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Rommel 11-17-2012 10:57 AM

ATL guys, My passport expires soon and I wanted to know if anyone has gotten their passport renewed in ATL? If so where? Thanks just trying to avoid a wasted day in the Chicago passport agency.

SailorJerry 11-17-2012 11:04 AM


Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1294668)

But the automated caller keeps calling until you acknowledge it.
I just want to make sure this doesn't happen at say 3 am when I have a SC that starts at 5 am.
I also was not impressed.

This is what will happen. I can almost certainly guarantee it wasn't a piece of logic that was voluntarily built into the system. An ASAP report every time it calls you twice (once is legal) during rest should take care of the programming costs. Remember you have to answer and not acknowledge. The company can call you as many times as they want during rest. If you answer, they can't call you again. If they call and call and call and you don't answer, they assume your phone is off. Not condoning this, just stating it as a fact.

So really the solution is to go back to your RJ days and add a second line to your cellphone account and take your personal number out of DBMS. There's more than one way to derail an auto notification program.

SailorJerry 11-17-2012 11:06 AM


Originally Posted by The Cavalier (Post 1294688)

I was told that the FAA has interpreted that ONE attempt to notify a pilot during a rest period of a later (legal) assignment is not a violation of rest. Repeated attempts however are a violation of rest. Understand that this is what I was told and it's not a contractual thing just a interpretation by the Feds.

Repeated "contact" restarts rest. Blowing up your turned off cell phone ("attempts") without you answering is not a rest violation.

NuGuy 11-17-2012 11:22 AM


Originally Posted by SailorJerry (Post 1294750)
Repeated "contact" restarts rest. Blowing up your turned off cell phone ("attempts") without you answering is not a rest violation.

True. Don't forget OS6 for the iPhone has a "Do Not Disturb" function.

Unfortunately, selecting that feature doesn't stop the drunken people celebrating in the parking lot of the Denny's next door at 3am, or Housekeeping yelling "Housekeeping!!!!!!" while beating on the doors next to yours when you're trying to sleep off last night's redeye.

Nu

johnso29 11-17-2012 12:17 PM


Originally Posted by The Cavalier (Post 1294723)
I thought we were short, overweight, bald guys with big watches many of whom are divorced? When did that change?

Not all of us. Just me. :(

Rogue24 11-17-2012 12:36 PM


Originally Posted by Falcon7 (Post 1294733)
What about A. Aaron? Did he get any votes?

That one is easy; Zero. 19 voting reps 11-8 equals 19 votes and it apparently was only one round. That means Art did not vote for himself.

hornetsnest 11-17-2012 12:38 PM


Originally Posted by Falcon7 (Post 1294733)
What about A. Aaron? Did he get any votes?

JL in SEA put this out in his latest email. Makes it sound like he didn't even vote for himself? The language is kinda weird. It's a 2-year term but the AP makes it sound like it's odd that TO was replaced in a normal election and then they say voted out old guy instead of voted in new guy. Does that sound goofy or is it me? Do reporters go to these things? Why do they even care?


Delta pilots elect new union leader
Delta Air Lines pilots replace union leader after 2 years
Associated Press – Nov 16, 2012

ATLANTA (AP) -- Pilots at Delta Air Lines Inc. have elected a new head of their union, replacing the previous one after just two years on the job.

The union's Master Executive Council voted out Tim O'Malley, the Air Line Pilots Association said on Friday.

He was replaced by Kingsley Roberts, an Atlanta-based pilot of Boeing 737s who has flown for Delta since 1988. Before working for Delta, Roberts flew C-130 cargo planes in the Air Force.

O'Malley, Roberts, and one other candidate had all sought the job, said Buzz Hazzard, a Delta pilot and the union's communication chairman.

The union didn't say why O'Malley was voted out. The three other main officers on the Master Executive Council retained their roles in the voting, which took place in Atlanta on Thursday.

The MEC has 19 voting members. Hazzard said the vote for Roberts was 11-8. The balloting came in a regularly scheduled vote.

Roberts' term begins on Jan. 1.

ALPA's Delta unit represents some 12,000 pilots. They've generally had a good relationship with the airline, with union leaders often invited to accompany executives when they make presentations to Wall Street analysts.

Shares of Delta Air Lines Inc. fell 10 cents to $9.39 in afternoon trading.

hornetsnest 11-17-2012 12:47 PM


Originally Posted by Rogue24 (Post 1294795)
That one is easy; Zero. 19 voting reps 11-8 equals 19 votes and it apparently was only one round. That means Art did not vote for himself.

Looks like we were typing at the same time. Why take the time and money to email every Delta pilot for support and not vote for yourself?

SailorJerry 11-17-2012 12:50 PM


Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 1294761)

True. Don't forget OS6 for the iPhone has a "Do Not Disturb" function.

Unfortunately, selecting that feature doesn't stop the drunken people celebrating in the parking lot of the Denny's next door at 3am, or Housekeeping yelling "Housekeeping!!!!!!" while beating on the doors next to yours when you're trying to sleep off last night's redeye.

Nu

Sounds like legitimate cause for a fatigue call if you're feeling un-rested.

Or - solution - go party with them at Denny's.

Rogue24 11-17-2012 12:51 PM


Originally Posted by hornetsnest (Post 1294801)
Looks like we were typing at the same time. Why take the time and money to email every Delta pilot for support and not vote for yourself?

Do not know since I have not had a chance to ask him. I suspect he will explain it. Sounds to me like whatever reasoning that he used, ego was not part of it.


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