Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Of course Delta now has 5 Captains flying 90 seat jets (config for 76) who are probably a little less excited to be flying for the Delta brand.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

I'll be looking for the customer review snippets on how not to be a customer oriented pilot accidentally put into the weekly flight ops bulliten sent to us...

Originally Posted by Catboatsailor

Delta bulletins are not disseminated to us.

Originally Posted by scambo1

Glad to have them. Any idea why the others weren't hired? My question is selfish since I have a couple friends there I wrote letters for. Just trying to further help them out.

Originally Posted by Mesabah

Low testing scores, paper work not being completed properly, sloppy logbooks, poor attendance records. These are the main reasons.

Originally Posted by Scoop

This kind of makes one think about the fact that DAL is fine with these guys currently flying Delta passengers, Delta Crews, Delta Non-revs etc, but does not think that they would make good Delta Pilots.

Not to mention Bars point about the fact that they must be thrilled to go back to work at the commuter - especially since everyone there will know that they were rejected.

The whole preferential interview/flow-up deal seems kind of strange to me.

Scoop

Originally Posted by Catboatsailor

3 of the 8 were hired.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

The shrink process has done a great job overall weeding out 99% of the crazies. Unfortunately a few good ones have gotten passed over, too... but no process is perfect.

Originally Posted by Catboatsailor

We must have conflicting sources. I'm former XJ and three of my XJ friends interviewed. 2 were hired (out of the 3 total hired for the day). Mesabah's previous comment is a generalization that does not apply. Delta has not yet looked at our employment records (above and beyond PRIA btw) before the interview. The reason why my friend was turned down was not on mesabahs list. I know some have failed the cog test. The avg age of pilots being interviewed is mid to late 40's. They aren't the xbox generation, flawless 121 safety records, not so flawless with tapping a pen against a computer screen. I have heard of military guys taking the compass and expressjet interviews, just to get the practice. IMHO utilize the interview preps like Aerocrew, etc. The hunters out there understand the concept of "buck fever". The first time you climb up in a tree stand, wait all weekend and finally see a buck..... Odds are you'll miss with the first shot. On the whole we are all safe competent pilots. We have been up in that proverbial deer stand for years. Don't let the first hunt be for that prized 24 point buck (ie Delta). Practice with some Does (ie interview prep, friends etc). The panel interview is unnatural for the majority of pilots. We are not salesmen who deal with that on a daily basis. We need to be prepared.
Trying to prove you are Delta material in a 3 hour time span (HR & exams) is daunting. Mistakes will be made on both sides of the table. Unfortunately many pilots that we have flown with for years, who we literally trust to fly our families, who already exclusively fly Delta paying passengers, don't make it thru the process. <- excuse the longest run in sentence ever. My 8th grade English teacher is shedding a tear somewhere. No human designed system is perfect, the HR process will make mistakes and lose quality pilots. Swamp I bet you and I agree. We know some of these pilots being turned down. We have a vetted interest in their success, we have seen, on a daily basis, their professionalism.

Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

In related news, flight ops warns Delta pilots to pay more attention and stop landing 747's at the wrong airport.

Carl