Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

Any idea how far down the list the SSPs have gotten? I've heard an FO at Endeavor interviewed and hired. Imagine how much seniority he gained over the flows.

Question: Anyone at Compass or Mesaba with the qualifications needed for an interview at Delta, have any interviewed or are they all waiting/not getting called because they have the flow? And how does that work if they are called and not offered a job, but they have flow rights?

1 non flow CP FO is already in class and 1 flow pilot interviewed but didn't get through the test I hear. Still has flow rights or can retry interview since they passed the panel. Haven't heard of any others yet but most flow captains don't have their apps filled out until they need to, basically once they get their letter.

forgot to bid

03-03-2014 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mesabah (Post 1594497)

The MPL pilots would join in as second officers on the widebodies. Insurance would never allow them to sit right seat, right out of the sim.

Straight to the WB to baby sit a jet on second break?

Nah. They'd learn too many bad habits. :D

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forgot to bid

03-03-2014 05:30 PM

Bar, I may have missed this in reading your posts but were you thinking about a system where a mainline DAL pilot can bid down and fly an outsourced RJ as a mainline DAL pilot with the rest of the crew still being outsourced? A way to mentor newer lower time pilots?

Bucking Bar

03-03-2014 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1594541)

No. Structural unity is the key component for there to be any benefit to Delta pilots.

Bucking Bar

03-03-2014 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Mesabah (Post 1594497)

The MPL pilots would join in as second officers on the widebodies. Insurance would never allow them to sit right seat, right out of the sim.

Delta's underwriters have been issuing policies with pilot warranties "as approved by Flight Operations" for years. That included quite a few 200 hour wonders at express carriers in a command seat.

The exact question of MPL issuance has never come up, but the same underwriters insure European and Asian customers.

casual observer

03-03-2014 05:55 PM

Okay. Went to pro-diem. It looks like you download a file and it gathers flight log info for you from Delta. I'm a MAC user. Is it pretty easy? And how long does it take?

80ktsClamp

03-03-2014 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1594526)

So if the DAL plan for 9E was to solve the crew cost issue by taking the most expensive pilots and moving them to mainline via the flow, doesn't this hurt that cost control equation when so many are staying put?

Not like anyone couldn't have seen that coming!

rahc	03-03-2014 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by casual observer (Post 1594562)

Okay. Went to pro-diem. It looks like you download a file and it gathers flight log info for you from Delta. I'm a MAC user. Is it pretty easy? And how long does it take?

The program widget didn't work for me on my Mac (couldn't download it). I called them and basically they got access to my computer with my permission. I placed the iCrew logins, and then they downloaded all of the the data and ran the program on my laptop while I watched.

I had my files with numbers the next day. Very simple process.

UGBSM

03-03-2014 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1594460)

The safe course for ALPA is to favor ALPA members.

Except that ALPA does not hire pilots. Delta does. And they obviously don't have an exclusive preference for ALPA pilots.

casual observer

03-03-2014 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by rahc (Post 1594570)

Great. I'll skip the download and just call them tomorrow. Thank you.

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