Carl Spackler

Also, there's nothing heroic about flying through a massive hail shaft and not losing the airplane. There's just no reason to do that...ever.

It's like setting a building on fire, but getting everyone out. Are you a hero for getting people out safely?

Carl

CAAC ATP

Contract flying in China weather deviation communication.

XXX2342 needs left for weather.

Chinese ATC: Unable, military airspace

XXX2342 ok, need right for weather

Chinese ATC: Unable, military airspace

Me to Chinese FO: Tell ATC in Chinese we are turning around and going back.

Chinese chatter back and forth.

Chinese ATC: xxx2342 left turn approved.

MrMustache

All flow throughs and no SSP, could be wrong...

forgot to bid

After I guess 7 months of furlough recalls.

boog123

Why the fancy charts with this latest bid and the note of possibly more D's to come?

Vikz09

Vikz09
Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: DC9 B
Posts: 217

Quote:
Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Dear biigD,

I have swamp crotch year round. What can I do to help this issue?

xoxo,

80
Even though this was not directed at me, I feel I have some valuable input. Although not specifically swamp croatch it's close cousin sweaty balls has its own challenges. According to the American journal of medicine sweaty balls and its close cousin swamp crotch can have there symptom's minimized by regular use of "gold bond" in the summer months. Gold bond will help minimize that not so fresh feeling many pilots suffer from the dc-9 to the md-88.

Also, one side benefit to the use of gold bond is the bonus of random tingles that spontaneously provide your sac that afternoon pick-me-up to help you gut through your 4th and 5th legs.

I only repost this because it appears several of our aviator brothers have recently found the happiness known as gold bond


This is a public service announcement. Again. As a important reminder on those hot days in order to prevent continual tugging and repositioning of underwear please try the refreshing benefits of GOLD BOND... Fellow aviator, tested and approved.

This information is too important to keep a secret. The world of aviation (and cycling) must know!

Happy Father's Day all!

Bucking Bar

I know that's the way it works ... but moving backwards another 200 numbers (a lot of furlough bypass are now senior 88, lower half ER, post merger) is going to cause even more pain.

From where I sit, that's half the C2012 scope Captain creation right there ....

Is 200 an accurate number? Sounds high. If true, that really, really, sucks. Junior part of our list needs some relief.

Talked to a Jet Blue Captain who hired in the same month I did at Delta. He is an E190 Captain (remember the type we kicked to the curb with Compass) at 50% seniority holding weekends off. Makes a lot more than I do flying a so called "regional jet" type.

forgot to bid

Shiz's numbers are right. Go to crew planning category list and keyword FUR / B and you'll see 203 on furlough bypass. Keyword MIL / and you'll fine 7 A's that are out on MIL leave and 177 Bs. Put it all together and that's 387 FUR/MIL guys out there to help us staff the 717s and at best 739s through displacements.

Is everyone going to return? Who knows. I talked to a Captain whose buddy is out on MIL leave and just keeps monitoring where he'd be if he came back and isn't coming back until he's in a good ER FO seniority.

Which now that that's getting harder to do, I guess you could say some might not come back if all that awaits is juniority and the MD88.

Can I get an AMEN for JVs, codeshares with Alaska and jumbo Regional Jets?!?

Columbia

Are you a he or a she?

forgot to bid

Shiz was explaining how classes would be staffed. For those of us who hadn't looked at it, it kind of helps to understand it. Especially for the off the street hopefully all hired at Delta guys who frequent this cesspool of knowledge.

One thing that would be interesting to look at is expected retirements. We have 857 between now and the end of 2017, or really a net of 758 considering 99 are out on NBC. And unlike baseball, most people don't get bigger, stronger and healthier with age... Cubs and Cardinals fans cough cough.

Anyways, we need to hire 17.9 or 15.8 pilots per month from 2014-2017 to keep up with retirements. Now we know guys leave prior to that and it's unpredictable but it's just a ballpark gauge. The real gauge is how many pilots fly the line every month, right now is around the 10,500 range and has been for a while. If nobody was unable to bid for FUR, MIL, SICK, etc we'd have 10,500 pilots. If that makes a move towards 9,000 more than a move towards 11,000 and there's no external reason for that then we need to have a conversation.