Originally Posted by buzzpat

Nosmo, your original note talked about a 76ER instructor flying up from the ATL to MSP to instruct because "the fnwa instructors wanted their hotels to be paid for." I'm guessing there aren't a lot of 76ER fnwa guys hanging out in MSP these days either...there will be, just not yet. My point is this: all of our equipment is moving from former north bases to south, and south bases to north. Delta doesn't pay for our instructors to instruct anywhere other than ATL. I have a pretty strong hunch that North instructors will soon have to live in MSP or suck it up when it comes to commuting.

The salad days are gone brother. If a former northie, or a southie for that matter, wants to instruct in ATL or MSP, they'd better figure out a way to get there and do that. The survey says that Mother DAL ain't gonna pay for it. Just the facts, ma'am. And, in fact, its not on their own dime. They get paid for the highest seniority position they can hold, they get much more control of their schedule. If they have to commute to MSP and hang out at the Holiday Inn, my heart does not bleed. Instructing is a cushie gig, especially for the line guys. It just got less cushier.