I believe the latest is that there are between nine and twelve being looked at. Their purchase has already been approved by the BOD. Andersen and his men are just trying to decide if its a top priority right now. The airplanes are said to be in good shape but will need some configuration changes. The purchase price being thrown around is 9 million a piece, which would be a good deal considering a similar capacity boeing would be four times that. I would expect a decision to be made by end of Jan.

Found this link to the Town Hall Meeting on FI. Good info from the leadership at Delta.

http://www2.multicastmedia.com/demos...TownHall1.html

This may have been put out already.

Nov 12th class info: 25 pilots; 12 prior military, 13 civilian
Average age 37, (27-47)
Average hours 5077, (1650-10k)
All to NYC ER
Next class Dec 3rd

Thanks sully
Any word on Dec. 3rd being all 7er or will there be some other categories?

Sully,

Since everyone is on the same equipment are you all on the same post-indoc schedule or will they break up the class? Either way, what will the average wait be from indoc to start training?

SJ

SJF15E:

No, everyone is on different schedules based on your seniority in class, others going through training (Captain upgrades, etc...), the availability of simulator, instructor and check airmen resources and your own personal needs / requirements. In our class we had a wedding, death in the family and a house closing. The Delta managers are good at getting swaps accomplished to try to work with you - but ultimately Delta calls the schedule.

If they put the whole class into one category - it pretty much guarantees that some new hires will get at least a week off before the systems validation / ground school. But, there will be plenty to study while waiting. Hope that helps clear up any uncertainty that your schedule will be uncertain.

It is nice to get the extra time to study if you get a break - but you are on a training salary until after your Initial Operating Experience is complete. Once you get flight pay, the pay check improves a good bit. So the quicker you get on line all the better for the paycheck. Mine went up an average of $400 a month. Also, "probation" is finished at 400 hours of flight time, or 1 year since Date Of Hire. Not that it seems to be any huge deal at Delta, but it would be off "probation" ASAP.

BB

Good luck getting 400 hrs in 12 months. Maybe if you get the 88 in NYC or the 737, it could be possible, but most are going to hit the 12 months about one to two months before the 400 hrs. Lots of sitting around going on here. Not that it is bad. Probation is a non-issue here. I have not flown with a jerk yet. I am sure that there are some, but to date everyone has been awesome.

dude, what's a "good college degree"?

You forgot the "s". I have three different ones and it worked for me.:D

ok smart as$, one or three, what does it matter?
I don't even have one, so I guess I'll never work for DAL. It was a simple question. Good versus bad, I understand there is a preferred list for DAL or not? A certain accreditation organization?

good luck with your training, then again, you may not need luck, you are very smart having three degrees.