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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1375893)

I have been wronged commuting too...it stinks,but oh well. It is the right of the dci company pilots to get on their metal. Fwiw, swa has been the most accommodating since jblu is no longer an option. Both are easier than dal/ dci in my experience.

AA has always been good to me. Never have gone on SWA yet, but I hear good things about it. Why is jetBlue not an option?

Usually the offender while I'm commuting is the gate agent, not any of the crews. At times there will be a gate agent (all airlines, not just Delta) that is so consumed with an on-time that they have little time for jumpseaters.

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Originally Posted by nwaf16dude (Post 1375917)

None in ATL either, and I had a bunch leave above me...that's the good news. Bad news...I lost count of all the guys moving in above.

I only moved backwards 4 slots. However, my Magic Eight Ball tells me that next year - my 17th - things will get way better. :rolleyes:

Can someone clue me in as to how the pay protection works if you were bounced out of a category on a mandatory displacement (765 B to 7ER B). Thanks!

How long till the conversion list comes out?

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Originally Posted by NERD (Post 1375930)

Hockey,

Here is how I handle it, and hope the majority of Delta capts. do the same. I don't leave with open jumpseats that can be filled. I let the gate agent know that as long as a flt attd. doesn't show that the Delta pilot(if not around) will sit in the cabin jumpseat. If they have a problem they can come down and speak with me. So far 100% have had no problem. My guess is you would comply also. I also carry extra yellow crew tags for our own pilots(out of uniform) and FAs and if overhead space is gone I run the bags down and get them on the other end. The Dci's have always been good to me. The only pilots that won't get on my jumpseat are Scabs.

I too make a great effort to get on jump seaters... but there is no way I would pre-decide/pressure a Delta pilot to sit on that piece of plywood called a FA jump seat (and I would hope that the majority of Delta Captains are not doing so). At 55yo, I've done it to get on the jumpseater, for 2hrs or so, but that's my personal limit.

So long mother f*ckin' sob pos -88. Hello Boeing! Woohoo!!!! Sorry FTB, but your jet sucks. :D

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Originally Posted by capncrunch (Post 1375949)

How long till the conversion list comes out?

website says 2 to 3 weeks!

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Originally Posted by Blutarski (Post 1375948)

Can someone clue me in as to how the pay protection works if you were bounced out of a category on a mandatory displacement (765 B to 7ER B). Thanks!

It usually doesn't. If anyone junior to you anywhere in the system holds the 765B or better, no soup for you.

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Originally Posted by Blutarski (Post 1375948)

Can someone clue me in as to how the pay protection works if you were bounced out of a category on a mandatory displacement (765 B to 7ER B). Thanks!

You start getting paid on the date of your conversion, regardless of where you sit in the training stack. In my experience (with several MDs) you will be converted prior to training.

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Originally Posted by NERD (Post 1375930)

Nerd,

I think I posted this story in a different forum some time ago...

Maybe two years ago I was flying an A-320 from SLC-MSP. There was one DAL jumpseater and two SKYW. The Delta pilot was a VERY senior Captain. (By "Very senior" I'm talking system-wide double digits or darn close to it.) Anyway, he very courteously and graciously gave up his cockpit jumpseat so a SKYW pilot could make the flight. I made a point of thanking that DAL Captain, but more importantly pointed out where he sits on the totem pole to the SKYW pilots. They left very impressed with his professional courtesy. It was a wonderful "life lesson".

That said, I have heard some absolute horror stories from other Delta pilots on the conduct of SKYW jumpseaters.