Delta is getting ready to hire!!!

[EMBpilot]

I still think there will be deeper cut at DCI.

Yes, Delta has modest fleet growth plans, but DC9's will still go..
I guess a lot rests on JAL outcome.

Good luck to you, guys. Delta is a fine airline, I am sure it'll do great.

 

[Superpilot92]

MEM Cheif Pilot just sent out an email stating for everyone to expect the first joint bid to post in December. Here comes the fireworks!! :nuts:

 

[Superpilot92]

I still think there will be deeper cut at DCI.

Yes, Delta has modest fleet growth plans, but DC9's will still go..
I guess a lot rests on JAL outcome.

Good luck to you, guys. Delta is a fine airline, I am sure it'll do great.

I agree,

It should be noted that the DC9-30/40s will be replaced by MD-90's in the next year or so and the DC9-50's will be sticking around for a number of years to come. They just finished painting and updating the interiors on all 34 of the -50's.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

DO not forget that they are adding Wi-Fi

There will be growth here, and DCI is going to shrink. Either way lots of hiring in the next few years. They are going to need to get real fat to deal with the 700-900 guys a year that will be bailing starting in seven years. They should be hoping for a horrible economy to deal with this in!

 

[johnsonrod]

MEM Cheif Pilot just sent out an email stating for everyone to expect the first joint bid to post in December. Here comes the fireworks!! :nuts:

Some of you NWA pilots keep saying "here comes the fireworks" etc. What does that mean? Do you think a lot of NWA guys are going to move in to DAL bases and planes? What is the concensus between guys you fly with? Where do they want to go? I thought you guys were upset about the seniority integration? Which bases will be raided by you guys? I hope to be a future Delta pilot someday. Beats my regional by far I am sure.

 

[Superpilot92]

Some of you NWA pilots keep saying "here comes the fireworks" etc. What does that mean? Do you think a lot of NWA guys are going to move in to DAL bases and planes? What is the concensus between guys you fly with? Where do they want to go? I thought you guys were upset about the seniority integration? Which bases will be raided by you guys? I hope to be a future Delta pilot someday. Beats my regional by far I am sure.

The majority aren't mad about integration. That's over and behind the majority. There's going to be movement everywhere which is why I said fireworks. (read, not in a bad way).. The majority of guys I fly with wanna stay right where they are and the ones that have mentioned moving to a dal base is only if they get bumped from their captain slots. Me personally, I'd love nothing more than to get back to where I was this time last year. I have no real desire to move into a dal-s base at all right now.

Some will chase the planes and some won't. That will be the case on both sides as dal redistributes planes and bases in the next few years.

With that said, I hope you get on too. It should be a great place to hang your hat, especially with the upcoming seniority progression. Good luck

 

[FBN0223]

With the large percentage of Delta-N guys/gals that commute, many aircraft swapping bases, and basically the first full integration of two very large airlines, we're going to have massive movement. Unfortunately not all of it up.

DTW is the largest DL-N base with the highest percentage of commuters. I'd look for the DL-N east coast guys jumping out of DTW and going to NYC and the guys commuting to DTW from the south moving into ATL.

SEA is going to become more of a senior base than it already is with all of the Delta-S pilots around the Puget Sound and PDX.

Significant movement in a couple other bases as well(LAX and SLC) but that's enough speculation.

 

[General Lee]

With the large percentage of Delta-N guys/gals that commute, many aircraft swapping bases, and basically the first full integration of two very large airlines, we're going to have massive movement. Unfortunately not all of it up.

DTW is the largest DL-N base with the highest percentage of commuters. I'd look for the DL-N east coast guys jumping out of DTW and going to NYC and the guys commuting to DTW from the south moving into ATL.

SEA is going to become more of a senior base than it already is with all of the Delta-S pilots around the Puget Sound and PDX.

Significant movement in a couple other bases as well(LAX and SLC) but that's enough speculation.

The moving of the SLC MD90 to MSP will be interesting, and could prove to be a real boost to MSP. I don't know if many SLC pilots will follow it there. The 777 moving from JFK to DTW will displace senior pilots (probably from the 777 to the 765 in JFK), but it will add a lot of high paying jobs to DAL-S guys in DTW since it will grow in size. I assume the 2 extra 777s we have coming in 2010 will go there. ATL will suffer with the displacement of many 765 jobs going to JFK, and I am interested to find out what will replace those 765s leaving ATL for JFK. Will 767ERs from JFK replace them? How about A330s? Something will replace that time. Interesting times.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[GogglesPisano]

85% on NYC commutes. I would assume 85% of the current NYC 777 pilots would simply chase the plane to DTW. A few might bid NYC 765.

A lesser percentage of ATL 765 pilots (the ones without Real Housewives of Atlanta) will chase the plane to NYC.

I'll wager the A330 in ATL will go very senior -- open to both N and S. A lot of ATL guys will be disappointed.

 

[FBN0223]

The moving of the SLC MD90 to MSP will be interesting, and could prove to be a real boost to MSP. I don't know if many SLC pilots will follow it there.

Bye Bye--General Lee

A SLC MD Captain told me that most all of guys on the MD88 in SLC will swap over to the A320 vs. commuting to MSP. The A320 will be a good fit for SLC and I think it's better duty than flying the MD88/90.

Whatever happens, less 50 seat RJs and more mainline jets is always good. And speaking of 50-seat RJs, what a piece of crap!!! Passengers hate it, mainline pilots hate it, but at least it's almost always weight restricted.