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04-25-2013 | 01:20 PM
#331
You scratched my anchor
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Bar..I would be somewhat worried if I was a DL pilot. Your MGT has had some surprises up their sleeve. They seem to be cutting edge in their decisions. I would hate to see them make these same bottom line decisions about their own pilot group. They are definitely thinking outside the box...is the DL pilot group as well?
04-25-2013 | 01:42 PM
#332
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Joined: Dec 2005
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Did Delta test the Pan Am Express pilots? How about Northwest pilots?
Did Tigers vet those small jet flying Fed Ex pilots?
Unity before bigotry. Those Pinnacle pilots are already flying Delta pax.
I think the stats were less than about 4 percent of applicants made it through the process from application (over 12, 500 to the number off probation in the last ten years) if you back out internal hires and transfers. That meant precisely nothing in the mergers Delta has done...
Did Tigers vet those small jet flying Fed Ex pilots?
Unity before bigotry. Those Pinnacle pilots are already flying Delta pax.
I think the stats were less than about 4 percent of applicants made it through the process from application (over 12, 500 to the number off probation in the last ten years) if you back out internal hires and transfers. That meant precisely nothing in the mergers Delta has done...
04-25-2013 | 01:52 PM
#333
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: FIRE ALPA
Perhaps Delta should do ALL the hiring, including all the regionals, problem solved. Good enough to be hired at DCI good enough for Delta then.
04-25-2013 | 02:19 PM
#334
Line Holder
Joined: Apr 2012
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Also, because 9E doesn't have any hiring standards. A pulse and a willingness to show up to class is all that is needed. In some cases, an interview wasn't even necessary, certain colleges had programs where the graduates got class dates without interviews. Delta would like to have a little higher of a standard than that. I'm against flows because it doesn't give an airline a chance to vet through the bad personalities, the guys who make this job harder than it has to be and are just plain annoying to fly with. Ask yourself, you know who these guys are, would you really want them at Delta.
04-25-2013 | 02:29 PM
#335
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Yea, guys like you. What, did Pinnacle make some exception for you? You were hired under the same criteria. Just because you have moved on don't put yourself on some pedestal. And if I were you, I'd stop stepping on guys toes and making such a broad stroke of the brush for an entire pilot group. This is a small industry.
04-25-2013 | 02:30 PM
#336
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Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Captain
Yea, guys like you. What, did Pinnacle make some exception for you? You were hired under the same criteria. Just because you have moved on don't put yourself on some pedestal. And if I were you, I'd stop stepping on guys toes and making such a broad stroke of the brush for an entire pilot group. This is a small industry.
04-25-2013 | 02:33 PM
#337
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I understand there is the concern that some pinnacle pilots are not qualified to be Delta pilots my argument is that they fly Delta Passengers so they should be just as qualified and safe as their delta counter parts. If we have Pilots that are not qualified they should be weeded out in training instead of just check the box and move along. If we were to be merged raise our level of training to match Delta's and if you can not be brought up to their standards then there is the door, you shouldn't be flying their passengers if you can not meet their standards.
04-25-2013 | 02:54 PM
#338
Da Hudge
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From: Poodle Whisperer
If we took all outsourced flying back, I'd sign off on this without batting an eye.
04-25-2013 | 02:58 PM
#339
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From: blueJet
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