Sounds like the government.

Who told you that? For apps that don't even meet the minimum? If it wasn't from AK and his team directly, I'd have to seriously discount that advice. I may be wrong, but I think that would annoy the people scoring the apps. Next time I'm at work, maybe I'll ask around about this c

A Delta pilot.

Meeting the minimums are implied- it's kinda pointless to apply if you don't.

It doesn't make sense that they'd see your application every time you update it. It sounds like they only pull your application to score it after a triggering event, or yours comes out as matching a search criteria (depending on the company).

OK, that's different. I thought you were agreeing with this guy. If you have the mins, you should be updating at least monthly.

Does every new app even get looked at by a human? Perhaps they are all initially scored by computer, and once yours meets some predetermined threshold for TPIC or such, it is bumped up to the next level? That might be the only reason to constantly update your app every next 100 hours you fly?

All apps are manually scored by retired Delta pilots. They take the average of 2 scores and that is your official score.

If you want Timbo, I can put in a recommendation for your new retirement job.

Is this a recent change? I seem to recall only apps that were pulled for scoring actually had human eyes on them. Apps could get pulled by meeting an undisclosed filter or by internal recommendation sent to the appropriate pilot hiring email address.

Sounds good, and for anyone who wants their app to be scored 110%, just send a large donation in unmarked bills to:

Timbo's Lost Retirement Fund.

How large?

I was hired by Delta back in 1976. I sent in my first application in 1970 on my way to Vietnam. In 1970 I was not competitive, but just three years earlier ('67) I would have been. When I graduated from HS in '67 no college was needed and if you had your Commercial & Instrument as well as your military obligation satisfied you were golden. Well I furiously worked on my ratings to the detriment of my college schooling and was expelled. No problem since I was going to be an airline pilot....except Sam had a different idea and I ended up in helicopter flight school and an all expenses paid trip to Vietnam.

Well it was 1975 before I finally received my BS and was a viable applicant. Delta had not hired since 1973 and would not before October of '76 which is the class I was fortunate enough to be selected for. The whole time between that first application and when I interviewed updated my application quarterly (typically sent to the VP Flt OPS....Snake). They used the first application as a cover jacket for all the updates and by the time I got to the interview it was between 3 & 4 inches thick. They got it out and it kind of spilled out on the desk and the interviewer said "wow you sure have been persistent". I was 27 years old and started on 10/18/76.

On a different subject I've been reading your posts in various threads about retirement restoration in the current negotiations. Since I only receive $300 per month instead of the $8K I should be getting I want you to know you have a cheerleader cheering enthusiastically for your efforts from the outside.