I think my rusty old diesel pickup is pretty much viewed as an embarrassment.

I'm out by the 757 in the Petting Zoo and I'm sure Ed can hear it idling in his office. Searching for my hotel for the night because my reservation at a hotel was over booked.

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Camper City in the LAX parking lot seems to work there!!

 

I was tempted to put a slide in camper in the truck, but I'm on probation and didn't want to poke the bear that hard.

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OPINION..The people who manage the airline do so based on data and until the data show that pilots need to (and will) eat, the situation will remain unchanged. Unless we elect to spend negotiating capital on it, which would be un-necessary if more of us elected to employ the "ERDUDE" technique, which is actually safer. /OPINION[/QUOTE]

Amazing. So they need data to understand that human beings (yes, pilots qualify until robots are at the controls) need to eat, sleep at regular intervals, and take care of various other biological needs? If that's true, these people are either dumber than I thought or completely heartless.

I can't believe we even have to debate this and other similar topics. We shouldn't have to negotiate (via ACARS or otherwise) in order to eat. Un-effing believable.

While it's true that we each have the ability to act in our own best interest and disrupt the operation, the company knows that we were all hired with an innate sense of mission accomplishment. But the fact that one may have to "talk to somebody" is a deterrent - who among us thinks it's a positive thing to be required to talk to a CPO or duty pilot? Save your arguments about being a big boy or girl. We're all capable of that but who needs the extra hassle?

 

Amazing. So they need data to understand that human beings (yes, pilots qualify until robots are at the controls) need to eat, sleep at regular intervals, and take care of various other biological needs? If that's true, these people are either dumber than I thought or completely heartless.

I can't believe we even have to debate this and other similar topics. We shouldn't have to negotiate (via ACARS or otherwise) in order to eat. Un-effing believable.

While it's true that we each have the ability to act in our own best interest and disrupt the operation, the company knows that we were all hired with an innate sense of mission accomplishment. But the fact that one may have to "talk to somebody" is a deterrent - who among us thinks it's a positive thing to be required to talk to a CPO or duty pilot? Save your arguments about being a big boy or girl. We're all capable of that but who needs the extra hassle?[/QUOTE]



I have stopped to eat many times when there were no other options. Never had to talk to anyone. Simply told the gate agent we had to eat. They code the delay. Never called once.

 

I have stopped to eat many times when there were no other options. Never had to talk to anyone. Simply told the gate agent we had to eat. They code the delay. Never called once.[/QUOTE]

I haven't flown more than one leg a day in years, but today's emphasis is D minus whatever they've come up with this month. It's a subtle push, with everything being secondary. Follow the advice above.

 

Dang, this thread needs to get back on topic.

With the passage of the new tax bill, looks like a paid move will now be taxed as income and won’t be able to be written off on taxes any more (just like per diem). I don’t know what can be negotiated for this other than additional money to cove the tax.

Denny

 

Thanks for your redirection!

Was the moving cost been updated in the last Contract? (I don't even know) I wonder how many pilots have a move that is paid for via the contract. Also, I am thinking that previously, if the company reimbursed you for a move, that portion reimbursed wasn't deductible.

I think the easiest way to accomplish dealing with this is just to raise the moving expense compensation. (which apparently is low anyway).

 

Simplistically, you could write off the move as a business expense and not pay taxes on what you were reimbursed. I’m pretty sure, under the new tax law, you cannot write off the move and whatever you get reimbursed will be considered income....

So, for a MD where a pilot uses the paid move, s/he will owe taxes on any compensation they receive from the company.....

The simple answer is negotiate more money to cover the estimated new taxes. The hard part is the details...

Denny

 

Someone had asked about PS for family earlier. Why not get PS credits into a bank anytime you deviate on a last leg DH? Make that PS credit usable in Deltanet when booking non-rev (a little checkbox that subtracts one from the bank and makes the booking a PS seat). It could be a boon for commuters that cancel a DH because they’re actually at home. If the company balks because they think too many pilots will cancel domestic DHs at the end of trips, then spend them on vacation travel, then set a dollar or points value both on the DH seat cancelled and on seats you would later “buy” with those credits. It would be revenue neutral for the company, but pilots could use it to enhance QOL as desired.