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cni187 09-27-2012 03:44 PM


Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1267550)
If there is excess reserve coverage, just use a "personal drop."

You get one Authorized Personal Drop every year... it allows you to drop a trip or up to four days of reserve coverage as long as reserves available are >25% of reserves required (but can be denied over holidays). Basically much more latitude for you to drop days.

Bottom line, if reserves available are more than reserves required, use a Personal Drop (which are unlimited as long as reserve coverage is positive) and save your APD for next time.

Your pay is affected isn't it? Say you drop one day in a month where your guarantee is 72. You won't get paid 72 right?

cni187 09-27-2012 03:46 PM


Originally Posted by flyallnite (Post 1267572)
Bingo. .

Been there, got the shirt.

Jack Bauer 09-27-2012 03:53 PM


Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1267564)
johnso is right. TC has lost credibility.

DPA is irrelevant.
You DALPA guys can stop obsessing.

Haha what I find the most amusing is watching the handful of ALPA guys parrot each other here....

"YUP them DPA are puuuure nonsense.....wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.....they lost all credibility....aint that right Alpha?" You got that right Sailing...". It's like watching Congress (who vote in their own pay raises) take pot shots at the private sector for being corrupt.

The fact is a whole bunch of guys have sent in DPA cards. Yes some were lookieluers and some let their card expire but there is still a boat load of guys sick to death of business as usual at (D)ALPA. I would say the anti DPAers should focus on cleaning their own house before pointing fingers. It's pretty messed up over there. Leadership can't even follow their own mandates one week to the next. The hostility toward DPA makes me think a bunch of ALPA guys are getting nervous their cushy lifestyle and gravytrain premium pay situation might be in jeopardy.

TC has said a few boneheaded things I will give you that. We all have when pushed. That said, for the record he has many times said HE is not anointing himself king (ala the way ALPA might) and ultimately wont be at the helm of DPA. Leadership at DPA will be elected and the hierarchy infrastructure will eliminate a lot of the BS "thinking and deciding on our behalf" we have to put with under an ALPA/Moak administration. Rant over.

Gomerglideslope 09-27-2012 04:19 PM


Originally Posted by Jack Bauer (Post 1267587)
Haha what I find the most amusing is watching the handful of ALPA guys parrot each other here....

"YUP them DPA are puuuure nonsense.....wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.....they lost all credibility....aint that right Alpha?" You got that right Sailing...". It's like watching Congress (who vote in their own pay raises) take pot shots at the private sector for being corrupt.

The fact is a whole bunch of guys have sent in DPA cards. Yes some were lookieluers and some let their card expire but there is still a boat load of guys sick to death of business as usual at (D)ALPA. I would say the anti DPAers should focus on cleaning their own house before pointing fingers. It's pretty messed up over there. Leadership can't even follow their own mandates one week to the next. The hostility toward DPA makes me think a bunch of ALPA guys are getting nervous their cushy lifestyle and gravytrain premium pay situation might be in jeopardy.

TC has said a few boneheaded things I will give you that. We all have when pushed. That said, for the record he has many times said HE is not anointing himself king (ala the way ALPA might) and ultimately wont be at the helm of DPA. Leadership at DPA will be elected and the hierarchy infrastructure will eliminate a lot of the BS "thinking and deciding on our behalf" we have to put with under an ALPA/Moak administration. Rant over.

I don't think its accurate to dismiss their views as "parroting"....and it doesn't seem to me to be anti-DPA hostility or antipathy, it is just that the DPA is largely irrelevant. That is the point, and I think it is an accurate one.

DeadHead 09-27-2012 04:26 PM


Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 1267573)
Anyone know what's up with Icrew Max? Apparently Delta has cut off their access to ICrew.

Anyone else think Icrew max is getting a little greedy?

I find the app useful, but $12/month seems a little steep.
(Regardless of the annual discount)
As useful as the app is, I don't think it justifies a monthly subscription.
Don't plan on renewing even though I like the app's usability.

Columbia 09-27-2012 04:29 PM


Originally Posted by grasshopper (Post 1267431)
God bless the marines. She supports the marines but I'd like to know if she's being adequately supported as well...

3 more payments, and those puppies are all hers!

buzzpat 09-27-2012 04:40 PM


Originally Posted by DeadHead (Post 1267601)
Anyone else think Icrew max is getting a little greedy?

I find the app useful, but $12/month seems a little steep.
(Regardless of the annual discount)
As useful as the app is, I don't think it justifies a monthly subscription.
Don't plan on renewing even though I like the app's usability.

I've always thought it was high but at $36 a year, the access to open time was like crack. I'm hoping I'm not a moron for renewing.

flyallnite 09-27-2012 04:41 PM


Originally Posted by DeadHead (Post 1267601)
Anyone else think Icrew max is getting a little greedy?

I find the app useful, but $12/month seems a little steep.
(Regardless of the annual discount)
As useful as the app is, I don't think it justifies a monthly subscription.
Don't plan on renewing even though I like the app's usability.

I hope the days of needing a 3rd party vendor to have basic mobile connectivity are numbered. We should have full accessability and functionality across a range of devices, and it should be company provided. Bidding software included.

johnso29 09-27-2012 04:48 PM


Originally Posted by cni187 (Post 1267580)
Your pay is affected isn't it? Say you drop one day in a month where your guarantee is 72. You won't get paid 72 right?

Your pay is indeed deducted for each day you personal drop. When reserve guarantee was 70 hours it was around 4 hours of pay lost for each day dropped.

forgot to bid 09-27-2012 04:55 PM

wow, that was a rough hit.


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