Originally Posted by
Sunvox
People state information on the web all the time. Links with proof please, if you want intelligent people to believe you.
Also, from a pilot perspective it is not as important as pay and QOL. United pilots look to Delta and perceive a "greener grass", but the truth is UAL has WAY better work rules and FAR more pilots paid at the top rate as a percentage of the total pool of pilots.
A couple simple examples:
1) Delta pilots show up for their trip and the company reschedules the entire trip with no cost. NOT true at United.
2) Delta pilots are expected to extend when FAA 117 limits are hit. United pilots can and DO refuse and/or get paid.
Both of the above are incorrect. A Delta pilot can’t be rerouted prior to the first leg of a trip. In addition a Delta pilot can’t be rerouted into any uncovered leg known more than 14 hours in advance. Doing either if accepted by the pilot triggers double pay.
Delta Pilots can refuse an extension and in fact its being changed as we speak to opt in rather than opt out system.
Each airline has some better and some worse work rules. To state Uniteds are way better is quite a stretch. Delta for example uses two CA’s on flights over 12 hours and augments any flight over 8 hours.
Delta requires turns on narrow bodies exceeding the FAR’s to also be double crewed rather than a relief pilot. Dinner and a show to the Caribbean.