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Johnso,

So the 10/15 pay will be the cleanup for September?

Having a brain fart. Thanks.

I think the Sep 30/ paycheck (on the 28th) is for the first half of Sept (1/2 of reserve guarantee for reserve). I say this because I had a pay jump in Sept and the Sept 28th check is the first check that reflected the higher pay rate. Oct 15 will then reflect the remainder of September.
If what you are saying is true, I.e. the last day is an advance, then we'll all see January 2013s pay raise on Dec 31, which I doubt will be seen until Jan 31.

Ok, this might jive with what I am seeing. Makes sense. 30th (9/28) check is the $$ from the first half of the month (9/1-9/15). The subsequent check on the 15th (10/15) is the cleanup of the previous month (9/16-9/30).

TEN

What's funny is there has been two times this year where I looked at the national radar and found the only place on the map where there was a cell was; 1.) where I was flying into and, 2.) where I was. The weather has not gotten the memo.

I can't wait until next week. I love secret videos. Acl, should just deny it was him. :)

ALPA can't change the safety culture of an airline by itself. Safety and politics, within each airline, need to be kept entirely separate, otherwise you'll have hostages on both sides of the field and you'll be sacrificing safety while you try to keep the company from signing another La Quinta contract.

Let the safety folks do their work, let the political folks do their work.

BUT!

The political side of the union is the side that has to empower pilots to feel secure knowing their safety related decisions will be supported. At DAL, ala SMS, we get "stop the operation. We'll back you 100%". In other words, we have the support of management. At DCI, the pilots are too busy trying to get to DAL, so they don't want to make waves, so they don't feel that they can stop the operation in the interest of safety. Tough to risk manage when all you want is to fly for someone else.

DALPA can only do so much besides be a good example though, unless next section 6 the pilot group decides to spend negotiating capital on ensuring DCI carriers use the DAL hiring process, and have robust ASAP and FOQA programs. So let Chad and Dave set the example, but let them be experts in politics, and let the safety experts be the safety experts. Otherwise...well...you can imagine how we'll that'd go over.

Each culture of each airline is unique, and each culture is passionately nationalistic. So just wishing for it won't change it. Bringing the airlines in closer (ala Pinnacle) may effect some positive change, however.

Most airlines don't have an ACARS that was designed to be so user friendly. The Honeywell ACARS on a CRJ interfacing with a Rockwell avionics package is a bad idea. The Rockwell Datalink isn't much better.

Your MEL is just so great though. That's awesome.

This really is the most salient point.

I have seen the game as it is played at a non-ALPA carrier.
I've been there, I've seen colleagues fired to "get the FAA off our back".
It's why I voted to be represented by ALPA in a representative election.

This is the key reason for having a national union!
One level of safety. As long as operators out there are able to take creative shortcuts, they will always have the lower cost of an ALPA represented carrier.

The biggest threat to ALPA isn't the DPA, but ALPA itself.

• Transparency
• Accountability
• And a desire for openness are the first steps.

Cheers
George

johnso29, that is not correct. The end of month check is paid as half the reserve guarantee for that month, and is an "advance" only in that it is pay for flight in that month that will finally be paid in full on the 15th of the next month.

For example: Your Sep flying will be paid on Sep 30th and Oct 15th. On the first check, you get the first XX hours (equal to half the reserve guarantee) and on Oct 15th you get whatever else you are owed (plus per diem).

The Sep 30 check was much lower, because reserve guarantees in Sep went way down compared to the summer months.

That is not correct either. See my reply to johnso in another post. If you flew zero hours from 9-1 thru 9-15, but flew a ton in the last half, you'll still get half the reserve guarantee in your 9/30 check.