Very sneaky.

 

Bad joke. I just couldn't help it.

When you start reading Boomer posts you start feeling the pressure to say something funny too.

 

Just add 2, 4 or 6 days to your current day, and that's when you can book the jumpseat for personal use, from work and to work, respectively. So by Noon Eastern on 7 Jul you can reserve a jumpseat for the 13th.

 

Got it, thanks.

 

I thought this was interesting. After voting, I noticed the articles scrolling by and found this one:

Delta Air Lines could save $473 million in engine maintenance, Bombardier CRJ200 ownership and Delta Connection contract costs if its pilots ratify a new collective bargaining agreement they will vote on this month, Aviation Week reported.

Delta Air Lines could save $473M with new pilot contract - Business Courier

For those looking for sources...

 

Can't possibly be....... This is not a cost-neutral TA, let alone one that actually saves the company money.



I think there was a similar article somebody posted from the NYTimes or somewhere like that.

 

Here goes...

777's are international seats, and wouldn't have the impact of replacing DCI flying.

You gotta get the airframes in domestic flying to replace the DCI...Add 88 more 717/319/CS's.

(88 seems to be a magic and beautiful number don't you think?)

102 x 70 seats = 7140 seats
125 x 50 seats = 6250 seats

13,390 seats 227 airframes currently in those groups.

DAL wants to swap again? Awesome.

88 more SNB's, 227 RJ's ratioed out to increase 76's by another 77.

77 x 76 seats = 5852 seats. (decrease of 7,538 seats).

New DCI hull limit decreased from 450 to 300, whatever they want 76 seats and below. (hell give 'em 79, it'd be 900 system seats, decrease in DCI ASM's is still huge)

DCI percentage allowable changes to the DAL "planned" 64/36 presently, after swap 75/25 domestic block hour ratio.

1) No GTF's or "next-gen" powerplants allowed at DCI on anything above 30 seats.
2) ALK decreases to 20% max... on ALL routes
3) JV protection increases to 50% of EASK's, 50% of block hours, or 50% of segments, whichever is GREATEST
4) Whatever ACL thinks is necessary for foreign ownership protections.
5) Future DCI contracts only allowed to go to ALPA represented pilot groups, and also have flow-down provision.
6) newK anoints: himself to whatever title he wants, ftb 88 Fleet Captain, Shiz 88 Chief Line Check Airman, Ferd Pres. of FA hiring, jesse is Ferd's VP
7)DCI restricted to less than 7.5% over 900 miles, 3% hub to hub.

 

I miss Tsquare...

 

And that's just the engine maintenance? Not to mention stopping the hemorrhaging of all those money wasting jets on an operational level (gas, bumped pax, lease payments for insanely overpriced jets bought at peak bubble prices and locked into long term deals, etc). That's probably way more than just the re-engine cost.

 

Guys who vote yes on this TA as is are not too bright, all the DALPA cheerleading not withstanding. There is more to be gained in this contract given what management stands to gain. Some people believe everything they are told though, including company supplied numbers (those given to DALPA to disseminate).

It's too bad because we likely will have to live with the set backs in this contract for a very long time (we are giving up what leverage we have. The next round we will likely be ignored by management).