Originally Posted by Han Solo

We know, and all your FCRs are handled in a satisfactory manner with free dinner for the entire crew and a free night's stay on your next family vacation.



And I'm not surprised you continue to be such a management mouthpiece.

Originally Posted by sailingfun

I am not surprised you seem to have constant problems at Delta. When I look back at the first 5 years of my career at Delta I only wish I had all the terrible issues you have. For a guy flying as a Captain after a 2 or 3 years at Delta making 250K plus your life sure does suck here. Have you considered any other options?

Originally Posted by Han Solo

I'm flying in a position that's so great that 11,000 pilots in front of me said "no-thanks", what's your point? I've never lied about an anecdote I've brought up here and I'm not special, if it has happened to me it has happened to others. I'm just a random person who called CS and for some reason had to explain myself to the duty pilot. CS doesn't know if I'm the company's #1 problem child or a 5 time chairman's club member. Pilot assist is new and the PSC didn't used to be manned 24/7, I've held 3+ hours trying to call CS. *shrug* I've never complained about what I earn or expressed regret over my decision to work for Delta, but thanks for trying to put words into my mouth.

Originally Posted by OOfff

We shouldn’t spend negotiating capital on people too scared to call in sick if they have to talk to a real human to do so. Time to put on your big boy/girl pants and use a phone.

Originally Posted by Gunfighter

Can we spend negotiating capital on the option to call in sick for them? I've flown with a few pilots who should have called in, but didn't.

Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

This is wrong. Only looks at previous 12 months. Current month won’t count until next month when a month drops off.

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

So when you start October and the 24 hours have dropped off the look back and as a result you no longer have a pop up to acknowledge with your DBMS password for the October bid period and your verification status for the October bid period is shown as NONE, if you call in sick for the first trip in your example your verification status for the October bid period is going to change in the middle of the bid period to QHCP and require you to verify the subsequent sick call in the October bid period ? The amount used in the 12 previous completed bid periods haven’t changed have they?

I may be completely wrong here, but I’m having a difficult time reconciling the examples provided here with the language itself and NN 17-13. I also recall a conversation during TA2 with one of the negotiators that left me with the impression that a verification status only changes bid period to bid period because the lookback that triggers it uses only completed bid periods. That’s why the second sick call in your example wouldn’t have a different verification requirement from the first one. That first sick call in October that takes your up to the minute iCrew display over 100 hours is not a part of a completed bid period. It’s gonna get you for November unless you have more dropping off the lookback than are coming into it, but your verification status for the current bid period should be the same all bid period long.

Originally Posted by Denny Crane

So you are saying if I call in sick for 25 hours in the beginning of the month and that takes me over 100 hrs sick leave and then call in well........then I subsequently call in sick for a 50 hour trip later in the month, I don't have to verify that 50 hr trip....

Denny

Originally Posted by Trip7

Easy fix

20% DC

Invest your DC Excess Cash as you see fit.

Originally Posted by JamesBond

I would like to see a way to tax shelter that money.