Rumor concerning former negotiating comm.
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There is a 20,000 page thread on the Delta forum with over 196,000 posts. Over here it’s a ghost town in comparison. I wonder why? I’m guessing it’s not because people are mortified that APA hired a chaplain or expensed some dubious travel. We need to get our proverbial sh$t together and achieve some results.
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Btw, it's "couldn't care less."
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Most have been inside this bubble so long they don’t even understand these facts.
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Green slips
What percentage of the list at Delta reliably gets green slips? Can the lowest line holders benefit?
I got 2 months off with IMAX last year, paid. Can you do that at Delta?
Not saying IMAX is the best, I’m just curious if Delta has a mechanism like IMAX...
I got 2 months off with IMAX last year, paid. Can you do that at Delta?
Not saying IMAX is the best, I’m just curious if Delta has a mechanism like IMAX...
#16
How hard did you have to work the rest of the 10 months to get those 2 off? (honest question, not trying to be an ass)
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Guy on C&R said his BIL never gets them. I asked three DL guys in the 3 years and the answer was "once a year, never, never."
They did say certain bid statuses, or periods, can hit the gold mine at times but it sounds like it's hit or miss as to predicting the future. Supposedly that's how the top guy is allegedly hitting $1 million - A350 CA and they're having manning issues as the fleet comes on line.
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Ask on the DL forum.
Guy on C&R said his BIL never gets them. I asked three DL guys in the 3 years and the answer was "once a year, never, never."
They did say certain bid statuses, or periods, can hit the gold mine at times but it sounds like it's hit or miss as to predicting the future. Supposedly that's how the top guy is allegedly hitting $1 million - A350 CA and they're having manning issues as the fleet comes on line.
Guy on C&R said his BIL never gets them. I asked three DL guys in the 3 years and the answer was "once a year, never, never."
They did say certain bid statuses, or periods, can hit the gold mine at times but it sounds like it's hit or miss as to predicting the future. Supposedly that's how the top guy is allegedly hitting $1 million - A350 CA and they're having manning issues as the fleet comes on line.
No way that number is accurate.
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Ask on the DL forum.
Guy on C&R said his BIL never gets them. I asked three DL guys in the 3 years and the answer was "once a year, never, never."
They did say certain bid statuses, or periods, can hit the gold mine at times but it sounds like it's hit or miss as to predicting the future. Supposedly that's how the top guy is allegedly hitting $1 million - A350 CA and they're having manning issues as the fleet comes on line.
Guy on C&R said his BIL never gets them. I asked three DL guys in the 3 years and the answer was "once a year, never, never."
They did say certain bid statuses, or periods, can hit the gold mine at times but it sounds like it's hit or miss as to predicting the future. Supposedly that's how the top guy is allegedly hitting $1 million - A350 CA and they're having manning issues as the fleet comes on line.
The guys making close to 7 figures are a crazy anomaly that occurred on the A350 because of several factors from what I remember and understand. First, we took two or three deliveries early because someone else had cancelled some orders. So we were undermanned. We have a mechanism called green slip with conflict which means they pay you for your original trip plus the trip you work. So assume you’ve got a 9 day trip on Monday but they desperately need to cover a 9 day trip on Saturday. If you’ve put in for a GSWC, they call you and you go to work two days early, but get paid for both trips at straight pay. Some pilots were able to do this the entire month and basically get paid for their schedule plus the trips they worked so figure 150 hours a month.
Also, the initial cadre of LCA’s came from different fleets. Some were too junior to hold the catagory in seniority order so they couldn’t hold a line during bidding. As a reserve LCA, in an extremely short staffed catagory, they were buying trips from Captains for the LCA’s to conduct training. If you were the lucky senior captain (I say senior captain because I’m assuming a 4 pilot augmented flight with 2 Ca’s and 2 FO’s), you get paid to stay home. If you put in a green slip now, you get double pay for the trip you work plus straight pay for the trip you got bought off, thus, you’re making over $1000 per hour and assuming a 6 day trip with a minimum of 32 hours, you’re making $32 K. Most of the A350 flying is to Asia so I know the trips are higher credit than that and I think our top rate is $338 but can’t remember.
Our A350 guys ended up in a perfect storm for the past two years and some really made bank but don’t think our wide body guys average $600-700K year in and year out. But if you guys can achieve that this contract cycle, and we can pattern off that, you’ll never buy yourself another beer in a bar if I’m around.
Good luck. I hope this made sense.
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