Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

Scoop, add to your list of reasons not to hire -

1) desire to show a profit so as to be considered investment grade,
2) desire to show a profit prior to a merger,
3) desire to show a profit
4) collect pants
5) ?
6) profit

Some of the goals you mentioned above are very legitimate, and can mean a lot more money for Delta. Showing a profit for (I think) 4 consecutive quarters... could be more) leads to getting an investment grade. Being investment grade is HUGE, and if that could happen before we open the contract again, there should be a lot more $ available to us...

tsquare

05-31-2013 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1419247)

Reserve or lineholder? If RES, awesome.

It'd be sad if he dropped his entire line and picked up 5 2-day trips on GS.

Not to mention that if he did that they would be paid at straight rates.

buzzpat

05-31-2013 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1419232)

Atlantic or America?

I'm thinking both.

tsquare

05-31-2013 01:30 PM

5 days total next month where reserve coverage exceeds reserves required NYC-7ERA.

Summer is gonna be lucrative for the senior guys...

Purple Drank

05-31-2013 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1419257)

Being investment grade is HUGE, and if that could happen before we open the contract again, there should be a lot more $ available to us...

Oh, yes...there it is again.

"we'll get them next time."

Having a bunch of $ "available to us" in C2012 resulted in a concessionary contract.

Can't wait to see how much negotiating capital our "union" can pi$$ away next time.

CheapTrick

05-31-2013 01:42 PM

Heard to day from a reputable source: displacements off the 7er, more flying for the 88. Net plus. Small bid. Probably no 717 action on this one.

forgot to bid

05-31-2013 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1419259)

Not to mention that if he did that they would be paid at straight rates.

"Yeah. I GOT 5 GSs!!!!!!" To find out that it doesn't work that way.

But I doubt anyone around here would mess that up after all of these years.

forgot to bid

05-31-2013 01:48 PM

Yeah SD's Flight Ops Weekly Update is out on the subject.

FTB cliff notes: This AE and Surplus bid will make staffing adjustments for fall of 2013 and spring of 2014. Since the last AE they've received clarity from Network and thus will take this opportunity to adjust staffing accordingly focusing of course on 7ER, 88 and A320.

Conversions/training off this bid would be as early as July and completed by December of this year.

forgot to bid

05-31-2013 01:49 PM

So maybe those A321s are coming in a hurry and we need fewer 7ER pilots because we need fewer 757 pilots?

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/inst.../logo-3652.jpg

sailingfun

05-31-2013 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1419201)

Because pretty soon 321's may be parking there. 321's flying DAL passengers who bought tickets on delta.com. The question is....... who will be flying those 321's, Delta pilots or the new code share/JV partner of the week? :eek:

Scoop

It could also be that they use a standard template for painting gates. In most airports these type functions are controlled by the airport authority and don't even involve Delta. If anyone thinks that Delta concluded a secret deal to purchase aircraft for near term delivery and went out and ordered ramps painted before anything else they are smoking something I need to get a hold of when I retire. The RFP's are for deliveries starting in 2015.

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