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I know you been around a while and have worked in various union capacities, etc. But if you don't think the mentality exists amongst ANY pilot group you're not paying attention. It's been going on since the beginning.
Disagree. One still should be interviewed. There are plenty of DCI pilots who have no business being in a customer service industry. How many times have you flown with someone on an RJ and thought, I can't wait for this to be over. Now compare a 50 minute RJ flight to a 14 hour flight to Dubai. There's got to be a process so they can still weed out these types of personalities without having to accept them because they are simply DCI.Yes, but there was no flow-through, which is how it should work. I'm betting that was DALPA's demand, not management's. The pilots there have always had a little bit too much of an ego about your hiring process. Letting pilots who have already been flying Delta passengers flow up to Delta is the right thing to do, rather than forcing them to go through an interview process just for the privilege of flying the same passengers that they've already been flying.
I've ridden on plenty of Delta mainline jumpseats and thought "man, it would really suck to be flying with this a-hole for a whole trip." It's not a regional/mainline thing. Some people just suck. If mainline is ok with outsourcing the flying to the carrier that employs that pilot you're talking about, then they should have no problem flowing him up to mainline.
Again, those pilots already fly Delta passengers in airplanes that say Delta on the side. If Delta is ok with outsourcing their passengers to those pilots, then they can't complain about flowing them up as far as I'm concerned. Don't like the quality of pilot at certain regionals? Then you shouldn't be outsourcing to them in the first place.
Yes, but there was no flow-through, which is how it should work. I'm betting that was DALPA's demand, not management's. The pilots there have always had a little bit too much of an ego about your hiring process. Letting pilots who have already been flying Delta passengers flow up to Delta is the right thing to do, rather than forcing them to go through an interview process just for the privilege of flying the same passengers that they've already been flying.
Disagree. One still should be interviewed. There are plenty of DCI pilots who have no business being in a customer service industry. How many times have you flown with someone on an RJ and thought, I can't wait for this to be over. Now compare a 50 minute RJ flight to a 14 hour flight to Dubai. There's got to be a process so they can still weed out these types of personalities without having to accept them because they are simply DCI.