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Old 09-25-2023, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by tennisguru
A U3 captain is someone who is upgrading with less than 3 years on property at Delta.
We’ve had those since 2017. Seems like a dumb generalization.
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Old 09-25-2023, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Gspeed
We’ve had those since 2017. Seems like a dumb generalization.
It is. It's dumb and arbitrary and it's putting extra pressure and scrutiny on a bunch of people who don't necessarily deserve it.

But as said before, nothing you did before Delta counts...
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Old 09-25-2023, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Bradshaw
It is. It's dumb and arbitrary and it's putting extra pressure and scrutiny on a bunch of people who don't necessarily deserve it.

But as said before, nothing you did before Delta counts...
The term came about when the upgrade times started to drop drastically and we had people being awarded CA spots with less than 1000 hours 121 time and there was no mechanism in the PWA to handle that. So there was an LOA that spelled out how people in that situation would be handled. Along with that the company agreed that any person with less than 3 years on property who qualified for the short upgrade course on their initial upgrade could elect to go through the full upgrade course instead. So this is where the concept of a "U3" upgrade came from. This part of the LOA has now been superseded by the new PWA which give any first time upgrade, regardless of time on property, the option to go through the full upgrade course if they qualify for the short upgrade course.
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Old 09-25-2023, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Bradshaw
Uh... what? Do you even fly the line here?

IAH approach on the base vector for 8L: "Hey Delta xxx can you accept a change to 8R"?

Me: "unable".

United always seems to be able to handle it. I wonder why.

My fleet's VOL 1 has a note stating that the captain can waive the runway change items if the runway change can be accomplished visually.
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Old 09-25-2023, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by flipflopsflyer
My fleet's VOL 1 has a note stating that the captain can waive the runway change items if the runway change can be accomplished visually.
717 also has this note.
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Old 09-25-2023, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by flipflopsflyer
My fleet's VOL 1 has a note stating that the captain can waive the runway change items if the runway change can be accomplished visually.
Taxiway M anyone?
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Old 09-25-2023, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunfighter
Taxiway M anyone?
Seriously. On downwind? What's in it for us? No upside, plenty of downside. I'll keep the briefed runway with an instrument back-up, thank you very much.
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Old 09-26-2023, 03:56 PM
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Here's the October 3rd one

ATL 7ER
MSP 73N
SLC 73N
SLC 320
NYC 220
ATL 717
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Old 09-28-2023, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by v1rotatay
Here's the October 3rd one

ATL 7ER
MSP 73N
SLC 73N
SLC 320
NYC 220
ATL 717
The MSP 73N wave continues!
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Old 09-28-2023, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by iLikeMoose
The MSP 73N wave continues!
330/350 drought continues
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