Delta scheduling interviews?

[skywav8r]

Ok Guys. Here's what I know from my experience. I was hired in the last class to go through at Delta (May 5th ,2008). I was at Comair for 12 years. A friend helped me and I got a meet and greet with an assistant CP in ATL. Yes, I wore a suit and stayed in a hotel the night before in order to make the 8:30am meet and greet. 3 weeks later I got a call for an interview. I got the job in April and was in class by May.
I've been in NYC on the MD88 for 2 years and Love the Job. I'm not trying to brag but seriously, the difference in Mgmt./Employee relationship at the regionals is night and day.
The schedulers are AWESOME and they have always been able to help me out whenever they are able...90% of the time I get my request.
Don't let being a regional pilot or anything else hold you back.
Delta is hiring future Captains and they will hire you if you have a professional attitude and a good interview. I'm sure there's more to the hiring process but that was my experience and I've never looked back.

Good Luck and get your Delta buddies to get you a meet and greet if you can!

+1 Ditto what this guy said....Way better than the old job...and I really liked my old job.

 

[Helos2Galaxy]

80% can now hold DTW 744B. Wow.

DTW and MSP 7ERB went extremely junior as well.

Here's a what if......

I am a 2000 DAL S hire. I can almost hold 744 (don't want it though as I live in NY) but cannot bid it for 4 more years.

Would a 2010 new hire be able to bid it?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

All pilots that are hired after the SLI date probably are not fenced from either jet. (777/744)

I guess they could be fenced from the 744 since it is a NWA jet and the 777 is a DAL jet and they are not F-NWA pilots. Interesting.

That is just a guess though.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Wait a minute.....We hired a Comair guy? WTF?? (all in fun people)

Anybody heard from TankerJackholeMonkey to walk his sorry resume and his WAY packed DD-214? (Again, all jokes, he's too stupid to fill out an app)

 

[Magichands]

Wait a minute.....We hired a Comair guy? WTF?? (all in fun people)

HAHAHA...Good one. You'd be suprised how many captains I've flown with have said the same thing...or maybe you wouldn't. Seriously, even the guys who made a comment were just giving me a hard time in jest.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

As we say in the NYC Magic.....Just bustin' balls!!

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Here's a what if......

I am a 2000 DAL S hire. I can almost hold 744 (don't want it though as I live in NY) but cannot bid it for 4 more years.

Would a 2010 new hire be able to bid it?

Yep, they can get it per the contract. Any vacancies go to new-hires. Doubtful it will happen.

If I remember right, there were people hired in 2007-08 on this very same forum bragging to others about how they will sit on the 777 soon.

Soon meaning 10 years.

Seniority will shake loose and the gravitational pull of a proper bid will mean all new hires will goto the 88 or DC-9.

 

[NuGuy]

Yep, they can get it per the contract. Any vacancies go to new-hires. Doubtful it will happen.

If I remember right, there were people hired in 2007-08 on this very same forum bragging to others about how they will sit on the 777 soon.

Soon meaning 10 years.

Seniority will shake loose and the gravitational pull of a proper bid will mean all new hires will goto the 88 or DC-9.

Heyas BL,

Not necessarily. When you see the high dollar seats that nominally have better QoL going way junior, its usually a sign that something else is at play.

Reserve at Big D isn't, shall we say, particularly user friendly...especially on the international side. With the way DAL bids, you might be stuck there for an extended period of time if things stagnate.

There was a reason new hires went to the widebodies...

Nu

 

[rfa]

This is a rather naive question, one that I think I know the answer to, but it is worth a shot. Has Delta ever hired anyone without 121/135 or military PIC time? ...as in your average regional F/O.

 

[Magichands]

This is a rather naive question, one that I think I know the answer to, but it is worth a shot. Has Delta ever hired anyone without 121/135 or military PIC time? ...as in your average regional F/O.

In 2000 I personally know of 2 females who were FO's at the regionals who were hired with zero PIC turbine. That is probably the exception and not the rule. It will be very competitive in this next hiring wave.

 

[rfa]

Thanks Magic

 

[Jiminmem]

If you meet the mins, there is nothing wrong with applying. I would think your odds are lower, but you never know

 

[lakemead1]

If you meet the mins, there is nothing wrong with applying. I would think your odds are lower, but you never know

It's all who you know and who you can get to look at your stuff.

 

[jonjuan]

It's all who you know and who you can get to look at your stuff.

Bingo...10,000 hours won't necessarily make you any more competitive than 5,000 hours - Looking for the "right cultural and personality fit."

 

[MarineGrunt]

Are these 300-ish new hires going to be spread out over the year or within a certain timeframe?