Originally Posted by 4fans

Hey everybody, I haven't posted much here, but I've long used these forums as a source of first hand information and rumors. I appreciate all you have done for us!

With that being said, I got my invite this morning! I know I still have a lot to prepare for, but I've been walking on clouds all day.

Here is my info.

2550 hours
2450 ME, the rest was Cessnas & Pipers
USAF, T-37, T-44, C-130
1400 PIC
700 Instructor
IP, EP, Director of Operations, Advanced Instrument School
Zero failed Checkrides
3.02 in College on History Degree
3.92 on Masters from Air University
2 internals, one from a new hire still on probation, one from an FO hired in the last two years.
I listed five tickets on the App, but 4 were in High School and one was in 2006.


To help answer some of these questions in your minds about the selection process, I applied a couple years ago, but didn't get internal recs into the system until Nov 2014. One of them sent the email and got a confirmation from the hiring folks that my App would be reviewed and scored but there was a backlog. He got that email on 16 Jan and I was called on 20 March. Interviewing 15 April.

I have updated my App sporadically for a couple years and then weekly since the internals went in. I have no "connections" at the company except for the described internals.

Bottom line, stick with the app updates, get your internals to send the email. The info on here about filling out your app must be helpful, because I followed most of it. The calls are going out!

Good luck everybody, now I gotta focus on interview prep.

Originally Posted by cessnamann

I attended ERAU but I didn't complete all of my flight training there. I only completed my CFI and CFII there and I then worked at ERAU as a flight instructor. A few pages back there was a post with slides saying training from a top rated flight school is a key selection factor. I was under the aeronautics degree program which allowed students to complete some flight training at various part 61 flight schools. I did this for my instrument and commercial ratings because it saved a huge amount of money. Does anyone with insight into the hiring process know how this compares with someone who completed all of their flight training at a top rated university? I'm also not sure if I should put the part 61 schools in the education section.

Originally Posted by TurbineDriver

Military guys: what is IP/EP? Keep seeing it on here.

Originally Posted by C130

I would kind of say that a Line Check Airman is a combination of a military IP and a military EP. A military instructor can only instruct and get non-current guys recurrent. A separate evaluator actually gives checkrides/evaluations. On the airline side, the LCA pretty much does both.

And of course, a military EP can also be an IP and be designated as either on any specific flight. In other words, the EP would probably be listed as an IP on a flight that he is not giving an evaluation on.

Originally Posted by MWilliams

What can I do to make myself more competitive? Delta has been my dream job since I was a kid.

5,800 total time
4,500 turbine
1,200 pic (0 turbine pic)
3 jet type ratings
CFI/CFII/MEI
Hawker sim instructor
Former ASA current NetJets (550 numbers away from upgrading)
BBA in Economics 2.8 GPA (finished in 4 years)
College Baseball player
Big Brothers/Big sisters volunteer while in college
Current Volunteer youth baseball coach
ALPA safety committee rep
ALPA P2P rep
Delta seasonal ramp agent while in college
Delta ramp agent during flight school and while flight instructing/time building
3 internal recommendations (all have been friends for at least 10 years)
Father is a retired Delta pilot
Application has been in and updated twice a month since the spring of 2010

Originally Posted by BrasiliaFlyer

So what is considered an "aviation university"? A state school with an aviation program and degree or a place like ERAU?