Wanna pilot job at Delta?

Cptnchia said:
There is probably not even 100 potential applicants out of the 70,000+ non pilot employees that would take advantage of this IF it were to come to fruition. Seems people are getting their garanimals in a twist over nothing.
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This is true.

And it's simply a poll and people got #triggered.

The actual number is probably less than 30.
 
ClarkGriswold said:
Personally I hope it's a lot more than 30.
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I've flown with a couple first officers that were previously employed here, both former flight attendants and they were two of the finest first officers I've ever flown with.
 
I took an earlier version of this survey/poll whatever you want to call it three years ago before I left my job as a gate agent for Delta. There were two, possibly three, others that worked with me at the airport who would have liked the chance to train to be a pilot but wouldn't/couldn't/weren't willing to do it without a guarantee of being able to stay at Delta. I was the (crazy?) one not willing to wait around and hope it happens. But knowing Delta, IF this ever happens, I see it more as a way of working with long term current employees and helping them achieve what might have been an otherwise unobtainable dream and not so much a means of denying current RJ pilots an opportunity at a mainline job or being a means of flooding the ranks with new pilots.
 
There are two parts to the survey. Section#1 asks what division Division of the company that you are a part of, your job title and DOH. The answer to the second section determines the end of the survey. Section #2 asks if you fly professionally. if you answer no, the survey does not go past that section. if you answer yes, it goes on to Section #3, which asks what ratings, how many hours, some other questions, and then says to contact someone in pilot recruiting. Of course I didn't get past section 2. I personally think the survey is flawed, since they want you to have a PP certificate. They're not getting viable data. They should have asked if the survey taker had a Private Pilot's certificate and those that answer yes, should be able to go on to section#3.
 
Bear said:
Once a specific legacy pilot, forever a specific legacy pilot except for cause ?
Seniority then rules employment position(s) until retirement ?
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Unless you quit or do something worthy of being fired (just like any other company) yeah, you work there until retirement.

As far as seniority, yeah that rules line pilot positions (base, aircraft, and seat assignment). Off-line roles like instructors, chief pilots, or other management roles are not seniority based.
 
Derg said:
This is true.

And it's simply a poll and people got #triggered.

The actual number is probably less than 30.
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There are probably less than 100 but 30 seems a bit low. I saw this on Deltanet the other day and it piqued my interest. I'm at 6 years and 300 hours myself and with my CMEL so I'm probably ahead of most nonpilots in the company that would be interested in this. There are actually quite a few people that are doing training but they all seem to be at the private level with under 100 hours. And in the case of the ones I'm aware of a good chunk of them don't currently have a degree.

Either way I'll see how this plays out when more details come out. I stopped seriously looking at being a pilot a few years into my job at Delta since I have it pretty good right now but depending on how this plays out that could change.
 
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