Would Anybody Leave Delta for AirTran?

[Pat Fabin]

No offense to any Air Tran guys here but you are comparing the worse pay rates and contract we have ever had with Air Tran's BEST contract?

You are not talking Apples to Apples here guys.

 

[Lear70]

No offense to any Air Tran guys here but you are comparing the worse pay rates and contract we have ever had with Air Tran's BEST contract?

You are not talking Apples to Apples here guys.

Exactly.

If you just got on with DAL in the last year, you're at the beginning of the hiring boom,,, best place to be.

 

[PCL_128]

We do still have a few guys leaving DAL to come to AAI. One 50 year old guy just started class last week after leaving DAL.

Overall, I can't recommend leaving DAL for here. I did turn down an offer from a DAL 767 checkairman a few weeks ago to walk my stuff in, but that's because I've already got a seniority number here with people under me. You've already got your number at DAL. I wouldn't give it up. If this latest downturn taught us anything, it should be that giving up seniority at any major is a big risk. Ask the dozens of guys that left UPS and FedEx in 2000 to go to places like UAL and AMR that have been on the street for the past 5 years. Jumping from job to job and giving up seniority is like playing russian roulette.

 

[BoeingBaller]

The answer is do what makes you happy.

 

[Peardc10]

What BoeingBaller said, do what makes you happy, who would of thought that five of the seven legacy carriers would be in bankruptcy court at the same time!

This is a crazy industry were in and who knows what might happen in the next 5, 10, 20 years. Be happy first and the rest will fall in place.

Again my .01Cents worth

 

[Dan Roman]

I couldn't agree more with doing what makes you happy and there is no way you can second guess what the future holds for any airline.
The people I've known that are happiest in this line of work are happy because they enjoy whatever lifestyle they have set up for themselves an it's not contingent on how senior they are, what kind of airplane they fly or what name is painted on the side of their airplane.
The people I've met that are the most misarable seem to be excessivly worried about comparing themselves to others, whether it is payscale, airline, seniority or whatever.

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

........I really have zero desire to leave Delta!

What makes you think you are still welcome at AirTran?

 

[RadioClash]

What makes you think you are still welcome at AirTran?

I know for a fact that he is is still welcome at AirTran.

 

[Hamfighter]

What makes you think you are still welcome at AirTran?

You're right...that does sound arrogant, and it wasn't my intention to come across that way at all!

I'm abolutely blown away that AirTran would be gracious enough to keep me in the hiring pool for six months. That wasn't an option with Delta, which is really what helped me make the decision to go with Delta because it essentially bought me some time to think. Both interviews and offers came at the exact same time (actually the offered class dates were the same date)!

Again, sorry if I offended anybody, and thanks again for all the great opinions.

 

[j41driver]

We do still have a few guys leaving DAL to come to AAI. One 50 year old guy just started class last week after leaving DAL.

We have had several 25+ year DAL guys come here after taking their early retirement but I doubt we've had too many come from the other end of the seniority list.