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Old 05-03-2026 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by dmhpilot
They’ve cranked up the level of A days (like SC for us)…so now FAs can’t swap or drop trips…and there aren’t people to cover last minute things.
Okay thank you. I was just curious as we tend to throw a lot of blame at scheduling dropping the ball. Wasn’t sure how it is on the FA side.
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Old 05-03-2026 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Picollo
Is the company having issues with coverage for flight attendants during all of this or just the pilots?
If memory serves the FA staffing problem was worse a few months ago, but DL has been hiring their way out of the problem.
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Old 05-03-2026 | 11:52 AM
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Our Gummster fire is really taking off on Reddit. Apparently we also fired a bunch of IT people recently too, I'm sure that will help.
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Old 05-03-2026 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Khantahr
Our Gummster fire is really taking off on Reddit. Apparently we also fired a bunch of IT people recently too, I'm sure that will help.
That was in the works the day we hired our VP of IT who was fired by USAA. The MO is fire the staff, outsource to India, collect bonus for efficiency, get fired for destroying the department.

I would love to see that phrase trending on social media or at least appear in the AJC. Anyone with a reddit fillowing care to drop it a few times? Maybe call a friend at the AJC?
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Old 05-03-2026 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunfighter
That was in the works the day we hired our VP of IT who was fired by USAA. The MO is fire the staff, outsource to India, collect bonus for efficiency, get fired for destroying the department.
Why are my apps always "fetching" something? It's not my dog, dogs fetch, not software.
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Old 05-03-2026 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by dmhpilot
They’ve cranked up the level of A days (like SC for us)…so now FAs can’t swap or drop trips…and there aren’t people to cover last minute things.

Smart......
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Old 05-03-2026 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo

Continuing to keep the RG in the chair has only created further degradation, not improvement. How much longer are the going to give him to pull out of the flat spin.

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Even he leaves Flight Ops, it will only be an upward move.

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Old 05-03-2026 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by marcal
Even he leaves Flight Ops, it will only be an upward move.
He has to have compromising photos/info on someone higher up. No other explanation at this point.
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Old 05-03-2026 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by CX500T
He has to have compromising photos/info on someone higher up. No other explanation at this point.
Didn't he help shutdown Comair? I'm sure they needed a backhoe for that
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Old 05-04-2026 | 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by marcal
Even he leaves Flight Ops, it will only be an upward move.
And who would take over for him? Bastian has set the example: purge anyone who might challenge your job at some point.

That mindset is certainly embraced in flight ops. The managers under Gumm are each a combination of Delta ideologues, pilot-haters, imbeciles, and self-serving buddy *******[mod edit].

Gumm can’t get fired. The next guys up are even worse than he is, if that’s possible. Picking a pilot at random from the seniority list may actually be a better succession plan.

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