There is an understanding of sorts. I don't know how much effect it has but after 9/11 ASA offered jobs (or i should say preferential hiring, they did have to interview) to Delta furloughees without requiring them to give up their Delta seniority. When approached by Delta for a similar setup Comair said no. Supposedly this fact is not lost on the Delta Captains doing the interviews. who knows?

As an ASA guy who just got hired, the reason why many of us are getting on board is that we flew with furloughed Delta pilots for months while they were awaiting recall. Our IP's trained them and everyone got acquainted out flying the line together. Then a few of the ASA IP's who got hired early have been loyal friends and walked other ASA pilots applications in and got them looked at. I don't know if the ASA trend will continue at the pace it has, but there are at least 5 ASA pilots in my class starting on the 16th of July.

Delta has "preferential hiring" agreements negotiated as part of the large RJ operations (which ASA has thus far been excluded from). But the preferences are so wide spread that I don't know if they constitute a real preference any more.

People were telling me to expect more military in the future as those pilots become available.

Right now people are leaving ASA in droves due to the SKyWest purchase, union/anti union battle and threats/aircraft transfers. Delta makes the most sense since they are ATL based.

Interview Q's
 

I’ve been watching this 28 page long thread since the beginning. Now I’m lucky enough to take a swing at the DAL interview in less than two weeks. I’m finishing getting ready and have a few questions.

1. The invite has links to pre-half-filled PRIA forms. The “State of Florida NDR” link does not work (hasn’t for the last week). Is this the FAA Form 8060-12? Do they use this form and process it through Florida? Did anyone else have this issue? What form should I bring to the interview?
2. Military Guys: The invite states “If military bring the ORIGINAL and copies of ….. I don’t have originals of everything. Is this a problem?
3. Lots of the gouge states that Dutch Roll is when, in a yaw, the advancing wing has more AOA therefore rises. I thought the AOA stays relatively the same but the Coefficient of Lift is increased on the wing that “sees” more relative wind. The wing rises. A by-product of lift is induced drag and the wing comes down. Then the other wing does the same thing. Is the gouge wrong here or am I out to lunch?
4. Has anything gouge-wise changed since the change in leadership in the hiring department?

Thanks for your patience with my questions and I appreciate any responses.

First, congrats on the interview. The NDR form is not the same thing. It is what delta will use based on cost to find out your total driving history. The 8060-12 is a Drug screening form. If the link doesn't work call Delta and ask them to resend it.
As far as the original or copies... pull them from your Natops jacket if Navy or your equivalent if USAF. For Fitreps or evals call your personnel bureau and you can get a cd. This however will take lots of time. It doesn't matter if they are copies or originals just so that you have them all.

- dutch roll (lateral and directional stability) - wind gusts cause rolling (more noticeable) than yawing; when a/c rolls back due to dihedral effect it goes too far; to counteract dutch roll, a/c may be designed to increase directional stability and decrease lateral stability; while suppressing dutch roll tendency, might increase spiral tendency
- spiral instability exists when directional stability very strong compared to lateral stability; when equilibrium disturbed a sideslip introduced which directional stability will yaw nose back into alignment while comparatively weak dihedral lags in restoring lateral balance; due to the yaw, the outside wing travels faster increasing lift on that wing producing overbanking tendency; gradual effect and considered less objectionable than dutch roll.

The gouge is right on

Good luck with the interview. I'd fail right there. Now to more important questions like:

1-Are you easy to get along with for a 4 day trip with delays?
2- Would you fly any different with a line pilot than when have a CHK Armn watching. (minus the newspaper stuff) :)
3- Do you like to save time and fly really close to WX?

That is the kinda questions they should be asking. Delta HR. Paying attention?

When I was hired ('87), they did ask those questions. I hope they still do. Regarding all the technical questions, I'd have been screwed if they'd have asked me that kind of stuff.

I'm thinking that a dutch roll is something that you have for lunch on an Amsterdam layover. I'm sure it goes well with Heineken.

CalPilotToo,

True, I know what you mean; I’ve been focusing more on the interview and less on the written tests. The Dutch Roll thing was just merely bugging me a bit. I’ve been starring at this DAL gouge for 7 months now.

Gladio,

My mistake, I meant FAA Form 8060-13 "NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER RECORDS REQUEST (PRIA)." I'd take your advice and call them but don't have a number. The phone number on the invite was to the Chief Pilot Support Center, not the recruiting office. I wondered if others have had this same issue lately with the links. Again, all my links worked except the last one. I’ll figure it out.

Thanks for the input!

They have migrated to more of a targeted selction interview with questions that will determine the stuff you mentioned above. I got asked about times I had conflicts with crewmembers and customers and how I handled them. Got asked about culture stuff and leadership style questions. Nothing technical at all in the HR interview. They asked very pointed questions about my attendance record and if I ever call in sick over holidays. They had one guy looking at my logbook when they asked if I fly holidays and he had markers on each Nov-Dec and glanced at the last few years as I told them I did. Don't lie about that or your caught on the spot! The HR interview is a great airline HR interview and that technical test is to weed out those who haven't prepared at all for the interview. If you have the qualifications they are looking for and you study the gouge for a couple of days, anyone can pass that technical test.

Humboldt

CAll and ask for Adrienne Gomez...she will get you the forms/info you need.

Also, the gouge on Will Fly for Food is spot on. Since you have been studying that and you should have the 95% solution.

Tests were: General Knowledge, a MMPI like test & cognitive tests. Day 2 is all medical and an the MMPI.

Good luck

Medical question for anyone who might know. If you recently quit smoking, is that a disqualifier (sp?) on the medical? I've been off cigs for 2 months now, and wonder if that's going to be an issue?

Also, on the DAL website it says to bring "original" copies of flight records.. So doesn't this mean they want company printouts or just your logbook?

I too have some old gouge and found a lot of the answers given were a bit inaccurate, but I have a feeling that the majority of questions on the test are straight forwards and don't require to much mental math.. Or so I hope!

Best of luck to all.