Delta fast track to Captain
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Delta fast track to Captain
Since almost the beginning of the commercial airline business, junior pilots have had to toil years in the second chair waiting to win a pair of captain’s wings. Now Delta Air Lines Inc. is offering them the chance to vault into a captain’s seat in as little as six months. The catch? The promotion requires flying an unloved, aging plane nicknamed the “Mad Dog” that Delta plans to retire in three years.
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... that, and sitting reserve in New York ready to cover any one of 3 airports on short notice via your own transportation. I'd still do it though... however even if I can make it there, the Mad Dog is set to leave before that 
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wonder where all these ac are going? American dumping them, Delta...
As I mentioned in others posts, with the emphasis on getting warm bodies on the flightdeck, you cant find sim time anywhere, so the op should be good (ish)
As I mentioned in others posts, with the emphasis on getting warm bodies on the flightdeck, you cant find sim time anywhere, so the op should be good (ish)
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I'd have flown a skip with wings to get a command.
I went back to flying DC3s to get my first command. I was required to fly with very inexperienced skippers on the BAC 1-11 and really felt quite at home doing everything if needed, but the seniority thing was what it was.
Dak was not the fun I remembered. Reach for the radar . . . oh, that's right, we haven't got one. Nave aids. Ooooo . . . I remember nave aids. But, I could do a full procedural VDF approach by the end of my time on that machine.
Tell the kids of today.
I went back to flying DC3s to get my first command. I was required to fly with very inexperienced skippers on the BAC 1-11 and really felt quite at home doing everything if needed, but the seniority thing was what it was.
Dak was not the fun I remembered. Reach for the radar . . . oh, that's right, we haven't got one. Nave aids. Ooooo . . . I remember nave aids. But, I could do a full procedural VDF approach by the end of my time on that machine.
Tell the kids of today.
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wonder where all these ac are going? American dumping them, Delta...
A few will probably end up flying for some third world operator who can pick them up cheap, then cannibalize a few to keep the others flying for a while.
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td,
The life of these ac is far from over, especially considering the lifespan/performance. Many operators still fly these ac.
I just flew a UAL MD from DAL to ORF, and the ac was very nicely maintained and really, in pretty good shape.
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The life of these ac is far from over, especially considering the lifespan/performance. Many operators still fly these ac.
I just flew a UAL MD from DAL to ORF, and the ac was very nicely maintained and really, in pretty good shape.
A few will probably end up flying for some third world operator who can pick them up cheap, then cannibalize a few to keep the others flying for a while.
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Delta and American use the heck out of their aircraft before retiring them, so I suspect most will end up in an aircraft boneyard in the Arizona/California desert and be scrapped before long.
A few will probably end up flying for some third world operator who can pick them up cheap, then cannibalize a few to keep the others flying for a while.
A few will probably end up flying for some third world operator who can pick them up cheap, then cannibalize a few to keep the others flying for a while.
so given reasonable maintenance and barring corrosion, they should outlast us.
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A few have made the P2F conversion but this idea doesn't seem to be getting a tremendous amount of traction. There is a large supply of well maintained air frames available, probably at a good price:
The MD-80 Freighter Conversion, In Pictures | Things With Wings
The MD-80 Freighter Conversion, In Pictures | Things With Wings
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Since almost the beginning of the commercial airline business, junior pilots have had to toil years in the second chair waiting to win a pair of captain’s wings. Now Delta Air Lines Inc. is offering them the chance to vault into a captain’s seat in as little as six months. The catch? The promotion requires flying an unloved, aging plane nicknamed the “Mad Dog” that Delta plans to retire in three years.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/d...100029497.html
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We're talking MD80 series, not MD90, and the new ones are 20+ years old. There are early 1990s build 767s and 747-400s that have north of 100k hours. And the Mad Dogs are pretty noisy - there will soon be a lot of airports that won't allow them (especially in the wee hours when freighter operators like to fly)
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