Engage: The Podcast for Delta Pilots
Oct 9, 2026 · 13 min · 11 segments
Before taking off into this weekend, run down this checklist of the latest news from the Delta MEC: - New FRMS Short Call Assignment Automation…
Headlines New FRMS Short Call Assignment Automation Starting October 8th, Delta Flight Operations introduced new automation for FRMS short call assignments.
The automation now runs as part of a daily 11 a.m. short call PCS process and can assign eligible pilots an FRMS short call for their first returning on-call day.
For all you crew members affected by this new automation, take a closer look in this week's newsletter for a detailed description.
Trip Coverage Shenanigans continue, and this week's Engage episode takes on the growing finger-pointing over Arcos, Auto Accept, Operational Reliability, And who actually owns the trip coverage problem? Host First Officer Ryan Argenta sits down with Delta MEC Executive Administrator Captain Rich Wheeler, Scheduling Committee Chairman Captain Ian Turner, and Vice Chairman Captain Josh Cantrell.
The discussion walks through how trips were covered before Arcos, why nuisance calls became a problem, how pilots adapted through contractual tools like auto-accept and auto-acknowledge, and how 23M7 evolved from what the committee describes as a rarely used emergency provision into a routine scheduling tool.
They also discuss years of staffing decisions, fragile rotations, increasing open time, unrestricted Arcos batch calls, and the ongoing technology and implementation problems surrounding the system.
If you've been wondering how we got here, who owns the problem, and whether pilots should change how they use Archos, this episode is definitely worth your time.
That brings the number of pilots hired this year to 1,536 and the seniority list totaled 18,305.
This group came to Delta with an average flight time of 5,200 hours and an age of 35.
Headlines New FRMS Short Call Assignment Automation Starting October 8th, Delta Flight Operations introduced new automation for FRMS short call assignments.
The automation now runs as part of a daily 11 a.m. short call PCS process and can assign eligible pilots an FRMS short call for their first returning on-call day.
For all you crew members affected by this new automation, take a closer look in this week's newsletter for a detailed description.
Trip Coverage Shenanigans continue, and this week's Engage episode takes on the growing finger-pointing over Arcos, Auto Accept, Operational Reliability, And who actually owns the trip coverage problem? Host First Officer Ryan Argenta sits down with Delta MEC Executive Administrator Captain Rich Wheeler, Scheduling Committee Chairman Captain Ian Turner, and Vice Chairman Captain Josh Cantrell.
The discussion walks through how trips were covered before Arcos, why nuisance calls became a problem, how pilots adapted through contractual tools like auto-accept and auto-acknowledge, and how 23M7 evolved from what the committee describes as a rarely used emergency provision into a routine scheduling tool.
They also discuss years of staffing decisions, fragile rotations, increasing open time, unrestricted Arcos batch calls, and the ongoing technology and implementation problems surrounding the system.
If you've been wondering how we got here, who owns the problem, and whether pilots should change how they use Archos, this episode is definitely worth your time.
That brings the number of pilots hired this year to 1,536 and the seniority list totaled 18,305.
This group came to Delta with an average flight time of 5,200 hours and an age of 35.
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