Delta New Hire

[Crash Pad]

Per USAToday somebody from Delta said they anticipate 3500 new pilots in the next ten years. Delta is not hiring now, however.

PNCL pilots must now be interviewed and something like a 3rd of the class must be PNCL. (Which explains Delta not taking AAI pilots with the 717. Why take pilots when you can leverage concessions on the promise of an interview. Well played)

I can't remember if another regional has flow through. I thought Mesaba did to the tune of 1/3 of a class.

So for the sake of argument. Delta will start running say 30 a month. If flow is a 3rd and PNCL is a 3rd. Does that mean you have a 10 a month chance at Delta?

Between squadron buddies, friends and family, and tokens... Looks like getting a job at Delta is pretty thin.

 

[SAABaroowski]

Don't forget the Compass guys......

 

[General Lee]

There eventually could be a lot hiring, mainly because when 500 guys leave in one year, that is a lot of internal movement. When a 744 Capt leaves, the A330 Capt below him bids his seat, and the 767 Capt below him bids the A330 seat, all the way down to a newhire. The reason for that is each plane pays differently (no pay banding like UAL or AA). So, when hiring does start after retirements start, the training department could be very busy, for years.

As far as how many get hired per class, I guess there will be a set amount, but there also is a set amount of how many Compass pilots are allowed to leave Compass per year. If there are months where 60 or more are hired, the ratios go down, because you would hit that yearly limit. The reason for that is to not drain Compass down quickly, because they still want to fly a full schedule, and they would have to hire and train for people leaving there too. PNCL may be shrinking a bit faster, so the they may hit most of their ratios per class, but there may be some months eventually that have more Military or other Regional pilot hiring at the airline. It wouldn't be all military, and it wouldn't be all Regional. It would be a good mix, and those retirements during some of the years will cause unbelievable movement. A couple years around 2020 have more than 700 leaving at age 65 per year. That could be very interesting.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[aircombat]

... So, when hiring does start after retirements start, the training department could be very busy, for years....

Bye Bye---General Lee

Or they just scope out flying at the same rate as retirements. Then they won't have to worry about a messy flow through.