Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
10-09-2012 | 04:38 AM
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I flew with a guy who had someone on the jumpseat who knew someone who went to NCE on a WS last year. Over Thanksgiving, I think it was.
10-09-2012 | 04:56 AM
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10-09-2012 | 05:04 AM
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we shouldn't have any kind of private swap system. We should remove the absurd Reserves Required restrictions that caused people to run away from SWP, and we should have a 21-st century SINGLE MARKET for PCS, where seniority and transparency rule every transaction, and a SWP is not assigned a lower priority than a drop/WS, but handled as a simultaneous conditional drop and pick-up withn the same priority. IT WOULD ALL FIT WITHIN MAX PICK-UP, with a bow-wave, and we could all fill up throughout the year, to a reasonable amount that would be more in line to the pilot profession than the oldest profession.
Someone should bring this up and the next DALPA shin-dig as we really do need protection from ourselves.
10-09-2012 | 05:43 AM
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Like I said; victory, back slaps for everyone. Time will tell. I dont care.
10-09-2012 | 05:53 AM
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Scambo, as you know, our trip mix makes it hard to 'fill up' to...75-82, if you've got a 70hr. line, as there is very little in open time, and what's there is usually too much time, ie. 32-46, and too much time to white slip...UNLESS...you unload a trip to do it. (ie. trip parking)
So, you are left with the low time line, or come up with a creative work around. I would prefer we go to a fixed cap, at the ALV, and then have bow wave and spill back added, to 'fix' the short months. This would eliminate a lot of the games people play.
Sure, they might still find a way to pick up a 46hr. trip on top of their 76hr. line, but they'd only be paid the ALV, and the rest could be used to fill up last month, and/or spill fwd to next mo.
Of course the MEC would then take a pay cut...from 87 down to 82.
Boo frickity hoo.
So, you are left with the low time line, or come up with a creative work around. I would prefer we go to a fixed cap, at the ALV, and then have bow wave and spill back added, to 'fix' the short months. This would eliminate a lot of the games people play.
Sure, they might still find a way to pick up a 46hr. trip on top of their 76hr. line, but they'd only be paid the ALV, and the rest could be used to fill up last month, and/or spill fwd to next mo.
Of course the MEC would then take a pay cut...from 87 down to 82.
Boo frickity hoo.
10-09-2012 | 06:04 AM
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10-09-2012 | 07:09 AM
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Never enough Julianne Hough.
10-09-2012 | 07:09 AM
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Scambo, as you know, our trip mix makes it hard to 'fill up' to...75-82, if you've got a 70hr. line, as there is very little in open time, and what's there is usually too much time, ie. 32-46, and too much time to white slip...UNLESS...you unload a trip to do it. (ie. trip parking)
So, you are left with the low time line, or come up with a creative work around. I would prefer we go to a fixed cap, at the ALV, and then have bow wave and spill back added, to 'fix' the short months. This would eliminate a lot of the games people play.
Sure, they might still find a way to pick up a 46hr. trip on top of their 76hr. line, but they'd only be paid the ALV, and the rest could be used to fill up last month, and/or spill fwd to next mo.
Of course the MEC would then take a pay cut...from 87 down to 82.
Boo frickity hoo.
So, you are left with the low time line, or come up with a creative work around. I would prefer we go to a fixed cap, at the ALV, and then have bow wave and spill back added, to 'fix' the short months. This would eliminate a lot of the games people play.
Sure, they might still find a way to pick up a 46hr. trip on top of their 76hr. line, but they'd only be paid the ALV, and the rest could be used to fill up last month, and/or spill fwd to next mo.
Of course the MEC would then take a pay cut...from 87 down to 82.
Boo frickity hoo.
I've been on the 777 for over 5 years. You and I probably went to school at close to the same time. Like you, I have struggled with the trip mix issues. Over the past year, I have been able to average slightly over 90 hrs/mo...AVERAGED OUT. To do this, I have done the vacation month stuff, LCA stuff, GS, RLL to big GS, every trick except parking.
I totally agree with the fact that this needs a fix. I like the bowwave, and I've never understood why there were different rules for opentime/swap/pickup. Recently, there have been improvements to line building ability.
If there was no pickup limit, I am certain that several guys would be on the road 30 days a month. I like to be on the road less than 12.
10-09-2012 | 07:13 AM
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Soooo, when are we going to hire for the SEA expansion???
10-09-2012 | 07:32 AM
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