Free in-house Delta Pilot Job Fair

It's a privilege to work for them, not the other way around. If you're bitter, maybe Delta isn't the Air Line for you.

Employment is an agreement. The employee agrees to exchange labor and the employer agrees to provide compensation for that labor.

None of it is a "privilege".

My commentary has nothing to do with Delta. It is a good company and I'd be proud to work there. I'd feel the same way if it were any other company, including the one I do work at.
 
Employment is an agreement. The employee agrees to exchange labor and the employer agrees to provide compensation for that labor.

None of it is a "privilege".

Says someone who evidently hasn't employed anyone or run a company. I have worked for some amazing companies that I consider it a privilege to have worked for. I hope to continue that tradition in the future. It's never a good thing when someone is begging you to work for them...
 
Scrolling back above, there is some confusion to clarify. Hacker wrote about the only email that should come is the actual selected to interview email, and the travel associated with that.

"The email would start something like this:

"The Delta Pilot Selection Team is pleased to invite you to visit our World Headquarters Campus in Atlanta to be considered for employment as a Delta Air Lines pilot."

And then it would be followed by the paid, positive space transportation to the opportunity for Delta to get to know me beyond what is all ready on the detailed application I all ready paid to submit."

Which I thought someone responded to with a:
You really expect an airline to positive space you to get a job?

Really dude?

I was going with that in terms of flying out to an interview. Travel to an interview can be expected to be positive space, but a job fair is of course on your own kinda thing.

Derg is correct, my company does not provide positive space for a job fair, and as of late 2011/early 2012 when I interviewed they only offered a space available pass to interview. Not positive. So Derg is correct, they didn't and it's not even close.


I echo the sentiments of hacker above about @Derg and jetcareers being an invaluable source/site for the aviation field. Coming up on 15 years here, I'm greatful for all the help and information available.

The only thing is some guys aren't fans of job fair type programs for the various reasons listed above and in other threads. But to Delta's credit, if they are having one that is free of charge, then that is positive. The cost of attendance itself is covered, leaving flights/hotel/food as the other expenses.
 
Says someone who evidently hasn't employed anyone or run a company....

Great words, except I do run my own business with paid employees and every thing.

Part of the business transaction is making your employees happy to work for you. Im the privileged one as the employer, having good people do that work for me...they are not privileged for me to pay them for their expertise and skill.
 
Says someone who evidently hasn't employed anyone or run a company. I have worked for some amazing companies that I consider it a privilege to have worked for. I hope to continue that tradition in the future. It's never a good thing when someone is begging you to work for them...

Lets be fair though, it's mostly a supply and demand equation. There is an overabundance of supply for pilots available to work for a legacy carrier, and at the present moment demand of about ~400 at UAL, ~250ish OTS at AA, and ~900 at Delta per year.

Say, compared to a place like Emirates in which the demand/supply curve is the opposite, and you see that they are hosting and holding informational events (sorta job fairs) all over the world, free of attendance to literally anyone who can attend and is qualified on the stated mins, turboprops included. And when they do hold these events and pilots show up, Emirates tries to sell itself to the pilot attendees, not the other way around of the pilots trying to sell themselves to Emirates the potential employer. Here, the supply demand equation is the opposite so pilots have to sell their story at a job fair.
 
Great words, except I do run my own business with paid employees and every thing.

Part of the business transaction is making your employees happy to work for you. Im the privileged one as the employer, having good people do that work for me...they are not privileged for me to pay them for their expertise and skill.

As large as Delta? It's different when you are a small business. The benefit is reciprocal and one bad hire and you are feeling it. Delta offers better benefits than any small business ever could. Hence, why people are scrambling over each other to get the opportunity to meet with them and get that interview. Well, except apparently on this forum which makes no sense.

If you don't go, it's more FaceTime for someone who genuinely wants to be there. They deserve that reward.
 
Thanks for the heads up, @Derg since some of us aren't on the faceyspace
Looks like I can beat the buzzer on the bid, let's see if they'll give me a day...
 
As large as Delta? It's different when you are a small business. The benefit is reciprocal and one bad hire and you are feeling it. Delta offers better benefits than any small business ever could. Hence, why people are scrambling over each other to get the opportunity to meet with them and get that interview. Well, except apparently on this forum which makes no sense.

If you don't go, it's more FaceTime for someone who genuinely wants to be there. They deserve that reward.
so first it's you don't run a business so you don't know any of this......then it's your business isn't big enough for you to know...got it
 
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