04 Feb 2008 Delta New Hire Drop

[flyguy81]

what's the quickest way to a line at DAL? Plane/base?

 

[General Lee]

what's the quickest way to a line at DAL? Plane/base?

NYC MD88--You will mostly be doing the Delta Shuttle from LGA, with a few trips out of JFK and maybe EWR doing some "see America" trips.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Nindiri]

Why would the 767ER go so junior? Long reserve time or something?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Yes. The first guys that got the ER in NYC are getting close to holding a line. But the guys and gals now will sit reserve for some time. If you do not live in NYC it will take some time to get to ATL on the ER. I guess people want a quick way out of NYC. I did.

 

[MJG]

yes, it's true. Don't know about anyone else. Why do we do it that way.........cause it says so in the contract.

That's unbelievable. Why on Earth would you not do it by date of birth, oldest=most senior?

 

[Superpilot92]

That's unbelievable. Why on Earth would you not do it by date of birth, oldest=most senior?

I dont see the problem with the SS# way. It seems to be the most fair and random way. JMHO

 

[Helos2Galaxy]

NYC MD88--You will mostly be doing the Delta Shuttle from LGA, with a few trips out of JFK and maybe EWR doing some "see America" trips.


Bye Bye--General Lee

On the 88 in NYC we don't have ANY EWR trips. The trips are probably 60% Shuttle, 40% "see America".

There is a probably a 30/30/30/10% ratio of 1/2/3/4 day trips in NY.

Hope it helps

 

[Truckdriver]

That's unbelievable. Why on Earth would you not do it by date of birth, oldest=most senior?

That wonderful concept American's call discrimination. Doing it by date of birth is not random and the younger people can claim it is age discrimination if they do it that way. Going by SS# is as random as you can get. If you are planning on interviewing at Delta maybe you could go ask the government if you could get a new SS# and request on that ends with a high number.

 

[michael707767]

On the 88 in NYC we don't have ANY EWR trips.

While that may be true at this moment, it was not always the case. Nor would I lay money on it staying that way.

 

[ExAF]

FedEx

Is that true? Does anyone else do that?

FedEx does it that way too.