Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-23-2013 | 10:31 AM
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I really don't think network guys give a flying hoot how many regional airlines are in the DAL network.. It is a matter of seats in coach, economy comfort and first class that matters, they are all just steel tubes with a max occupancy, from 9E/DL/AF/VS... Pretty sure it doesn't matter at all for the ticketing and revenue modeling.
My wife has had friends on three separate occasions in the past year be on business trips and get stuck on the first leg out of ATL for CRJ-700/900s having an issue but there is no maintenance. Maybe it was a simple issue and could've been resolved quickly had it been ASA. But it wasn't and they delayed the flight six or seven hours and well they all walked away because they missed their meetings. One was to HOU another was to one of the Panhandle airports and I forgot the other. Actually, one person was supposed to leave early in the morning and give a speech that night at 7pm, they made that by a few minutes to spare.
I know we'll never go back to one regional per hub but it seems like it would be the most efficient operation wise... until there is a strike. Seems like shuffling flying around might have been the best way to break a regionals leverage.
01-23-2013 | 10:47 AM
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Will this change Delta's social media policy?
Facebook
Job seekers have already heard any number of nightmare stories about people who learned a hard lesson in the age of social media. Companies visit social sites to check out potential candidates, and if you’re the one asking to be hired, you don’t want your named tagged in Facebook photo of you dancing drunkenly on a bar in a bikini (especially if you’re a guy).
That’s a deal-breaker for someone knocking on a company’s door looking for work. Once on the inside, employees find large and small businesses alike very protective of their own online reputations. The web has proven to be a great equalizer, for better and for worse, and all it takes is a few discouraging words or downturned thumbs to scare away customers. Employee manuals commonly include strict rules about what can and can’t be said online, even from private accounts — with a threat of terminating the employee for violating policy.
No can do, says the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB, first formed to protect unions, says workers have the same right to discuss work on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks as they do at the water cooler. Barring a breach of confidentiality, employers cannot fire you for talking trash online.
Specific guidelines are yet to be determined, but recent rulings and advisories by labor regulators have made blanket restrictions on disparaging comments about managers, co-workers, or a company illegal, according to a report in The New York Times. The NLRB has even ordered the reinstatement of some workers previously fired for such violations.
The new rulings will reshape the social-media policies of companies in the private sector. As the Times notes, the new employee protections come at a time when schools, universities, government agencies, and corporations are debating what constitutes appropriate online discussion.
Job seekers have already heard any number of nightmare stories about people who learned a hard lesson in the age of social media. Companies visit social sites to check out potential candidates, and if you’re the one asking to be hired, you don’t want your named tagged in Facebook photo of you dancing drunkenly on a bar in a bikini (especially if you’re a guy).
That’s a deal-breaker for someone knocking on a company’s door looking for work. Once on the inside, employees find large and small businesses alike very protective of their own online reputations. The web has proven to be a great equalizer, for better and for worse, and all it takes is a few discouraging words or downturned thumbs to scare away customers. Employee manuals commonly include strict rules about what can and can’t be said online, even from private accounts — with a threat of terminating the employee for violating policy.
No can do, says the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB, first formed to protect unions, says workers have the same right to discuss work on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks as they do at the water cooler. Barring a breach of confidentiality, employers cannot fire you for talking trash online.
Specific guidelines are yet to be determined, but recent rulings and advisories by labor regulators have made blanket restrictions on disparaging comments about managers, co-workers, or a company illegal, according to a report in The New York Times. The NLRB has even ordered the reinstatement of some workers previously fired for such violations.
The new rulings will reshape the social-media policies of companies in the private sector. As the Times notes, the new employee protections come at a time when schools, universities, government agencies, and corporations are debating what constitutes appropriate online discussion.
We are under the RLA, not the NLRB, but maybe it could set a precedent.
01-23-2013 | 10:48 AM
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01-23-2013 | 10:58 AM
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01-23-2013 | 11:00 AM
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01-23-2013 | 11:37 AM
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Nevermind... that was kind of a dumb story anyway....
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01-23-2013 | 12:28 PM
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01-23-2013 | 12:37 PM
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Looks like AAPL missed. Glad I got stopped out at 680. Same with AMZN at 250. They both were a big part of my DC plan gaining 109% last year. I mostly trade the vix futures (short), short corn futures now, and long natural gas right now for a quick trade.
01-23-2013 | 12:52 PM
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01-23-2013 | 01:04 PM
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As far as the beard, I ruined a razor hacking that thing off... I felt like a Spartan up until that point... except that I was sick practically the entire time!
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