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Originally Posted by cni187 (Post 1346192)

You know it's Feb and time is lean when dudes are white slipping Africa trips and 2 day transcons.

And MEX. :eek: I love it!!! :D

No MEX picked up today, but it's been happening quite a bit lately.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1346180)

If you are cleared to push and hit the beacon but then ramp says hold your position change of plans, or the tug dies, are we supposed to turn the beacon back off?

I had the former happen last night.

You can turn it off. It won't change the block out time though.

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Originally Posted by dalad (Post 1346186)

A Delta pilot is the new COO of Pinnacle? Huh?

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Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1346171)

We could easily fix this whole beacon on = flight pay nonsense by changing the word "Duty" to "Flight" ie. we get paid FLIGHT PAY for all time on Duty. Then there would be zero incentive to turn the beacon on, until you are fully ready and cleared to push.

It shouldn't matter if we are sitting in a black chair for 3 hours, waiting to fly to RDU, or DHing around the system, or if you are sleeping on the way to Dubai, we should be getting paid Flight Pay when we are At WORK.

If the company would rather sit us in a black chair in ATL, than fly us, well, that's their choice, but FU, PM comes to mind.

You are right, but their counter will be "that is what the duty rig is for".

Face it, no matter in what manner it comes to us, we want more money. Attempts to reduce "more money" are offensive to all of us.:mad:

Micromanaging the operation will come back to bite them, the more rules they make, the more I will follow the rules without solving problems. If those rules end up hosing the operation because they don't want us to use our heads to "make it work" I don't care, it has become the Company's problem not mine. They pay us a shotload of money to make good decisions, if they take away the asset of the Delta Pilots using good judgement on the line, the operation will suffer.

Fixed it for you.

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Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 1346211)

You are right, but their counter will be "that is what the duty rig is for".

Face it, no matter in what manner it comes to us, we want more money. Attempts to reduce "more money" are offensive to all of us.:mad:

Micromanaging the operation will come back to bite them, the more rules they make, the more I will follow the rules without solving problems. If those rules end up hosing the operation because they don't want us to use our heads to "make it work" I don't care, it has become the Company's problem not mine. They pay us a shotload less then they should of money to make good decisions, if they take away the asset of the Delta Pilots using good judgement on the line, the operation will suffer.

Why not just not ask for a raise next contract, and instead just ask for pay from Sign in till end of the last flight plus 45 minutes. Any time we are ON DUTY, we are getting paid. Heck we might even be able to take a "pay rate cut" and still get out ahead.

I guess Timbo actually already suggested this, sorry.

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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1346187)

Can you link it to the story or is it on deltanet. edit: Just read it. BW is a guy that has earned my respect...FWIW. Personally, I wish they retained him at DAL in some capacity.

Skeds ran pretty well when he was running if, if I remember correctly. (I was, and still am on reserve so I see how it all runs). From the sound of friends over at Pinnacle, the scheduling department is in dire need of improvement.

I'm sure he'll be back, this is probably grooming him for higher positions than just Pinnacle.

So let me get this straight, the president of an airline that now no longer exists is going to take the reigns of an airline that is just emerging from Bankruptcy? There is absolutely no one in the world better qualified than a person who already sunk one airline?

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Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1346238)

The term Hatchet man comes to mind.

OTOH, Comair as a regional airline seemed to have its act together. It was simply sacrificed on the alter of "not cheap enough."

Well I guess Delta has solved it's "Pilot Shortage" issue, not that it ever had one, or ever will have one, but now they've got the pipeline ready to go, as soon as they can...just...open...the...valve!

Damn, it's rusted shut!