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Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1417763)

Agreed, nothing's really off topic here....the thread just keeps going and going....

The powers that be around here have set forth the TOS... or TOC... of what is allowed and expected. I think we do a fine job of coloring inside those lines.

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Originally Posted by Express pilot (Post 1417803)

What's going on with the long ECP layover?
What a dump. It's the type of place I stay at when I commute in and stay for $40.

I have a special polyester suit I carry when I know I'm staying there...and the tramp stamps are as far as the eye can tolerate. Food etc is cheap and they do their best to make it a good stay...little bit of a love hate really...and the showers wake you up before the water is even on. At least it's the closest to the airport.

I can't figure out what city that hula hoop girl is looking over.
I think if I keep staring at it I'll recognize it.

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 1417750)

Off topic, but then again what's not on this thread! :)

Kind of a neat interview with a WWII US fighter pilot who flew unarmed Spitfires over Germany.....

SPITFIRE 944 - YouTube

Denny

Very cool video! Thanks Denny.
Alone, unarmed and unafraid!

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Originally Posted by ExAF (Post 1417877)

Very cool video! Thanks Denny.
Alone, unarmed and unafraid!

Yeah, that's what I wanted to say. Thanks Denny, great post. Thanks to Gunship Guy too, another great post. There's a city?

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1417738)

I don't think they can boot us but how much will we have to give up in 2015 to keep it?

Btw, its not 1/2 right, its a 100% illegal... otherwise, why apologize?

I'm under the impression that the only contractual health plan is the "Delta Pilots Medical Plan."

The account-based options are the same as those any other (non-unionized) employee group can get, and can be discontinued by the company on a whim. Is that correct?

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1417649)

The IRS is going to audit you for complaining about that. :D

Of course the government going out of its way to help one airline over another reached its crescendo during the Slot Swap debacle with Ray LaHood.

Of course I'll tell you a story. A Captain said they were in ATL taxing back from 10/28 and short of 27L. (give or take). An AirTran jet lands and was advised to expedite due to the spacing with the jet behind them... a SWA 737. If this is indicative of anything, the AirTran jet basically puts on the brakes and goes to min taxi speed to exit the runway.

Tower told SWA, "go around, traffic on the runway." SWA says "no we got it" and lands with the AirTran jet either still somewhere around the exit point.

Nothing was said until the SWA 737 exited the runway. Then as the Captain said, all hell broke loose on the radio from the tower. Including call this number and what have you.

ATL I think has done a good job over the years of being fair to Delta, AirTran and everyone else who comes in. It's just there are some places like SAT or MCO that are blatant about favoritism while some heavy SWA locations are not like BWI - at least in my experience.

AUS is another spot that ATC placated to SWA. It's downright dangerous IMHO.

What ever happened to the resolution to have the survey results from the last TA given to the pilots?

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Originally Posted by GBU-24 (Post 1417813)

Can you PD a spill trip with good reserve coverage or are you locked from doing anything until the next bid runs...no swap...no drop...no dice?

You can always put in a PD request, and even if the numbers aren't known for the following month, it will just go into open time with a "Q" next to it, ready for another pilot to WS.

Also, you should also put it on the swapboard as a pickup and see if someone else will take it off your line.

The restriction you may be thinking of is that any PCS transaction the last week of the month (or so, don't know the exact numbers off the top of my head) are inhibited during PBS bid processing, which could take 2-3 days between the 12-14th of every month.