DGI Dead in the water?
#201
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They don't need to be competitive. They have a no interview flow so they just move to AA when their number comes up.
#202
I understand your point. I don’t have knowledge inside the minds of AA HR, but I doubt the 3,000 competitive apps. included the ‘non-competative’ FO and newly minted CA at the WOs. Yes, they have flow, but I doubt they count the 1,501 hour FO that just started flying the line yesterday as being competitive. Just my educated guess.
#203
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I understand your point. I don’t have knowledge inside the minds of AA HR, but I doubt the 3,000 competitive apps. included the ‘non-competative’ FO and newly minted CA at the WOs. Yes, they have flow, but I doubt they count the 1,501 hour FO that just started flying the line yesterday as being competitive. Just my educated guess.
#204
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Enough about AA. As of right now, it's almost impossible to get in there outside of one of their three flows. If you want to get hired there off the street you have to either be a check airman, military, know someone, or have something else special about you that makes them take you. This is from an AA pilot that actually showed me the numbers from their union about where their new hires come from. Now, when their retirements accelerate this will all probably change. But for now most of their new hires are flows that have spent the better part of the last decade or longer at Envoy and friends. Don't get me wrong, I like AA, but for the time being just being a regular RJ line pilot at Endeavor you probably have a better chance at DL.
That being said, has there been anymore news about the DGI or anything related? Since the last 3 pages of this thread are about AA.
That being said, has there been anymore news about the DGI or anything related? Since the last 3 pages of this thread are about AA.
#205
Enough about AA. As of right now, it's almost impossible to get in there outside of one of their three flows. If you want to get hired there off the street you have to either be a check airman, military, know someone, or have something else special about you that makes them take you. This is from an AA pilot that actually showed me the numbers from their union about where their new hires come from. Now, when their retirements accelerate this will all probably change. But for now most of their new hires are flows that have spent the better part of the last decade or longer at Envoy and friends. Don't get me wrong, I like AA, but for the time being just being a regular RJ line pilot at Endeavor you probably have a better chance at DL.
That being said, has there been anymore news about the DGI or anything related? Since the last 3 pages of this thread are about AA.
That being said, has there been anymore news about the DGI or anything related? Since the last 3 pages of this thread are about AA.
Now, granted that none of the folks who got to DL thru the SSP are around to brag about the attributes of the program, only folks who feel negative about it are around to beech. That being said, the silence about DGI is disconcerting.
#207
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If they really wanted to get a move on it, they could tell him to sh1t or get off the pot. One guy's personal decision or lack of motivation not to upgrade shouldn't be their excuse, unless of course the DGI was a gimmick. Now why one would want to spend anymore time then they have to on regional FO pay when they have a mainline job waiting for them.... beyond me.
#208
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So when does the first non-rehire captain under the DGI actually become eligible? Not one who is counting prior service as captain to Pinnacle and was told by recruiting that that time counts towards 2 years, but one that came in, maybe from Air Wisconsin or where not and upgraded within a few months. I’d be real concerned if that person is becoming eligible in the next 3 months and we still haven’t heard anything. But I think we’re still 5 months or so away from that. And I really don’t think that the ETD guys will hold up the DGI... morale would tank fast.
#209
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So when does the first non-rehire captain under the DGI actually become eligible? Not one who is counting prior service as captain to Pinnacle and was told by recruiting that that time counts towards 2 years, but one that came in, maybe from Air Wisconsin or where not and upgraded within a few months. I’d be real concerned if that person is becoming eligible in the next 3 months and we still haven’t heard anything. But I think we’re still 5 months or so away from that. And I really don’t think that the ETD guys will hold up the DGI... morale would tank fast.
#210
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If they really wanted to get a move on it, they could tell him to sh1t or get off the pot. One guy's personal decision or lack of motivation not to upgrade shouldn't be their excuse, unless of course the DGI was a gimmick. Now why one would want to spend anymore time then they have to on regional FO pay when they have a mainline job waiting for them.... beyond me.
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