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[bizicmo]

Do the Delta connection carriers get preferential interviews?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Do the Delta connection carriers get preferential interviews?

Yes they do. It also helps to have a few DAL internal recs.

 

[DAL737FO]

The makeup on my interview day was 1 Pinnacle (me- duh), 1 Shuttle America, 1 Eagle, 2 AirTran that were both former ASA, and the other 4 were ASA.

All except the trannies were current captains- the trannies had been captains at ASA before they left. All except for 1 AirTran were hired- everyone was extremely professional and obviously well qualified for the job.

There are suppose to be 8 starting on February 5th. If I did my math right you said 9 interviewed and 8 were hired so can I assume you start on the 5th?

 

[Trigger]

Yes, preferential interviews not preferential hiring. I'm all for hiring every one of those ASA guys/gals that helped out Delta furloughees in their time of need. As for the Comair folks, here's my thoughts;

We walked their picket line, we took assessments from our paychecks to put food on their table, we wouldn't fly their struck work. Then when those same Delta guys/gals needed help from Comair after being furloughed, Comair turned their backs on them.

Don't give me that line about, "it was the senior Comair guys, not us." In 5 years, I didn't have a single Comair guy come up to me in ATL/CVG airports and say, "it's not me", or "we don't agree with this", or "I'm really sorry this happened". I didn't see you trying to recall your MEC or JC Lawson because you disagreed with the policy. Your silence as a group was tacit approval and now it's going to come back and haunt you. I hope life's good over there, you don't deserve an interview.

Trigger

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Whoops... it was 8 total that interviewed. There were 3 ASA guys, not 4.

I guess it's a miracle I squeezed by the cognitive skills test, eh?

 

[BUCK]

How many furloughed Delta pilots went to ASA?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I am not sure but I think it was at least 20 or so. It could have been more. All of them were great guys. If you could come here after working at DAL and deal with a 25 y/o snot nosed capt. you are a better person than I.

 

[Huck]

Does anyone know if people have been turned down after the second day?

I was turned down 6 months after the second day. I still have the letter from Plato saying, "We would like to offer you employment as a Delta pilot....." I went into the pool, although they never really called it that. I just did all three phases and went home to wait.

Six months later: "Unfortunately, you do not meet our high standards...." This was in Oct. 1998, when my wife was pregnant with Ichiban.

Not to stir the pot, but y'all don't make any life-altering decisions until you're sitting in class.

 

[737 Pylt]

Actually that's not true. That is the DALPA spin.

Yes it is JB. Its the rjdc spin machine that's alive and well!
Don't worry John, you need NOT apply either. Your name is synonomyons with "scab" anyway around the DL campus!

737

 

[terryhfly]

Is there a list of pilots to be interviewed? If so, can a Delta pilot look to see where someone is on the list?

 

[JonnyKnoxville]

Yes, preferential interviews not preferential hiring. I'm all for hiring every one of those ASA guys/gals that helped out Delta furloughees in their time of need. As for the Comair folks, here's my thoughts;

We walked their picket line, we took assessments from our paychecks to put food on their table, we wouldn't fly their struck work. Then when those same Delta guys/gals needed help from Comair after being furloughed, Comair turned their backs on them.

Don't give me that line about, "it was the senior Comair guys, not us." In 5 years, I didn't have a single Comair guy come up to me in ATL/CVG airports and say, "it's not me", or "we don't agree with this", or "I'm really sorry this happened". I didn't see you trying to recall your MEC or JC Lawson because you disagreed with the policy. Your silence as a group was tacit approval and now it's going to come back and haunt you. I hope life's good over there, you don't deserve an interview.

Trigger

Funny... My take on the Delta relationship is a little different. Since I came onto the property a little over two and a half years ago I have always been nice to the Delta guys. Saying hi in the terminals and nodding with a smile...etc. I can honestly count on one hand the number of times Delta guys even acknowledged that I was there. It actually happened again this morning in the CVG parking lot. I asked the guy how he was doing and he just gave me a dirty look. Well f*ck him! After two and a half years I don't know why I even bother.

 

[737 Pylt]

Do the Delta connection carriers get preferential interviews?

They do, however, that being said, cmr pilots need not apply!

737

 

[ACL65PILOT]

The only guy that knows who is going to be interviewed is Jon Swift. He is doing it all himself.

 

[acarpe3448]

Using that logic, what right do ANY of us have wanting anthing from any other group? What right do you have to want your furloughs to go to ASA or CMR? What right do the USAirways pilots have to get super-seniority at PSA?

Are you saying that the Delta pilots have a "right" to get something from us, but we don't have any "rights" to request something in return?

Ok I will follow your logic. Comair faught hard to ensure that Delta pilots would not be hired at Comair! We asked and your MEC said Fuc$ you resign! You gave us nothing! Now lets just return the favor, I say lets fight to keep the Comair pilots off our list. There is to much conflict between the two groups, it would just cause problems in the cockpit!

 

[acarpe3448]

Acarpe what a low life you are. I ask a question and you respond by calling me names. WOW. But I bet that you are the type of person who could never say that to someones face because you are just not a man. Coward. UBA757

UBA757

So you say I am not a man because I will not say this to your face. What does that make you for doing the same thing? I would be glad to say it to your face if I ever saw you! No offense, I just donot want to see any of your guys come here. That being said, I don't do the hiring!

 

[NYRANGERS]

So General I have a question for you. I was a pilot at CMR for a little more than a year from 2005 to 2006, would you oppose someone like me from being hired at Delta? UBA757

YEP!, Look back to 2001, 2002 posts from here. Most cmr pilots thought the day Delta recalled would never come.....check the comments......it's hard to forget for many. No one proposed a resolution or voted out leadership..........................Not interested!

 

[NYRANGERS]

So if I understand you auburn, even if I was at CMR more than 2 or 3 years after the time in quetion, I still should not be hired. UBA757

Correct.

 

[TurboJetCpt]

Hmmm...why would anyone want to work at Delta ? Have you seen the pay rates ????

www.airlinepilotcentral.com

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Have you seen the pay rates of the other majors?

Only FDX, WN, and UPS pay better...

 

[NYRANGERS]

Hmmm...why would anyone want to work at Delta ? Have you seen the pay rates ????

www.airlinepilotcentral.com

You're right, they are only a little better than your "current position" pay rate....I stress.....a little better. Although all furloughed pilots are coming back at 6 or 7 year pay.