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Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 1276221)

Go to one of the ALPA R&I seminars...

I did, totally worth it, but without the PPOA, I think the new contractual plan (DPMP), is going to look pretty decent.. Only healthcare plan to actually DECREASE in cost for next year, all others went up.

I haven't made up my mind yet, but the seminar and the expertise there is one of the better uses of dues dollars.

Thanks Shiz! Is the Delta Pilot Medical Plan (DPMP), the one that cost around $450/month for the family? I am eyeing that.

TEN

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1276509)

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it's how you shoot the approach to 35 in pns. but don't worry, you only do it when the weather is bad.

I vaguely remember having to shoot one for real in the -9 somewhere in Canada (Winnepeg?) because the ILS was down because of snow on the GS antenna. It was interesting to say the least, and the visibility was like 3 or 4 miles.

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Originally Posted by THEBRICK (Post 1276577)

Thought I would move this here.

Anyone else really bugged by not getting your pay raise on your date of hire, but rather your date of flight. Northwest is the only airline that I have seen do this. This only affects about 300 guys since the rest of the fnwa are on 12th year pay and south guys get paid on there date of hire. My hire date is 9/24/07, but since the first guy in my class finished OE on Nov 15th, we don't get our next years pay raise until three months past our hire date, 12/30 paycheck. That is a lot of money lost over those 12 years. I was mad when this got grandfathered into the contract, but more mad when I was told by ALPA they didn't want to waste capital on this fight for only 300 people. Let's fix this.

I agree this is something that should be fixed. However, it's not going to happen. I pushed pretty hard right after the JCBA was signed to get this done.

There were 4-5 of us that followed up for awhile, but the answer was (and I'm sure still is) that every faction of the pilot group has some injustice that they would like to see pursued or "made right."

Another example for our small slice of the seniority list is the fact that 2010 DAL hires were/are getting a higher DC contribution, despite the fact that our little group did not have a DB plan (this was the explanation that was given for why fnwa received a lower DC.)

While I think both of these issues should be taken care of yesterday, I accept that compromises were made during the merger negotiations. We unfortunately did not have much of an advocacy because we were mostly still on probation (couldn't vote for the JCBA) and were such a small group that it probably just fell through the cracks.

I wish you luck in pursuing this, but my recommendation would be to be happy with where we have gone since the merger. I know my pay is significantly higher than I was expecting it to be by year 5/6 at NWA.

Maybe I'm a defeatist, but I just don't see this as a battle worth fighting - especially 4 years after the fact.

Go Beavs!!! Backup QB & still took out BYU.

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Originally Posted by bluejuice71 (Post 1276594)

Go Beavs!!! Backup QB & still took out BYU.

H3lls to the YES!! Go Beavs!!!! 5 and oh.....

South Carolina defensive line would make Newk pause.

but just for a moment

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Originally Posted by Roadkill (Post 1276470)

argghhhh.... no B schedules out yet a full day after the A's... the suspense is killing me! Did I over think it? Did my new "no forgets/redo" bid algorithm have any huge bugs in it that will drive me to "award trips" as the first step? Will my family have a thanksgiving holiday this year with our inlaws or will they sit at home with no Dad? Will I get the weekends abutting vacation off? Will FTB get his best schedule yet off the default? Will Lassie save the day?

must...hold...out.... more...coffee...

I have the same concern for next month. I hope I didn't overthink it and cause a self-inflicted bad schedule.

Shout out to the volunteers who make sure our schedules are as good as they can be...word!

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Originally Posted by THEBRICK (Post 1276577)

MD-88/90 pilots who are paid less than 320/19 pilots are right with ya. But guess what we have in common? Juniority--apparently we're not worth listening to.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1276509)

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it's how you shoot the approach to 35 in pns. but don't worry, you only do it when the weather is bad.

Watched a 777B going to the left seat of the 9 do his first OE leg into PNS while on the JS. Would have been even more entertaining if it had been his second or third leg (so the LCA wasn't doing the landing) and it had been to mins with winds out of the north. :eek:

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Originally Posted by THEBRICK (Post 1276516)

Does anyone know where the medical reimbursement shows up on our paychecks. I had an ekg for the first time at 35, and want to see what they paid me. Any idea what the code is?

It's on the right hand side of the pay stub and listed as a "Misc Flt." It will be a negative number to indicate a credit to you pay check. This is where any expense you submit and are re-imbursed for will appear.

Denny