The OE time of 75 hours is an across the board threat mitigation from flight ops management for anyone making captain with less than a year at the airline. They want to make sure the quick upgrade has the appropriate mentoring before being released into the wild regardless of the background of whoever it may be.

It's not due to poor performance of others on OE.

Because people on the inside aren't happy about what is going on.

Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. Many line pilots at Delta are tired of playing baby sitter while you bypass great high time regional guys. The hiring practices are showing.

How does an ASA pilot have any insider information about this? Time to reveal your source(s) to maintain any amount of credibility.

You would be surprised what is discussed during lunch on Virginia Ave.

I work in training and see the data and feedback. You're absolutely incorrect. Sorry.

So how many times have your advances towards Delta been rebuffed? Attitude is everything at Delta. You have to know when to let things go.

Some of you need to get out of the puzzle palace and talk to the line folks. It's getting interesting out there and yet nobody wants to acknowledge it. You wouldn't have to increase IOE to 75 hours in the first year if it wasn't a problem.

Quite the characterization. A few south guys did express some disdain for the north side.

For the most part that was not the case. Mergers always have some contention and turd tossing...you should know that given the colgan/XJ merger.

We've ended up as one overall happy group who apparently universally hate light chop and making eye contact with you JV scum.

That is only for someone upgrading to captain in the first year, not for their initial OE. They don't have to increase IOE to 75 hours... they are doing it to make sure the quick upgrades get the appropriate mentoring.

Methinks someone may be drinking and posting tonight...