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03-20-2024 | 06:44 PM

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overqualified52

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Originally Posted by PilotBases

If you want to be ahead of a Delta employee, you can be a Delta employee.

It's not about that . Even thousands of Delta pilots commuting home from work get bumped ,or denied I should say , by other Delta non revs that are leisure traveling . Was just including Delta/9E together since both commute on each other's metal ,which Delta owns or pays the lease payments on the RJ's anyway.

03-20-2024 | 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by overqualified52

Somebody getting to or from work is already preferred on the jumpseat by several days over personal use.

Aside from that, their travel is no more important than another delta employee traveling for leisure.

03-20-2024 | 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick Bradshaw

Except that Overqualified thought he was overqualified and turned down the flow, but now wants to whine on a Delta page about why he can't have the things that real Delta pilots get.

once again it's the fact that both 9E and Delta pilots can get bumped by other Non Rev leisure travelers that aren't commuting home from a work assignment . The subject had nothing to do with being a "real" Delta pilot like yourself. It was just the idea of Delta/ Endeavor pilots/FA's commuting home from work with S1A/S1B status, with Delta pilots/FA's getting the higher priority S1A and then everyone getting S2 status on a 9E flight. Just something that would be nice. I thought "real" pilots flew the three holer .

03-20-2024 | 08:42 PM

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[QUOTE=DWC CAP10 USAF;3783454]

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Originally Posted by Nick Bradshaw

What's propel?

Valdosta is a south Georgia dump that the regionals fly to which happens to be in proximity to a major USAF training base.[/QUOTE]

Moody is a Ops base, not a training base.

I went to IFF there. They also did some SUPT.

03-20-2024 | 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by overqualified52

I thought "real" pilots flew the three holer .

Yup, they did, however, non-revving is out of the question these days. Thanks 9E for your S3a.

03-20-2024 | 11:05 PM

#46

texas1970

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Originally Posted by overqualified52

if you want better priority commuting home, you should negotiate it in your next contract. Delta pilots already decided not to specifically negotiate for commuters when we didn’t push for positive space commuting in the most recent contract. For better or worse, commuting is your problem. If you choose to commute, you don’t get to bump someone else who is traveling for leisure.

In most industries you have to move to where you work, and if work closes your office you’re out of luck

03-21-2024 | 03:57 AM

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We have a lot of mechanics who commute to work as well as dispatchers and crew schedulers. They would get priority also correct? What about regular employees who are flying back to work from out of town who don't normally commute?

03-21-2024 | 07:25 AM

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Back to buddy passes. If this guy is to be believed, Southwest’s are about as difficult to use as ours.

Delta stowaway claims he was attempting to travel on a Southwest buddy pass