ASA Hiring Pool vs. Class Dates

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I believe most of the low time (300hr-500hr) pilots are usually from a school ASA has a "relationship" with. Delta Connection Academy, Flight Safety, Etc. Or they interned with ASA. I found it interesting that he did his intern with Delta, not ASA.

I dont' know what a WMU style minority quota is. Tell me what it is, and I may have an answer for you.

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Was he low time? Did he get hired low time because of the Delta internship? Or did he just happen to have interned there as well as go to one of the schools we hire low timers from?

I know a number of former and current ASA pilots who interned with DAL, but it had no bearing at all on their being hired here. I know a lot of us interned at various majors while in college, but if this newhire was hired at ASA as a part of a program at DAL, then that's news to me>

I know DAL had been talking about doing that for the women/minority "scholarship" selectees from WMU, but I'm not sure there are any of those folks actually on ASA property. For thos of you not familiar with the concept, DAL selects "highly qualified" women and minorities, pays their way through WMU's flight program, "places" them at ASA to "get some experience" before they go on to fly for Daddy Delta. At least that's my understanding of it.

If your FO was one of them, or was the product of a similiar DAL "Farm team" type program, it's something the ASA pilots should all know is going on.

 

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If your FO was one of them, or was the product of a similiar DAL "Farm team" type program, it's something the ASA pilots should all know is going on.

I second that. If DAL management is hiring people for ASA & Comair, then why not send the furloughs over? The Delta pilots are making a big deal out of the Comair MEC asking for something in exchange for negotiating preferred hiring for Delta pilots at Comair. If we had prrof that DL management has their fingers in the pie, it would be significant.

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The FO was not a minority, and I don't think he was part of any Delta "program." I didn't want to start any problems or rummors either. I always thought that the low timers had to intern with us, not a different airline.