UncleSam

OK, so did you see the news tonight that a "Delta pilot" on a Delta flight from Asheville to Lagardia was trapped in lav while the only FA onboard this "Delta jet" was in the cockpit. I bet Delta management is sure proud of that! I think we should flood the reps and CPOs with emails about this one.

PilotFrog

Which system are you on Diamond or Gold? Thanks. Was going to PM you but you are soooo NEW! LOL

johnso29

Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. WRT saying I may not hold it as a result of this AE. Just thinking many of the 50 FO ATL 7er surpluses may come up to NYC making it more senior. Really no way to guess IMO.

OccupyRestSeat

I'm diamond...but I understand preventive MX is covered 100% on both plans. it definitely is on the diamond HSA.

DeadHead

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing myself.

If your in the mood for some comedy, check out the regional thread post about this "incident".

Either way it's an embarrassment.

dragon

I heard that report. Of course buried in the dialogue was it was actually a subcontractor.

Carl Spackler

This is the kind of embarrassment we must endure when the pride of our brand is outsourced to the lowest bidder, and DAL pilots are the last choice of DAL management.

Carl

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contrails

In slight defense of those involved who are strangers to me, you've got a crappy door design and one single flight attendant on the airplane who is in the cockpit.

What were the alternatives for the captain in the lav?

Bucking Bar

My response to the pay question did not involve Southwest.

I simply asked that we demand the same increase Delta / UHC has been getting on our health care coverage and a similar decrease in what we cover (productivity).

Since Richard used to run UHC, he surely understands what we mean when we say "increased premium for decreased coverage." UHC's profits are up 21% year on year through the first quarter 2010 so its strategy of acting like an unregulated monopoly (they have good scope) is rewarding them well.

When you baseline the cost of my coverage since 1999 through Delta and its various subsidiaries, the cost is up somewhere in the neighborhood of 350% while coverage is around 80% (very rough number) of what it once provided.

Carl Spackler

I don't fault those pilots. I fault our management who has put our brand secondary to cost. When they allow our brand to be pasted on an airplane with unknown quality, our brand gets tarnished.

Carl

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