Conspiracy theories...
11-10-2018, 07:06 PM
#132
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2017
Posts: 174
Originally Posted by Slowhawk
When did this become a OO rumors thread ?
Originally Posted by Slowhawk
When did this become a OO rumors thread ?
Okay for you OO people reference, guys here at 3.5 years marks can easily hold CA in the 30 percentile in any base. Instead of commuting LGA to sit rsv
11-11-2018, 11:30 AM
#134
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: I pilot
Posts: 2,049
Originally Posted by VIRotate
The only OO person allowed here is word302 because we knighted him as an honorary CP pilot a few threads back.
Nah you are all welcome in by book. I only ask for a wave as we taxi by the box in LAX.
Nah you are all welcome in by book. I only ask for a wave as we taxi by the box in LAX.
11-12-2018, 07:37 AM
#136
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2017
Position: B777, Right Side or Panda-side. Or Pandacide.
Posts: 119
Originally Posted by max gross
Hahaha. I love the guard banter. Funny thing is, I’ve never seen a Delta crew member do anything other than turn down the volume.
Seems like you just troll yourselves!
Seems like you just troll yourselves!
And the only reason I'm here was the subject line "conspiracy theories" got my attention, because, Brother, I have some.
11-12-2018, 07:55 AM
#137
Porco Rosso
Joined APC: Apr 2018
Posts: 2,522
Originally Posted by Stinger6
Ha! Our new policy is to "monitor" guard when not in range of a station. This is widely interpreted as "put 121.5 in the active freq and then turn it allll the way down."
11-13-2018, 12:10 PM
#140
On Reserve
Joined APC: May 2018
Posts: 16
Originally Posted by week
Eh the way I see it:
Live in PHX, PHX based:
Cons
Very slim pickings on trips, few reserve guys so line holders are more likely to be reassigned, average trip credit is 4:00-4:30 per day meaning 11/12 days off per month, maybe 13/14 if you’re lucky. Every trip is delta so every day you either wake up at 4 to start your morning with FLT CTRL NO DISP or you end up waiting 2 hours for your late inbound plane. MELs, mechanical issues, upset passengers, 50% of your flights depart delayed, 75% if you’re not on the launch flights. Every turnaround is done as fast as possible.
Pros
You get to drive to work, and know your crews
Live in PHX, based in LAX
Pros
Enournous trip variety and selections. Massive amounts of open time, trip trading, even some dropping. More trips available to fit within your PBS criteria. American flying, meaning trips that go off without a hitch, depart on time, have reasonable turn times, and usually have great credit/TAFB ratios. Score 14-17 days off regularly, dropping the victory laps to make your commute easier. Tens of commutable flights every day, some on company metal with guaranteed seats, short flight.
Cons
You spend 2 hours a week commuting, and don’t know the crews that well.
Live in PHX, PHX based:
Cons
Very slim pickings on trips, few reserve guys so line holders are more likely to be reassigned, average trip credit is 4:00-4:30 per day meaning 11/12 days off per month, maybe 13/14 if you’re lucky. Every trip is delta so every day you either wake up at 4 to start your morning with FLT CTRL NO DISP or you end up waiting 2 hours for your late inbound plane. MELs, mechanical issues, upset passengers, 50% of your flights depart delayed, 75% if you’re not on the launch flights. Every turnaround is done as fast as possible.
Pros
You get to drive to work, and know your crews
Live in PHX, based in LAX
Pros
Enournous trip variety and selections. Massive amounts of open time, trip trading, even some dropping. More trips available to fit within your PBS criteria. American flying, meaning trips that go off without a hitch, depart on time, have reasonable turn times, and usually have great credit/TAFB ratios. Score 14-17 days off regularly, dropping the victory laps to make your commute easier. Tens of commutable flights every day, some on company metal with guaranteed seats, short flight.
Cons
You spend 2 hours a week commuting, and don’t know the crews that well.
Although some of these may be true there are also some points on here that are a bit over dramatized.
Slim pickings in regards to trips - True, one of the downsides of a small base.
Waking up at 4am for a FLT CTRL NO DISP message is over dramatized. Half of my morning trips require the 4 am wake up for the early LAX departure and the other half I don't have to be up until 5:30 to get there in time for the SEA or SLC pushes.
Which brings me to my next point - if 50%-75% of your pushes are going late then you have a serious stroke of bad luck following you around. At least in the last 8 months the only morning delays I have taken are for GDP's into SEA, and LAX, or a WX delay into SLC. Afternoon trips do get some late inbounds but not at 50%-75%. For me it has been less than 5%
I'm not saying that there aren't maintenance issues here at all. Its out of control and something needs to be done but if 50%-75% of all of your departures are going out late then someone has it out for you.
As for the LAX flying - more trips, better paying trips, and better positioned to get more trip credits in a shorter amount of time but to come on here and sell that a commute to LAX is only an added hour each way is ludicrous. I won't factor in time spent parking and getting to the gate because that's the same for someone in base as well and although the actual wheels up to wheels down time may be an hour, lets be fair and factor in the taxi time in and out, and if the jumpseat is already reserved for the Compass flight you now have to factor in more time to try for the American, Southwest, or United flights.
And all of that is only if you were fortunate enough to bid trips that allow you to commute on both ends. If you have to commute in the day prior or commute home the day after now you're adding a bunch of time.
My point is that new hires that have no experience in this industry should n't have to sift through posts that have too much personal emotion or irritations behind it. Present solid points without over dramatizing or leaving out vital information as well.
PS- The other day in SL, Delta ramp told a Skywest guy to taxi behind company when he was referring to us. It made me smile a little bigger that day, and I still gave them the double wave as we passed because we are all pilots with the same goals in mind and it's a lot more exhausting to be a jerk than to be nice.
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