Seniority progression at Delta vs SWA
08-18-2016 | 09:28 AM
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Pretty amazing the careers these guys are going to have compared to my peers. At 15 years, I was still below 75% and at 16 years I still couldn't hold captain on anything at Delta. Now we're talking about hiring off the street into the left seat. Wow!
08-18-2016 | 10:36 AM
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It almost defiantly will go to at least some new hires. Especially now that we have a 1 year new hire freeze and are on the verge of agreeing to a 2 year concessionary new hire freeze. In any case, with great movement comes great isolated bubbles. Bottom plug reserves for years, actually flying, to MED/kidnapping destinations and all the rest, will see at least a few positions go to new hires especially during MOAB's which should be out several times a year for a while.
08-18-2016 | 02:57 PM
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International isn't the be all end all for everybody. I knew guys in my peer group that bid ER FO way back when, and couldn't wait to get off of it. HATED international. The OP has stated that he flew international prior to his SWA gig and the 'novelty wore off'. Not saying anything bad about your recommendation, but just realize that not everybody aspires to live on the backside of the clock and manage naps for a living.
That being said, a lot of pilots use JetBlue to commute to NY from Florida and love it. NY is much much easier from FL than ATL unless you are senior and can get the JS at .00000000001second past noon.
The OP actually sounds like he is thinking this thru.
That being said, a lot of pilots use JetBlue to commute to NY from Florida and love it. NY is much much easier from FL than ATL unless you are senior and can get the JS at .00000000001second past noon.
The OP actually sounds like he is thinking this thru.
08-18-2016 | 03:00 PM
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Yes but they are global so they offer a variety of career paths and progression. European legacy airlines and Qantas from Australia all had their financial pains as well. Nothing is guaranteed in this business.
08-18-2016 | 03:24 PM
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Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, Kiev, Berlin, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Brussels, Lyon, Paris, Nice, Budapest, Vienna, Zurich and every city to Cairo. That's where we used to fly. It was a great job compared to laying over at the Best Western Jackson, Miss. on I-55.
Granted, we don't do that anymore, thanks Bid Laden, but it's still pretty nice.
Granted, we don't do that anymore, thanks Bid Laden, but it's still pretty nice.
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