It's a sentence that isn't finished I think. There's something not considered. I just hope it doesn't drag into next year.

 

Quite true. From a Point to Point perspective these jets will fill some of the need, but the 789 or 787-1000 will probably be our aircraft of choice. I'd say sometime after 2015.

 

I agree. It's Delta's jet, not ours. We are paid to follow Delta's book. The issue is jeans, not lanyards.

 

The B School crowd believes that maintenence is regulatory and the rest is insured. That's how they are taught. They have to regurgitate that (among many other unsustainable company trashing beliefs) to not only get good grades but to get into the schools in the first place. Ditto for the throngs of incompetent Keynesian "economists", some of them peace prize winners, that don't know the basics of supply and demand or even how money works. And our march towards being over schooled and under educated continues.

And once again, a gutter trash company is hired yet excellent results are expected.

Someone probably got a bonus for their brave, innovative cost control measures even though all they did was sign the lowest bidder which a minimum wage intern could have done.

Brilliant.


Plus you gotta love that before the ink even dried in the TA the company inked deals with 37 seat and under props which don't count towards the limits and weren't in any of the DCI numbers being advertised. "They don't even want those, they just got rid of the Saabs, amirite?"

 

Wouldn't matter anyway, as the planes are within the "unconcerned types" clause. Although it does beg the question what if they get larger equipment.

 

If someone was kicked off just because they were a DPA supporter that Captain needs a blanket party from prostans.

That said, you can't jumpseat in jeans. That's so painfully obvious it shouldn't even be an issue if indeed that was the case.

 

The real big question is what is the definition of we. IMO "Skyteam pertners" are not "we." To a garden variety MBA anything in the .com portfolio network is as much we as we are we.

 

The 787-8 does weigh about 20% more empty than a 763, but it also has 30% more cabin floor area and 28% more cargo capacity. On top of that, operators are reporting a block hour fuel burn 21% less than the 763. It is not such a bad plane.
Operators Reporting Positive 787 Fuel-Burn Results

 

Reserve question:

I'm trying to drop one day of reserve next month. Can't swap reserve days so am trying to figure out whether to use a "Personal Drop" or "Authorized Personal Drop." I know it's been covered before but can't find it on the search. I've never used either one before so any guidance would be appreciated. Also, the contract (sec 23.I) is kinda confusing me.

The day I'm trying to drop is the last day of the month of October. Thanks for the help.

 

Just for kicks I went to the DPA site and read the highlights of these two "lanyard" incidents and the letters that went to the Chief Pilot's Office. I will say that one of the more tedious flights I have had occurred earlier this summer when at exactly 10,000 ft, the jumpseater started in with their DPA salespitch complete with handing out literature and going on and on about how I was going to have to personally pay for the TWA lawsuit and how my dues were going to go up and blah blah blah. I politely told this person I wasn't interested but that didn't stop it, even when I buried my face in my trusty complimentary copy of USA Today.

Now I have been a commuter all my life and would never dream of denying the jumpseat, but I can honestly say that in the future, if the requesting jumpseater had DPA stuff on them, I would tell them before we even sat down that I don't want to hear the DPA salespitch.....my question is, after reading about these two incidents, would my Chief Pilot be getting a letter from DPA if I did that?