Really?? Don't you think that if DALPA even started to think about loosening Scope the DPA (or something similar) would be voted in very quickly starting a ALPA death spiral?

Our days of Scope concessions are over and I sure hope that DALPA also realizes this.

Scoop

Is that the only fault you find in his post?

Thanks so much for the info. I had been given some contradicting into but figured I'd get the real scoop here.

Our 75-2's are all LieFlat equipped but we've been having a contractual battle over seat 4B. Contract states it will be the last seat occupied in the whole aircraft, not the last in BF.
(Probably a screw up from the company!)

Just wondering what everybody else was doing. And I wasn't aware that you didn't have LieFlats in your whole fleet yet. It does make for a nice rest~

Your fleet shows the LieFlats as being staggered. That should help with the climb over!

Always
Motch

Oh, and we range from 1:30 to about 2:30 rest.. depending on flights~

Speaking of seat 1A...

As a domestic puke I live in a parallel, and very different, universe from the international "SkyGods" and their business class deadheads complete with bread sticks and cognac.

At roughly 6'4" I'm not vertically challenged, and a week or so ago I deadheaded in seat 1A on a 50 seat RJ. Next to me was a diet-challenged behemoth of a woman who (honestly) must have weighed 250 lbs.

That flight can only be described as sheer misery.

The domestic deadheading rules in our contract suck. I'm sorry, but there's no better way to put it. Why can't DALPA get us reclining exit row aisle seats or economy comfort aisle seats or first class? I really don't think that's asking too much.

As an aside: My last trip I was paired with a MSP based F/O (absolutely Great guy, BTW). I was *****in' about that aforementioned deadhead and he pointed out the seat belt extensions were labeled FATSO. I said "No Way". He said "Absolutely, the sewn-on label says "FAA TSO"". I got a big chuckle out of that...

+3. .......................................

I agree Wasatch. It shouldn't be incumbent upon us to have to log onto DeltaNet, make sure we're listed (most times we are not), list ourselves and then change seats within 24 hours of our check in. I do it out of habit now because I've been screwed so often and am not even listed most of the time. Surely the company can fix this. We are on duty and have to make these DH connections to operate. Why are we the ones shouldering the burden? Scheduling sure isn't doing it.

Got a call back today. I was told the information on the bottom of next month's schedule was in error ("Don't know how that got there.")...even had the wrong hotel. I'm glad it was easily corrected and a courtesy call was made. Maybe it would have fixed itself...maybe not. But this is definitely one benefit I'm happy to have in the new PWA.

I guess this is in the eye of the beholder because my LARGEST gripe with the last contract doesn't fall in the pay rates or the RSV rules but with the sparkling NEW (not used) 76 seat aircraft we allowed into our fleet. Is this any different if they come and say we will park the remaining 50 seaters if you give us 25 - 90+ seaters. Those 50 seaters wouldn't have been here come 2025 when many of this pilot group reach retirement age but those "NEW" 76 seaters will be here for many years to come. You don't like the economy of jets you screwed this pilot group with....fine get rid of them. They would have found a way to park them. That was likely their plan B if we would in fact have actually stood our ground.

Absolutely warranted a no vote from me :(

Makes you wonder how the regionals got their schedulers to actually book their DH's for them right? Why does mainline expect us to book our own DH's? Always wondered about this.

There's no way in my category that I'd get anywhere close to ALV with the pathetic productivity of our trips. I wouldn't honestly mind the extra money though since I'm in base on a trip, or sitting short call, 18 days a month. I'd rather make ALV+15 - if for no other reason than to make more than you - because I'm fairly certain you aren't getting ALV+15.

You all continue to act like you were barraged with horrible, malicious things from this new PWA - is this the entitled pilots club?

And before you go on trying to discredit me because of what I said about medical records, again, you blow stuff out of context because you very likely went to a lousy public school and failed to grasp reading comprehension. You know - like placing words into context to extract the writer's meaning? The contract states that a pilot may be required to sign a release of medical records for limited information. Information that is limited to the specific sickness that you called in sick for, the days immediately proceeding and following the sick days, and then it only goes to specific people in the company. AND this, and ONLY this, after the Chief Pilot has elected to ask the pilot to state the nature of his illness and considered the explanation of the illness to require further/additional information. If you read the contract and apply it in the manner in which it would be applied in an operational context you'd find it to be the manner in which the company would fire pilots like you for "using their sick time because it's theirs to use at their discretion". (read - I accuse you of calling in sick when you're not sick).

What the company can't get to is the rest of stuff that you've likely kept hidden from the FAA - which is what you're really worried and paranoid about.

Get over yourself - and +2 and +3 - if you have so little to add, your (your spelled correctly in this context) credibility is about as pathetic as it gets. I don't crave the acceptance of any of you, or want to be "right" like Carl thinks he is. More correctly, I own stock in AstraZeneca (the maker of Prilosec) and the stress this must cause you will improve the earnings of the company.