Originally Posted by
BlueMoon
The way it was explained to me (by company publication) was if you went on a flight like DTW-FRA, that spans two days, you will use 2 trans oceanic days. So if you went LAX-SYD, you would use 3 days thanks to crossing the international date line. Granted the return which departs and arrives the same day only uses 1 day.
Just go by a ZED on a foreign carrier, It'll probably cost less and you will probably get better service.
Yep, that's the plan with whoever is left; however, a lot of agreements were lost with the ID-type of agreements (ID75,90,95).
Does it cost DL more to allow unlimited transoceanics with DCI employees or what's the driving force behind it? Northwest never had a problem with it.
I know of mainline Ready Reserves who rarely work and they have unlimited int'l and they're gone on a trip almost more than they work. On the other hand, I know many DCI employees (non-pilot group) who work 40+ hrs/week, work both the ramp AND the ticket counter all for less than $8.00/hr. When they do find time to take a trip, these are the ones who will travel as a S4 (without seniority), hoping to make it back in time for their scheduled shift. Just had to vent..it's getting worse everytime a new "enhancement" is announced. Who is negotiating this anyways?