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Doolittle

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So many months ago I applied to work the ramp as a ready reserve for Delta. At the time I thought it would be a great way to gain aviation experience by working for a year or so. I didn't know it was going to take them 8 months to invite me to an interview which they did this morning.

I'm due to graduate with my license in May so if I were to get hired and started next month I would barely be passed training before I start applying to places. It could take as little as a month to get a job or as long as a year or more. I'm sure this will disqualify me from consideration anyway but if they for some reason didn't think this was a problem would it look pretty bad on a resume to be applying to airlines having just started a job with one a couple months prior? Is the possibility of getting up to a year of experience in the industry worth it?

Thanks!
 
I'd say get your ticket and start applying for dispatch jobs...you might not get a 121 gig right out of the gate but there are also 135 jobs to at least get your feet wet. I wouldn't necessarily want to start a job and go through training just to possibly quit right away


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azmedic said:
I'd say get your ticket and start applying for dispatch jobs...you might not get a 121 gig right out of the gate but there are also 135 jobs to at least get your feet wet. I wouldn't necessarily want to start a job and go through training just to possibly quit right away


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That's what I was leaning toward.
 
Right now, Delta is the one that is calling. If you take the job with Delta, your certificate will be just as valid a year from now. There will be dispatcher jobs a year from now. Meanwhile you just gained a year of experience in the airline world that you could put on your resume.
 
At Delta, they call working the ramp "below the wing" When I was at DL Navdata a long time ago they wouldn't take externals for those coveted slots in Flight Control, but a decade of throwing bags would get in. Being a DGS contractor I was technically an external - even though I worked on the OCC floor too. There are a lot of shops with a lot of people there have experience working below the wing.

Yes its a physically demanding gig with crappy pay, but the experience - if your intention is to move up - is invaluable. At my current place, I never threw a box for my all-cargo carrier, and it took a while for me to 'get' how the airline thinks - but had I had thrown a box for us in the past, it wouldve made perfect sense.
 
Firstly, go to the interview no matter what. Good practice, and it gives you a chance to get a feel for the company culture.
 
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