scrapdog

Sorry for thread drift: CE - didn't you just start with Gemini about 6 months ago?

acl65pilot

It's all good. If you want a wide body you can get it. I am sure by next spring everything on property will have first year FO's on it.

CVG767A

I've heard that there will be another bid in November.

Lifeisgood

I heard that Delta has 75% of pilots that are younger than 50.

How many are younger than 35?

Can a 767 domestic pilot pickup and international trip out of his base?

Thank you

Xray678

no. Some domestic flying is done by the international pilots, but the reverse does not happen.

dudemize

I know a lot of current DAL folks are shying away from the ER due to being on reserve.

I live close enough to NYC that I could sit short call at home. At least I think I could. I'm about 2 hrs to EWR, but realistically about 3 to JFK. I read somewhere that as long as you were within 2 hrs to one of the 3 NYC airports that is good enough.

Anyway, assuming I could sit reserve at home, what kind of life could I expect on the ER while on reserve? Will I be used everyday? It seems the staffing is pretty lean right now but hopefully this will be corrected with all the hiring.

Thanks in advance!

sully606

If you've been hired by Delta welcome aboard.

In my opinion you are in one of the best possible positions for a career at Delta. The NYC base will always be relatively junior so more opportunities to advance sooner.

There is no contractual time limit. You have to be readily available for short call which can be different for different bases. Long call is 12 hours. It is generally assumed that two hours is a reasonable distance in normal traffic but if they call you out during rush hour three hours my be the best you can do and thats ok. You are correct that living within two hours from one of the airports is all that is required.

I am currently a reserve 76ER pilot in JFK and live in Chicago. I fly alot during the busy summer months and less from Nov to Mar. I had four short calls in Jun, one in Jul, and 2 so far in Aug. I flew 3-4 trips of 3-4 days during that time. Although reserve could use some improvements I personally love it. I should be off reserve by Jan-Mar with current growth.

Now for the good part - Rolling Thunder. This is the nickname that has been given by the reserve pilots who bid to fly Green slips on their off days. This technique is is best used if you live in the NYC area. Contractually if a reserve pilot volunteers to fly green slips on his off days he will be paid for the trip but the time will not be credited to his monthly total and his off days will be payed back at the end of the trip where he again will request to fly a green slip and again have his off days moved -hence Rolling Thunder.
What ends up happening is you fly about the same as anyone else but get paid up to double. I have flown with numerous pilots who are getting PAID 120-140 hours in a month. This technique is best achieved by having you off days early in the month and not having any hard commitments in your personal life. Living near NYC make you more available for those last- minute assignments.
The current lack of FOs, the large growth at JFK and the higher amount of summer time flying makes this easy to achieve. In the winter you can relax a bit and being close, sit short call from home. Being called out on a trip on short call is rare. I've been in NYC for four months and it has never happened to me and I've only seen it happen once to someone else.

Forgive me in advance if this is a bit confusing and I may be bit off on the explaination (someone will correct me I'm sure), but you are in a great position being in the NYC area.

acl65pilot

Word is that there is going to be another AE in NOV. I do not think that there will be as many positions as the last one, but probably the same amount of movement. This last AE only accounted for one 777, they will have to start the training for the other ones late this year or early next.

acl65pilot

I do not know if 75% are under 50, but there are a lot of 40 somethings as Captains on the 88. If you look at the retirements, they ramp up to 300-400+ a year in about five or six years.

CE750

8 to be precise.. It wasn't for my family. Wife can't do with 18+ days at a shot.