Delta hiring 2012?
02-25-2012, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by siemprerojo
The presenter, who is in charge of hiring is concerned about the quantity and quality of pilots that we can get.
Does DAL really think the pool of quality applicants will be drained in a couple of years time? Interesting.
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02-25-2012, 07:32 AM
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There won't be enough military pilots available to meet Delta's requirements of 500 or so per year. They're thinking long-term, over the next 15 years. I've moved up 300 seniority numbers over the past year and a half, but Delta has not replaced them yet due to current system-wide contraction. There will be expansion again once the economy turns around.
02-25-2012, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Elvis90
There won't be enough military pilots available to meet Delta's requirements of 500 or so per year. They're thinking long-term, over the next 15 years. I've moved up 300 seniority numbers over the past year and a half, but Delta has not replaced them yet due to current system-wide contraction. There will be expansion again once the economy turns around.
02-25-2012, 10:19 AM
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I don't understand the quality comment....It is not like the majors are going to have to take 250 hour wonder children (with 10 hours in an RJ flight training device!)
02-25-2012, 11:01 AM
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Thanks to the massive shedding of mainline jobs and outsourcing of lift in the last decade, there is probably the largest pool of qualified and capable pilots available for mainline HR to choose from. There are several thousand pilots out there whose resumes include years in command of a 50k+ pound jet in Part 121 service, dealing with all kinds of weather/pax/ATC issues, and doing it 4-6 legs a day.
Now the question of where the Regionals will get pilots to replace those who leave is indeed a difficult one.
Now the question of where the Regionals will get pilots to replace those who leave is indeed a difficult one.
02-25-2012, 12:46 PM
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We didn't have time to ask what their interpretation of quality is. I've done hiring at a couple of small airlines and we'd end up with about 5 people out of a stack of 200 resumes who we felt would fit in with our company. Out of the 200 resumes, just about all of them had 1000s of hours and typed in the aircraft we were flying. We seldom selected a pilot based on hours. Mostly based on being able to quote Churchil's famous sayings and speeches or if they looked like the girls to the left.
02-25-2012, 01:05 PM
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Part of the quality issue may be experience. I commute on regionals a lot, and most of the captains are content where they are and will not leave. Most of the FO's are very young and inexperienced...that might be the issue. On the day I was hired in 2010, we had 5 military pilots and 7 regional pilots interview. All 5 military pilots were hired (average age about mid-30's); 2 of 7 regional pilots were hired (average age - late 20's).
I was 43 when hired, second oldest in our group of 28 in the new-hire class, and former military.
I was 43 when hired, second oldest in our group of 28 in the new-hire class, and former military.
02-25-2012, 02:11 PM
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Quantity and quality? That sounds like a load of BS. Here at the regional levels most are ready to get out, only a small few want to stay for various reasons. As far as attracting quality, there are a lot of folks who are good pilots and employees but don't get called for an interview. I really wish they would interview more and get to know the candidate versus calling people based on connections and what they see on paper.
And competing with United? Please, they've got nothing to worry about. I'd argue that 80-90 percent of the viable candidates for a mainline job see Delta as a better place to go.
And competing with United? Please, they've got nothing to worry about. I'd argue that 80-90 percent of the viable candidates for a mainline job see Delta as a better place to go.
02-28-2012, 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by PBSG
And competing with United? Please, they've got nothing to worry about. I'd argue that 80-90 percent of the viable candidates for a mainline job see Delta as a better place to go.
United will be taking people that Delta could have taken also. I really think that the amount of pilots out there will keep Delta and United happy for years to come.
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