Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

Tomorrow I start my 12th straight day of flying. All trips with strategic 24 hour breaks sprinkled in. Reserve with no yellow slip activated. I'm already over 60 hours credit with 10 days to go. CS said to expect the reign of terror for the rest of the month. We are out of pilots in my category. After my 3 day I'll be at 14 days straight flying with no end in sight. I've never worked this hard in an airplane before. My guess is 110 credit on reserve when they're through having their way with me.

Bring on the new hires before this place starts melting down further!!

scambo1

08-08-2012 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1242057)

seems like ground handling might be part of the stick to get DCI providers to agree to reshuffling the RJ fleet...

Regional Elite is no more...

Cheers
George

Now that IS GOOD NEWS!!!:):):)

scambo1

08-08-2012 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1241964)

Good point. We need to keep things in perspective. It does not matter.

At least not compared to Olympic Beach Volleyball.

http://media.komonews.com/images/120..._Women_x_4.jpg

http://2media.nowpublic.net/images//...21674b539d.jpg

I'm a pig. I like beach volleyball for the uniforms.:eek:

scambo1

08-08-2012 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 1242060)

If its not rest, then it breaks up the lookback. That's why if you don't check your schedule during your 24 hour FAR rest, as soon as that rest is over, that is a break in your rest. If you have a report 5 hours later that's fine, but the break in your rest triggers the lookback and is therefore functionally the same as duty. They can't have it both ways. They just can't.

Okay amigo, you be the pioneer on that one.

It doesn't apply to me anyhow, but very interestingly, there is an internal co. memo floating around about the (im)practicality of 24 hour shortcall for ULH crews. It is very illuminatig about how the company looks at it - and IMO, it is a factual and honest viewpoint the company takes.

If you are an ULH pilot that sits reserve sometimes, the memo is not "readily available." tic

buzzpat

08-08-2012 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by fly2002 (Post 1242299)

I just finished up 13 days in a row. I feel your pain.

buzzpat

08-08-2012 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by groundstop (Post 1242181)

Even in BK these guys have more balls than the DAL pilot group. Wow...

I think that's more a referendum on the relationship between the company and the pilots than the size of their cojones....

groundstop