Tis true. They're used to flying in a plane that has real fly-by-wire and not fly-by-cable-by-tabs and one that knows when it has entered ice and automatically turns on all of the anti-icing systems which all run simultaneously versus an airplane you have to look at the windshield wiper to see if your accumulating ice and if so turn on the one at a time anti-ice system.

So 5 weeks instead of 4, for step backwards training.

EMB-175 "Guppy Killer" or "The DC-9 Killer"
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Ya know I heard that one too. That one surfaced about three weeks before the announced the closure of NATCO.

This may be overly simplistic in the world of finance, but I would add that Delta has saved USAir twice in the last decade by laundering money through RAH.

Looks like we let AMR pick first and then we pressure the loser to give us a better deal.

I'd sure fly that in a DAL uniform on the DAL seniority list.

Frankly, I think DAL would be willing to outsource everything below 150 seats. It would save their debt ledger billions in debt service, and reward them with a better credit rating. All of that pesky debt instantly becomes a operational expense and is no longer debt for DAL. Add to this, currently the regional airlines get better financing rates that Ma Delta does.

Gloopy, I agree with you completely except for the part above in bold. I would change that to "extremely lucky" because I would consider someone to have been very lucky to no use sick time. They maybe got sick while on days off, or where healthy for a year but to say someone is extremely honest because they didn't call in sick begs the question, were they honest or did they actually go to work and fly while sick? I am not harping on you, but this is the exact attitude that many in management have is that the only pilots that are honest are the ones that never call in sick.

You don't know that for a fact. Again, you are relying on your "crystal ball" for that. One thing I can tell you from having been in this industry for a long time... you can never predict with certainty what will happen. All you can do is make the best decision you can with the information you have at the time. Sounds like you've done that. Good luck!

For now, I would have to question your decision to pass on SWA. As you rightly point out, they have a management that really knows how to manage. Extremely important consideration! And you MIGHT make Captain faster here. But in the meantime, the average SWA First Officer is making more than I did last year as a Delta Captain and WAY more than the average Delta First Officer! :eek: Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it was a bad decision for sure. When you reach age 65, you'll have your answer. :)

I thought you were one of these young whipper snappers. Were you qualified to fly for Value Jet before they merged?

I would have been in my early/mid 20's but I had the time and the connections there in the mid/late 90's. They basically offered my a job, but everyone that worked there told me they were going in the toilet, so I passed. I was referring to AAI in FL not Valuejet in ATL.I never even thought of them. Next thing I know they bought AAI and took their name. It would have been an interesting turn of events, but I never applied to the new AAI.

Not as young as some on here but I am still South of 40.