You misread it. Only one person accepted the job when offered.

They did hire one without a degree recently that I know of.

Why are the flows held to the standard of having a degree then? I would figure flows would be the exception not SSP candidates.

Because of the wording of the flow.

Same reason Compass can flow without a degree.

Interesting. I did not know that, thanks.

I agree those three will attract more folks here. And I think #1 is coming. I got an email a few weeks ago inviting me to apply to Endeavor (not realizing I already work there...thought of having some fun with that but decided not to) and in the invite it stated that Endeavor would offer a path to Delta by offering a preferential interview. Now could that be a lie? Sure it can as the SSP only applies now to captains and those who were on property when the concessions went into effect. I'd like to think optimistically that they will extend the SSP to all and new hires. Now the SSP needs to work better than 50% job offer rate too or still no one will come here. As for #2 and #3, I hope you are right, but I think getting that back would be overly optimistic.

I think guys at the top need to realize the value of more money at the start and compounded interest. Instead we have these j holes voting in huge pay at the top and accepting less at the bottom. It is all backwards in my opinion.

I don't know. They are breaking the language of the bridge/SSP agreement by doing so. It's ripe for a lawsuit if a 9E guy has the balls to go for it.

All the contract improvements we can think up won't mean squat unless there is visible movement in the senority list. They can extend the SSP to new hires all they want, but as long as the hiring is to stop the bleeding from the bottom it will never matter and I think the new hires will be smart enough to ask questions before they accept a position. Once they learn they have to be a CA for a year and that there are little to no upgrades then common sense will tell them that the SSP is worthless. I think we will have to show movement before anyone decides to come here or the firm announcement of keeping air frames needs to be made. I'm surprised the status-quo here has attracted anyone at all. Knowing what I know now, the only thing that would get me to come here (with the present status of our airline) over Compass would be a Delta senority number, which we all know won't happen. How they expect to hire with the most relevant public announcement being an 81 plane fleet is beyond me. The fact that they want to hire 400 tells me they have other plans in the works, but aren't going to make them public.

It doesn't matter how many people accept the job offer if they don't show up to class.

What was his background? Hopefully not high school to Gulfsteam to Pinnacle. Did he serve in the military?