DAL New Hire Demographic

[HA25]

Become a Minority...Like it or not, Delta has adopted the old United hiring practices.

I witnessed it first hand.. DAL hired a Caravan driving woman over a USAF C17 guy, myself and two other RJ captains.. with 10K+.... the other two hired were F-xx drivers (fair enough)...

 

[ACL65PILOT]

The above is true, but the only people with no PIC getting called are those deeply connected (read: legacy kids or Delta interns). There are absolutely no FOs getting a call out of the blue from Delta unless they have some serious connections. Couple of female ASA FOs come to find.

Wrong. In 2007 there were AMR Eagle FO's ( 7 year FO's) that got called with one line pilot rec and others FO's from other carriers with no recs that were called. They do occasionally just pick out of the stack.

I still suggest getting as many recs as you can from qualified references.

 

[clippyrip]

I witnessed it first hand.. DAL hired a Caravan driving woman over a USAF C17 guy, myself and two other RJ captains.. with 10K+.... the other two hired were F-xx drivers (fair enough)...

It's not all about flight time. Are you a dbag? Your personality is a big part of getting hired and you mentioned nothing about that.

 

[CesnaCaptn]

It's not all about flight time. Are you a dbag? Your personality is a big part of getting hired and you mentioned nothing about that.

Judging by FI, all airlines hire dbags.

 

[metroplex]

under ethnicity, select other....then fill in...ARYAN, that will get you in

 

[Flyer1015]

Btw, Delta takes apps now but has officially stopped hiring (interviewing)? When is it slated to start again? Any official numbers of newhires desired for 2011 at Delta?

 

[General Lee]

Btw, Delta takes apps now but has officially stopped hiring (interviewing)? When is it slated to start again? Any official numbers of newhires desired for 2011 at Delta?

I have heard 600-800, but a lot of the rumors I have heard also talked about not knowing how many senior guys will retire. The VP of flight ops said we have 1700 guys in the age 60-65 range right now, and that will rise to 2200 by this Summer. The new rest/fatigue rules may also necessitate more newhires. The VP also stated that the next hiring wave, when it does start, will continue for years.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Flyer1015]

Thanks General. Confirm, though, no hiring as of right now?

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Thanks General. Confirm, though, no hiring as of right now?

Nothing now. It'll start up again later in the year.

 

[General Lee]

Thanks General. Confirm, though, no hiring as of right now?

Correct, but we have been told there will be hiring this year. We just don't know how many yet. Rumors abound. A lot determines on how many leave, and what the new rest/fatigue rules are.


Bye Bye---General Lee