Delta to hire 300 pilots this year

[RP170]

Anyone scheduled for an interview yet?

 

[House_X]

How many Delta new-hires will be minorities or "under-represented" groups?

The black pilots and female pilots from Delta that sat on my jumpseat were all ex-military and flew heavies. Drop the affirmative action excuse...doesn't work anymore....

 

[800Dog]

The black pilots and female pilots from Delta that sat on my jumpseat were all ex-military and flew heavies. Drop the affirmative action excuse...doesn't work anymore....

So you met the two with competitive quals? As long as affirmative action, ie, discrimination continues, its a valid point. As MLK said, colorblind society.

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

LOTS of people get discriminated against, all the time. We don't live in Utopia, this is Earth. You can help by noticing it, and speaking up, and NOT just the discrimination you don't like...ALL the discrimination that you see.

cliff
LFW

 

[Helos2Galaxy]

From a check airman today...

300 total to be hired by December; 180 off the street 120 Mesaba, Compass, furloughed returnees....

Most will get an MD-88 somewhere (probably MSP or NYC).

 

[skywav8r]

4 women in my newhire class and all 4 had an awesome resume. delta is not united of the late 90's.

 

[satpak77]

4 women in my newhire class and all 4 had an awesome resume. delta is not united of the late 90's.

I would hope so. What, we have 6000+ laid off boeing/airbus/MD qualified pilots on the street ?

Now is not the time to hire that 1600 hour TT female (with ATP) and 100 hours in a Seminole

 

[Truckdriver]

I don't think Delta has ever hired anyone with 1600/100 unless they were single seat military guys/gals.

The minorities and women I know who have been hired at Delta were much more qualified than I was and I'm a white guy. While I do have some issues with how affirmative action works in certain circumstances, I'm sick of hearing about it in regards to Delta hiring. Nobody gets hired unless they are qualified and competitive. We have over 12,000 pilots and I would bet that there aren't more than 100 that are women or minorities. Not much discrimination here so guys who can't get hired should stop blaming it on affirmative action.

 

[skystud25]

interviews have been scheduled in early July, that's the earliest I've heard of.

On another note, Delta guys/gals, do your survey. It only takes a few minutes and % responding is an important element.

 

[xjhawk]

Has anyone else heard from Delta's Manager of hiring through Airline Apps concerning their updated questionaire? Not sure if that was a form letter from Airline Apps or from the actual manager of pilot hiring Captain PR.

 

[Taco Rocket]

Sounds like you would bust the psych exam anyway for being a debbie downer.


Bye Bye--General Lee

There was a rumor some time ago that the psych exam guy committed suicide. True/false?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

The father committed suicide, but the son is still giving the psyche evals.

 

[milflyboy]

Has anyone else heard from Delta's Manager of hiring through Airline Apps concerning their updated questionaire? Not sure if that was a form letter from Airline Apps or from the actual manager of pilot hiring Captain PR.

Think it was sent out to anybody on file. You are taking about the yellow fever one right?

 

[xjhawk]

yeah, i had my hopes of it not being a mass email-oh well-Common sense told me it was a mass email even though it had the Delta pilot hiring guy as the sender. I am sure about 10,000 others got the email too

 

[pilot22]

I don't think Delta has ever hired anyone with 1600/100 unless they were single seat military guys/gals.

Nobody gets hired unless they are qualified and competitive. We have over 12,000 pilots and I would bet that there aren't more than 100 that are women or minorities. Not much discrimination here so guys who can't get hired should stop blaming it on affirmative action.

so you are are saying there are .01% of your pilots are women and minorities?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

A lot more than .01%.

That e-mail is just telling you that you need to get the Yellow Fever shot on your dime before starting class.

 

[RP170]

Has anyone else heard from Delta's Manager of hiring through Airline Apps concerning their updated questionaire? Not sure if that was a form letter from Airline Apps or from the actual manager of pilot hiring Captain PR.

Not sure I got that one. When did that get sent out? I applied with Delta for the first time about a month ago.

 

[hockeypilot44]

A lot more than .01%.

That e-mail is just telling you that you need to get the Yellow Fever shot on your dime before starting class.

Why? Delta paid for it for all the pilots on property except the DC-9 guys that didn't want it. Actually, Delta made us all get that shot whether we wanted to or not. That shot costs about $170.

 

[satpak77]

Why? Delta paid for it for all the pilots on property except the DC-9 guys that didn't want it. Actually, Delta made us all get that shot whether we wanted to or not. That shot costs about $170.

not a Delta guy, but I got a fairly cheap yellow fever shot at the local county health department

 

[ACL65PILOT]

No idea, but it does save money, and it stops dead in the tracks the pilots refusing to get a shot, or those that cannot get one.