congrats on your successful interview! good stuff!

 

Thank you! Cant say enough nice things about how amazing they were in the HR portion. I honestly have never been treated so well, I'm still in shock over how nice that panel was (HR, retired pilot, line pilot). World class. Thank you all for those who supported me behind the scenes and I will be sure to pay it forward!

 

I cannot speak for what someone else intended. I can only say that I did not come away with those takeaways. To me, what was said came across as likelihoods, possibilities, and maybes whose probabilities might or might not be enhanced by the ratification of the TA.

And to the extent that my career and those of my fellow pilots has improved over the past two years, I am happy with the result. We still have a long way to go, but I am happy that we accomplished what we have so far. And I'm happy that I voted yes.

 

My compensation has now doubled from the Chapter 11exit. I would never have predicted a result that good at the time. Many thought we would not be around in 5 years.

 

Any SA on when the last calls for interviews went out?

 

You'll experience the same during indoc, OE and your first year. For me, Delta was the first airline (of 3) that treated new hires as valued members of the team -- who earned the opportunity -- as opposed to FNG's with absolutely nothing to add taking up valuable sim time.

 

Buddy of mine got the call a day or two ago. So I guess they are calling again. Good luck!

 

Haha...that sounds familiar!

 

Congrats man! That's friggin' awesome. Very happy to see you get the nod.

 

I was one of the ones that didn't make it yesterday. My background is all civilian, 135 charter, Check Airman. Capt. Kraby told me I did fine on the testing, but came up just short on the interview. No details were given on where I faulted in the interview. He told me that typically the interview portion prevents applicants from getting a second chance at interviewing, however, he said my score was so close to what I needed that I can re-interview in a year.

I have re-hashed the interview in my mind several times and I am not sure what happened. One thing I thought of was the answer I gave to a hypothetical scenario. You're the FO, plane has mx issue at the gate, Capt. asks you to announce to the pax we have a delay due to weather. What do you do? I asked the reason for the Capt wanting to say weather and they replied he doesn't want to scare pax with mx issue. I said I respect the Capt. and his authority, but think we should tell pax it is mx, unless we were assured by mx it would be fixed quickly then we could use the wx excuse. We just need to be careful if we use the wx excuse so we don't look foolish later if the mx issue forces us to cancel.

Looking back, I am wondering if they were testing to see if I would stand up to the Capt. in defense of being totally honest with the pax. Maybe that hosed me? I dunno. Could be that or something else, but that is the only thing that stands out in my mind. Fortunately, I was offered a second interview for next May.

I was also very fortunate to be offered a job at US Airways the same day so off I go. In a year if I can get a CJO from Delta on the second attempt, it will be decision time. Maybe stay at US/AA? Time will tell.

Delta was a big disappointment as I always wanted to work there, but this new opportunity at Airways is exciting. I hope the new American proves to be successful going forward like I expect Delta to be.

Good luck to those who have Delta interviews in the near future.