As in USAF??? Nope, not me. All civilian.

 

I am a displaced captain and I think there might have been one or two more. But Im pretty sure we are all current FOs.

 

Congrats, the question is now, are you to reupgrade for the pay, or stay an FO for the schedule, decisions, decisions...

 

Are a lot of guys that have a CJO staying in the right seat voluntarily? With the extremely long wait to get to delta once hired that seems like a huge financial loss.

 

4.5 years on reserve? And how many hours do you typically fly on reserve per month? Can you typically expect at least one trip per reserve or do you sit at home often?

And how many seniority numbers would a new hire FO in NY have to come up, before he is off reserve, how many juniors below needed?

 

Thanks man. Im gonna go for the money. Reserve in NYC will be cake for me. Plus every month there is going to be movement off the top. But I do love my current schedules!!!

 

They told us yesterday it will definitely be in 2016 before we show up for class. If we still had all of our longevity steps as FOs Id probably forgo the upgrade. But since we don't, Im going to go back to the left seat.

 

Are some really being told the wait is fall of 2016?

 

Its entirely possible. Ive flown with some captains who were hired middle of last year that either aren't there yet or just beginning to trickle out. The union seems to be trying to get more and more guys out each month. Im sure it's all dependent on hiring. You won't hear me complain though. The hard part is over.

 

Not including the successful candidates from this week, there are currently around 45 captains in queue to go in 2016, the company has stated they would like to evenly meter pilots to Delta next year at 15/month. So the 45 captains currently on the list have already accounted for jan/feb/March. There are approximately 50-60 captains waiting to interview in the next few months, based of past performance approx 60% of those captains with interviews in the next few months will get CJOs, so that will be an additional 30 or so captains that will be placed ahead of current first officers holding CJOs, so those 30 captains will then account for April and May. IF there are no more captains that interview then there are currently about 40 first officers with CJOs (again this does NOT include the folks from this week) those 40 first officers account for June/July/August, so a first officer who got hired this week is definitely looking at sept/October/November 2016. Remember tho, if more captains receive CJOs that will push first officers further and further down the list. These are just rough estimates. Still a great position to be in tho.