DELTA Pilots to ask for Pref Hiring

[Rush Limbaugh]

It's just beyond me why some people would think it's such a step backwards to at least have an income and be flying instead of waiting around for what will certainly be years before flying the heavier iron again.

JetLee,

The reason you don't understand is because for your entire professional life, you have seen people get out of flying never to return. In order to get a good job, you had to keep flying and take the bad deals. All you want to do right now is fly airplanes because you haven't reached what you believe to be the pinnacle of your career. You want to fly the "big iron" and you need the experience from a regional to realize the dream. If a Delta 737 pilot has an ultimate goal of being a 767 captain, going back to a regional will do nothing in helping him reach that goal. He can either take a good paying, non-flying job waiting out the furlough or he can take a low paying job he probably doesn't like in the first place and in the meantime he can file bankruptcy. Either way, he is not going to realize his dream any faster but by not flying, his family has a fighting chance of staying together and he doesn't have to take a huge hit in lifestyle.

Of course, what do I know, I'm not even an airline pilot.

Fly Safe

 

[michael707767]

The problem about keeping their DAL seniority is that most may very well be around to vote on OUR next contract! See the conflict of interests? That is the ONLY negative thing I can think of about it, otherwise most of us could give a rats a$$ if they keep it or not.

Yeah, the 50 or 60 furloughed DAL guys who may end up at CMR will change the outcome. Give me a break. If you are so concerned about it, make it a requirement that a pilot who retains seniority somewhere else is not allowed to vote in union matters.