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03-24-2016 | 05:23 PM
#7121
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My 2 cents as a brand new guy. Take the plane that has the possibility of making your commute the easiest during the first year. By that I mean could you AE to your domicile of choice (seat lock not domicile lock) in the first year? Is it a plane you could hold a line on soon to make the commute better than sitting in a crash pad? Ie if you take a 73N but you know you'll be on reserve the whole first year it is a waste. Same first year pay and bad QOL. If you take an 88 and hold a line month 2 then it's a win. Same pay. Better QOL than a Crashpad and you'll see all the airports. The day you are a year in you can bid your desired acft and know what your life will be on it.
I took a 717 and was able to AE to my domicile of choice quick. If I were to take a 73N that wouldn't have happened and I would have been commuting to reserve for the same pay as my classmate commuting for a known show time on a MD88. First year will happen and pay will be the same hourly. Those less desirable aircraft will be knocking back greenslips and knowing their schedule almost day 1.
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I took a 717 and was able to AE to my domicile of choice quick. If I were to take a 73N that wouldn't have happened and I would have been commuting to reserve for the same pay as my classmate commuting for a known show time on a MD88. First year will happen and pay will be the same hourly. Those less desirable aircraft will be knocking back greenslips and knowing their schedule almost day 1.
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After going over MD systems, I'll tell ya; it's light years ahead of the E3!
Who knows, maybe I'll stay on the dog for longer than a year.
03-24-2016 | 11:20 PM
#7123
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03-24-2016 | 11:39 PM
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From: Fetal
All good advice, but beware that the above isn't exactly true. Let's say you're coming up on your 1-year anniversary. Time to leave that flying-ASAP-report Mad Dog, right? Yeah! Except there's no AE posted...now what?
Well, you're on the 88 until an AE does get posted. Thankfully, you've gotten hired at Delta during a great period of growth/retirements so the next AE is never more than a few months away, so the risk of getting stuck on something for years and years like pilots hired in the last 15 years is minimal. But as an example, an AE posted right before my anniversary, and I missed being eligible by just a few days. The next one didn't post for two months or so, taking me to the 14-month point. Add up to 210 days for a training conversion (once a year Delta can post an AE with up to a 365-day window I believe) and you're looking at upwards of two years on your "1-year" lock. Just so you're aware.
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03-25-2016 | 08:10 AM
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03-25-2016 | 12:38 PM
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03-25-2016 | 12:40 PM
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03-25-2016 | 02:05 PM
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