their reasons for failure suggest a lack of preparation. There is no excuse for not being able to score well. Practice, as they say, makes perfect. Perhaps they felt entitled, so they did not buckle down and prep. Who knows?

Since most boned their test, they will have another shot. The smart ones will be ready next time.

In 2007 some airlines had a much better rate of success than others. It boiled down to preparation ... those pilots took the offer of a job worth another 5 or so million dollars very seriously.

I had an interviewer on the jumpseat the other day, and I asked him if he had done any of the SSP's. Cue a long sigh from him.

Some were lack of preparation, some walked in acting like they were owed the job, some just absolutely blew it all around... plenty of them that were turned away have gotten the never apply again. The fact is the low pass rate is primarily due to the quality of the candidates. It should be no surprise to anyone familiar with those that interviewed. They hired the great ones and turned away the ones that were on my list that are just awful. The screening worked great.

The pass rate will get a good bit higher as they move down to the lower seniority ranks with a lower concentration of (future) lifers.

scambo1

03-03-2014 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bainite (Post 1594426)

They've clearly needed a 777 base in CHS for some time now too.

forgot to bid

03-03-2014 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1594468)

I had an interviewer on the jumpseat the other day, and I asked him if he had done any of the SSP's. Cue a long sigh from him.

Some were lack of preparation, some walked in acting like they were owed the job, some just absolutely blew it all around... plenty of them that were turned away have gotten the never apply again. The fact is the low pass rate is primarily due to the quality of the candidates.

It'll get a good bit higher as they move down to the lower seniority ranks with a lower concentration of (future) lifers.

This must have the lawyers scrambling.

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