I often drop down to 30 or 40 hours. A pilot who gets a WS is not always going for max time.

I would disagree based on personal experience but I am not going to post on a public forum details.
Harry Algers by the way was pushed out because of his instance that all jet aircraft be flown by Delta pilots. I would think that would be a popular opinion on this forum.

Totally agree. These guys in flt ops want to see the fleet size grow and take over the world. The only time I can recall SD not being correct was on the hiring prediction. He may have been overruled or have been selling the ta, but either way, I doubt he is a liar.

Also, flt ops wanted to hire and weren't funded. This summer, the summer of the GSWC, if we play our cards right will kick start hiring and SD will have been proven right.

Try being in ATL watching all the would-be greenslips being out-of-base whiteslipped by the NY based guys who live in Atlanta.

I din't think you're whining when you're writing that, so I'm not writing either when I describe it as poetic irony that the Atlanta guys would white slip the Atlanta flying for a change, as opposed to squatting New York the rest of their life.

Someone has to commute to New York to fill up the flying, so again, I'm not whining. Your point about WS potential GS is well taken.

Harry story...met the a/c in SNA,wanted to fly the departure. I sat in back, when he asked for his breakfast,F/A replied:"I'm sorry, the Captain ate your meal."....Just every once in a while you get a shot...ya gotta be ready.....

What?? You wanted to fly the departure, sat in back, and wanted the meal that the CA ate? ***?

Just like I like the guys from SLC who WS trips in LA. I get it. Welcome aboard.

I also love it when a reserve puts a yellow slip in to work on off days, especially when I have a GS in. :eek:

Jinks

So picking up white slips is bad because it prevents trips from staying in the pot and going out as green slips when reserves are low.

By that measure pilots who drop trips and add them to the pot are doing the pilot group a favor when reserves are tight.

So I must be doing the pilot group a favor when I drop two trips and white slip one, while guys who white slip trips to a high guarantee are hurting the pilot group. :confused:


Too much pcs bidding jujitsu for my own liking. If neither the pilots or the company are violating the contract, I really don't see a reason to complain.