Im down. Clear left, right, and above.

If you don't mind me asking, roughly where do you fly in from? We have been looking at leaving VA, and while the Seniority in NYC is nice, GA in winter is to put it nicely, a **** show barring the expense (de-ice, need a FIKI plane a lot etc)
As it is, pre-COVID I was sitting reserve at home knowing under the old (now new again) commute rules if I didn't get on the late RJ to NYC, I had to drive and there was maybe one day a week where the reduced flights (Saturday I think) there was 2-3 hours where a min call = just drive. (5-7 hours to NYC airports for me)
Positive space/no backup COVID I had a 2-3 hour "no mans land" window, but never had to drive it.

Now? We've lost our 50 seater service, used to have 13 flights a day on DL RJs... Plus another 7 or so between American and United. Now? 8 on a good day. And nothing after 1645. I was entertaining the GA commute again.

It’s not the pilots who will have issues. It’s the thousands of FA’s who are mostly junior and many still commute who’ve never had to ever be a real commuter. And from my inside information many if not all that have been hired in last few years have Family Leave… so they can call in sick w/out repercussions. Which means they can call out on a missed commute without issue.

Also I believe the company came out and said that they (FA's) can only get PS on their backup flight twice in a rolling 12 months, or face disciplinary action.

An FA told me something like 5000+ FAs have been hired since positive space was a thing. That’s a big chunk that are now adjusting to the commuter life.

My first commute post PS was pleasant. Had the jumpseat. Gate agents were very polite and told me to expect a seat. They cleared standbys before boarding and listed me NRSA when they knew there were seats and got me an exit row. Not used to that service in South Florida. I’m sure it’ll go back to what it was, but it made the transition smooth today.

Thunderstorms, covid, payback days.

My first post PSC was looking like a real crap shoot and didn’t want to make the over 4 hour drive

I also developed a nasty cough the night before, so I guess you can say it all worked out…

This POS airline always has some “pay load optimization” problem. It’s not even worth it for me to try and JS. I’d rather buy a ticket on UA, or NK. I think other airlines should start pulling DLs agreements. It’s BS

thank you for this important comment

Said the guy who has spent exactly zero days on property..come back, little fella, when you've been through indoc.

Jacksonville Center won't take the hand off.

If he is in fact coming to delta or works at Delta he is clueless about the jumpseat rules.

Clown is supposedly a 9E LCA who will be flowing here soon. I’m sure they are leaving behind a slew of new hires who will miss them dearly.

I know enough to understand the disappointment when trying to JS on delta mainline.

But, with our generous raise at 9E, I can now afford to buy tickets when I need to travel. However, won’t be giving DL any business. I’d rather make a connection.

Please find employment elsewhere, although it’s doubtful that’s an option for such a (insert username here).

I need to flow first so I can collect the remainder of my bonus money. After day 2 of Indoc, I’m going to apply to FedEx. I have a buddy there who owes me a favor.

You seem to be owed a lot of things. Good luck.

Buying tickets is probably an option a bunch of Pilots will start looking at. Not so sure however, about the wisdom of a connecting flight to avoid a nonstop on Delta - other airlines all have their share of issues also.

Scoop

Im sure you can apply to Fedex now. What’s holding you? Peanuts of money that you’ll probably will double with better seniority at Fedex.

Very very very short sighted…

​​​​​​He's not intelligent. If he's a LCA at Endeavor, he's been there long enough to get the "favor" from his buddy already and could have left before the bonuses. If you want to go to FedEx, by all means, byeeee

I fly out of Fresno when I jumpseat. BTW, thanks! I just checked and we are down to 1 direct flight a day that leaves at 6:25am. Without your input I would have thought we still had 2. That just doesn't cut it for a 11pm SYD departure. I've done the 2-leg commute thing on DL through SLC and that just sucks and really not doable unless PS; WN through LAS works better. Not to mention, it is a 45min drive to FAT for me. My home airport is 2O6 and is 5 min from my house, hanger lease is $1,200/year. I usually preflight the day before just to make sure everything is good (didn't leave the master on or stupid stuff like that). Now the bad: winter. When and if we ever get rain, the freezing level tends to be quite low; the MEA for the direct routes is 9,500. They often close I-5 also due to snow. After the rain we get Tule fog and the horizontal visibility is almost nil but surprisingly the VV is good. I’ve flown VFR into our airport when visibility was reported 0/0 as you can see through the fog all the way to touchdown; it makes taxiing interesting. It’s class G airspace below 1,200’ here, no instrument approach and no fuel on the field. On the days I can’t get back in I VFR, I just do an ILS to MCE which is like 15 miles north and if that fails, I head for one of the VFR mountain airports MPI, O22, to wait it out and enjoy their coffee and reasonable fuel prices.



Probably way too much information, I know. Figuring out a routine and doing it a few times is like riding a bike (get on, fall off, repeat). The turbo Mooney is a great airplane. You’re not going to carry 4 PPL, bags and fuel but you can pick 2 out of 3, well 2 1/2. You can climb high and haul ass at 170kts burning 11-12 GPH or pull the power WAY back to 120-130kts burning 5.5 GPH. Bottom line, airplanes are expensive but being able to leave my house and be in the air in less than 30 min is great. No drive and parking at the airport, leaving a backup flight, all to sit around the crew lounge for hours before report. BTW, when I do commute due to wx or the airplane being down and such, my backup is to drive so I still allow 4+ hours from the last departure. Driving in LA traffic is horrible and the drive home consist of 3 hours of dead straight road, boring. The replies are going to be “just move closer to the airport.” NO THANK YOU. We love living in a small red-neck town.

I want to collect my bonus money from endeavor. It requires me to flow to delta first.

Don’t forget leap year! Even if it’s not leap year.

Very short sided given the seniority numbers you are losing at FedEx. Enjoy it at FedEx. I have a lot of friends there. It’s brutal if you lack seniority!

What’s an extra year at the top of the FedEx pay scale pay?


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Doesn't that describe Southern GA and most of Alabama....all drivable to ATL

This^^^^^^

FedEx hiring has slowed significantly. If that’s your goal, do us all a favor and apply now so you actually get an interview

Cool story

Red-neck country in CA is getting sparse.

Not TMI at all. Thanks for sharing.

Follow up question: what’s your best time from Mooney shutdown to TBIT/lounge? Uber vs train? Not poking holes, I’ve been wanting to do this for a while so I’m genuinely curious.

no we don't want him either, thanks tho.

I wonder if he’s going to demand that FedEx honor his 6 years seniority like he demands that Delta does.

I am pretty sure the jumpseat is not payload optimized.

Not for delta employees. OAL is a different story.

I’ll admit, not sure if endeavor gets same protections, I would hope they do.

They do not unless it was previously booked by a Delta pilot I think

How does that make any sense?

Ideally, we’d move to time of check in for non-rev like AA. I’m sick of large families bumping me last minute.

What are you talking about? Nonrev or jumpseat. Because, heck no on AA’s jumpseat policy. Nonrev: seniority with a few S2/holiday/s1 passes sprinkled in. Pretty standard stuff. Why should a new hire bump my family of who cares how many. It’s my benefit. PSC is done, but like many have said, we are getting on anyways so why the angst?

Clowndown is just Endeavor-Drum. It’s really best to just leave it alone.