Delta CEO: 'We need lots of folks with language skills'

[DieselDragRacer]

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2010/08/delta-air-lines-is-hiring/109179/1

By Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

A passenger walks past a Delta Airlines 747 aircraft in McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

By Paul Sancya, AP​

That's according to Reuters, which writes Delta plans to "begin recruiting furloughed flight attendants to support its growing international route network." In a recorded message to the airline's employees, Delta CEO Richard Anderson gave no numbers on how many attendants the carrier will bring back. But he did say Delta hopes to start training attendants in January with the hope of having them working flights by mid-2011, according to Reuters.

"We need lots of folks with language skills, given the extensive nature of our international network and the need to be able to communicate with passengers in their own language," Anderson is quoted as saying by The Kansas City Star.

Bloomberg News also reports on the subject, writing "Delta is adding international flights as the economy recovers and businesses resume travel. The airline said Aug. 4 that its passenger traffic across the Pacific Ocean rose 6.2% this year through July, while Latin American traffic increased 3.4%."

Bloomberg adds that Delta said in July that it will need to fill about 1,000 position at its 25 busiest U.S. destinations "to help with planes flying at near-record capacity and cope with weather disruptions."
Posted Aug 23 2010 11:47AM

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Welp, out of the 1500 or so FA's they hired in 2007-2008 about 600 have quit.

I bet we need some very interesting LOD (Language of Destination) speakers if some of the rumors are true.

I say bring em on.

I heard that they were going to let the General sit in and score the FA's prior to hiring them. Everyone wants them to be able to get along with the General.

 

[General Lee]

Welp, out of the 1500 or so FA's they hired in 2007-2008 about 600 have quit.

I bet we need some very interesting LOD (Language of Destination) speakers if some of the rumors are true.

I say bring em on.

I heard that they were going to let the General sit in and score the FA's prior to hiring them. Everyone wants them to be able to get along with the General.

I will first start the interview with a 2 hour long speech (or diatribe) about the difference between RJs and 737s or 717s when put up against each other. Then, I will talk about why it is a great idea that they (the stews) are NOT at Southwest, primarily because ALL of their trips have 6 or 7 leg days, and mostly within Texas. Then I will talk about how I lift weights everyday while in ATL, and also ride my bike. After all of that is over, I will open it up to questions. I can't wait!

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Moon-dog]

Gen...It appears your SWA envy knows no bounds. You can even turn a Delta thread into a SWA thread. Nice work...

 

[Cpt. Underpants]

I'll choose the ones with the nice hooters...

 

[jonjuan]

Welp, out of the 1500 or so FA's they hired in 2007-2008 about 600 have quit.

I heard that they were going to let the General sit in and score the FA's prior to hiring them. Everyone wants them to be able to get along with the General.

Probably why most of them quit.

 

[DieselDragRacer]

I'll choose the ones with the nice hooters...

DAL/General should recruit stews directly from HOOTERS.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Hooters or college bars!

 

[gutshotdraw]

Ah...we did that once. Didn't turn out too well. Nobody could ever remember her name. We just called her "Hooters Girl."

 

[skywav8r]

I had a hot flight attendant help me hand out apps at a strip joint. Two girls did apply and get hired. PDX had quite a few strippers when I was there. Fun times.

 

[jtf]

I remember lots of jump seating on Northwest to Asia and seeing junior, mostly country specific FAs on the connections out of NRT. Since the merger, is there any FA contract language that forbids this for US based FAs? If they want to hire a bunch of US based FAs to do international flights, I would think the senior FAs would have an issue with not getting the trips they should be able to hold with seniority. I guess I'm asking if seniority is now mostly meaningless to the Delta FAs.

 

[another cfii]

LOD FAs at pre-merger DL were able to pretty much bypass seniority and get some pretty sweet layovers, and of course the senior mamas weren't too happy about it. But unless the grandma decides to pick up Rosetta stone or learn a new language on their own, i suppose it will remain that way, and for good reasons.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

DAL has two to three LOD speakers on all of their international flights. They have separate bidding for their LOD cities. This also hold true for the pursers.

Will this change? Maybe it depends on their union vote and what is agreed to in their contract if they opt for representation.

 

[Flash]

Lots of languages spoken in Atlanta. You've got your ebonics, your ghetto, your rap, your talk to the hand......

 

[ACL65PILOT]

You did notice that the government is looking for applicants with language skills similar to that. No I am not kidding.

 

[another cfii]

You think us pilots can moonlight as LOD FA?? If the FA thinks it only takes 6 weeks to become a pilot flying a jet, maybe we can go through their training in 4 weeks?

 

[crj567]

I will first start the interview with a 2 hour long speech (or diatribe) to all the male FA applicants about the difference between mousse and hair gel. Then, I will talk about why it is a great idea that gay fellas can do all sorts of great jobs these days! I will let them know that in addition to becoming FAs, they may have a great future in ice dancing, ballet (like the current White House Chief of Staff,) or maybe if they are really "over the top-super-gay," they can fly big planes-just like me!! Then I will talk about how I lift weights everyday while in ATL, and also ride my bike. After all of that is over, I will open it up to any guys who don't have a "significant other," and we will commence speed-dating each other!! I can't wait!

Bye Bye--General Lee

-You scare me, Gen... You really do!

 

[ACL65PILOT]

You think us pilots can moonlight as LOD FA?? If the FA thinks it only takes 6 weeks to become a pilot flying a jet, maybe we can go through their training in 4 weeks?

I know. I had one give me that argument a few weeks ago as to why their pay should be restored to 60 bucks an hr.

I just walked away.

 

[jtf]

I don't have a problem with them making $60 per hour, as long as the airline is making money and I'm getting at least 3 times that in the right seat and 4 or 5 times that in the left.

 

[Midge]

Lots of languages spoken in Atlanta. You've got your ebonics, your ghetto, your rap, your talk to the hand......

LMAO!:laugh: