ShyGuy

That's true, but not all degrees are cake walk party n drink types. No engineer I knew ever partied that hard, not ones that actually graduated in 4 years any way.

gloopy

Oh I know. I have a lot of respect for engineers. I'd take a 2.0 barely graduated engineer over a fluffed up resume liberal arts major any day, notwithstanding other issues of course.

My only concerns with college WRT what its become lately are keeping up the supply pressure on that side, while hopefuly beginning a trend to ween ourselves collectively off the cost side for our kids. Not being able to even theoretically walk away is a major blow to your negotiating leverage. As long as everyone has 3.5 kids sucking up 6 figures each of their income for worthless zero ROI degrees (most, not all) we are collectively weakened and predisposed to vote yes for almost anything to keep the income flowing.

RomeoSierra

If a delta pilot wanted to recommend some one, who and how should they send in the recommendation? I know they can attach a recommendation to the airline apps but can they send some directly to the recruiting department to give the app at least a look? Look on DL net and couldn't find much.

Anything would be helpful.

Elliot

I would post the email, but not sure if it's company proprietary information, so will offer detailed instruction on how to find it.

Go to DeltaNet
--->Click on the "Admin" Tab, (Three tabs below "Crew Resources & Scheduling" Tab)

--->Click on the "Pilot Selection" Tab, (Upper right-hand column)

--->Click on "Capt. Steve Dickson All Pilot Memo/FAQ's" link. (Middle of page, near the bottom.)

--->In this "All Pilot Memo," refer to FAQ #10.

Good luck to both you and the candidate you're recommending. I recommended a candidate through this process, and received a confirmation email from pilot recruitment, saying they had "received the recommendation."

V/R,

GJ

Bucking Bar

Ford trucks speak for themselves. Every one I know who drives a Ford Truck ... hired.

Dodge vehicles require compensatory additions ....

fisherpilot

Awesome..... Cause I drive a F-150

RomeoSierra

Thanks for the info. Appreciate it

Timbo

From Wiki:

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FlighTimeBarbie

There was a pub literally across the street from the engineering hall at my school. Oddly, bathroom breaks were more frequent during evening classes.

At some point I concluded the college degree was more about learning personal reponsibility...dotting/crossing life's I's and T's...learning to work within a system...getting to class (on time), completing homework, finding out how/where to get stuff (parking passes, ID), how to not get stuff (parking tickets, bad grades), to manage a social life without failing a class, building relationships (see previous), and completing something you started even if there seemed no apparent reason for doing so...sort of a CRM for life.

gloopy

4 years of life in the real world earning your keep and getting to work on time, doing your job, not getting too many tickets, managing social life without your job performance suffering, building work relationships and completing something you started is more than enough life CRM.

Spending 6 figures (soaking your parents or acting like its a government entitlement, either way) on a reading list that's available for free at any library/internet so you can take a break from reality, extend your childhood while pretending to be an adult while acting like a kid still on mommy's insurance til you're 26 is rock solid proof that you don't know jack about life CRM unless you're working your way through school and getting a degree that actually has a real ROI attatched to it (actual ROI too, not the fake "you make a million dollars more just because of college!") propaganda.

That said, I hope the requirement stands because it reduces the supply of competitive applicants. Which is exactly why it will be waived by management the instant we feel any degree of a pilot shortage at the major/legacy level.