I agree that you don't need time in type to be a good instructor, but I really think that an instructor needs to have the experience to teach pilots at our level (ones that have a lot of experience and had those life experiences of "oh my, I am not ever going to do that again....that was stupid"). It is the instructors that have 1,000 hrs total time and think that they are God's gift to aviation that I have a problem with. We have all been there and grown through that phase in life. We (all the pilots at DAL) have been through the training/checking gauntlet enough times to make plenty of mistakes. It is the seasoned "pilot" that makes a good instructor and evaluator, at least that is what I think. Now, I will say that I think Delta has been doing a good job of hiring only those pilots that actually do have the life experiences. There are many DGS instructors that add a great amount of wealth from with varied backgrounds. Personally, yeah, I would like to have all SLI instructors because it would require more pilots on the seniority list, however, I don't see it happening and think that no matter what happens, DAL will continue to produce quality trained pilots flying millions of passengers each day.

Well if we are going to play the 'time' game then the ALPA/JetBlue thread should be in the Majors forum A LOT longer. This is of course based on the amount of time the DPA thread was in the Majors thread. C'mon man. Let it go.

Most of the DGS guys I've had were retired DAL Captains, some never flew the 88 for instance but had tons of time at Delta through a wide variety of Boeing aircraft... :D ... just teasing. But seriously, 756, 727, 737, DC9, 777, L1011, all of those types. They're big picture guys and we all know that the gaps get filled in talking to friends on the line.

ACL,

How would growing ATL cause displacements here? Wouldn't it stand to reason that not everyone who is on the 330 and 320 in it's previous base would follow it here, and would bid something else up there (causing displacements in the bases that lost the flying?) Or, does 330 and 320 time coming to ATL mean that there is going to be ER and MD-88 flying moved out of ATL? My initial new guy guess would be that bringing those aircraft to ATL would result in upward movement in other categories as ATL people bid over to the new metal.

Not disagreeing, just admitting I don't know how an aircraft move reverberates through the rest of the system.

Thanks in advance,

Whidbey

I could see MD's on ATL MD88 even without moving flying to MSP. I could really see MDs if the A320 base opens hopefully offset with more A320 slots gained than 88 seats lost.

Hopefully the 330 would mean movement up but I have a feeling there are a lot of ATL folks who would just bid back into ATL and not commute to NYC for instance.

I'll take the 320 and 330 base though, but I think there will be MDs.

Not trying to throw mud at Delta and hope this isn't posted already. Anyone know why this happened.

Really making a mountain out of a molehill.

Really I think the gist of it is didn't realize they had that contract in place to waive the bag limit.

The check to their unit is probably on the way.

Blog Headline:
Report: How Delta supports the troops…by nickle-and-diming them on bag fees

Michelle Malkin Report: How Delta supports the troops…by nickle-and-diming them on bag fees

http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-e...-bags-1.146040

Can the agent even wave the fee? Plus, isn't the contract a max of 3 checked bags when booked in coach?

It's made Drudge in red, Delta charges troops $2800 in bag fees. People wringing their hands but Delta responds well and the first post, at least right now, is a soldier that says its normal to be charged but he's been reimbursed everytime. Called this normal and no big deal.