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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1437426)

Hi, and welcome to last month's news, Shy. ;)

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Originally Posted by ShyGuy (Post 1437429)

Ya'll junior Delta pilots need to stop green slippin' everywhere so hiring can begin sooner. ;)

j/k

Good ol Shyguy kissing butt on here but being awesome in every other thread ;)

Do the BART employees fall under the RLA? If so how is it they can seemingly strike so easily? Glad I don't work in the Bay Area today.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1437403)

I noticed something a while back on this forum that relates to this.

If Check Essential decided to say "ALPA SUCKS!" You'd get a rise out of a few guys and they'd tell you you're a keyboard warrior, stop throwing stones, go volunteer and so on.

If Check Essential decided to say "LEE MOAK SUCKS!" You'd get a "**** YOU!!!"

/just an observation

I think even the ALPA guys would willingly admit that there is intense personal loyalty to Moak among most of the old guard who still control the Delta MEC.

I think that hurts us in several ways:
The constructive engagement has gotten out of hand.
Moak favors outsourcing and they can't bring themselves to oppose him on that.
And related to that is the whole thing with more than one pilot group making contracts with Delta Air Lines. Moak didn't even see the need for a simple courtesy call to our MEC before he did that because he knew they would just go along with whatever he decided. Now only Bucking Bar seems to be concerned about that situation but it could end up being a very big deal in the future.
Moak made that decision all on his own and Bill Roberts and the rest of the permanent bureaucracy up there in Herndon have constructed the legal framework and justification for it but I think it is a huge mistake. That decision by Moak could be just as catastrophic as the original ALPA decision to allow outsourcing in the first place.

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1437426)

Hi, and welcome to last month's news, Shy. ;)

They are sure paying for it in the ATL320 category. A sizable portion of the captains will be well north of 300,000 this year. I've already made more this year in 6 months than my entire last 12 months as an RJ captain.

The seniority list just keeps on shrinking, I moved another 15 numbers up for July. 604 pilots have left the list since Sept 2010.

Anyone know how long these leases are on the 717?

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1437425)

Insurance may not cover it if you had a prior history of being hit by cars.

What if I was pushed the first time? :D

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1437451)

let me puy on my hate on commuting commuters hat and answer this...

first of all, don't call in sick unless youre sick. are you sick if you get hit by a car? no. you're injured, which is not the same as being sick.

don't be a thief.

What if I was going home because I was sick, then I was hit on my way to my car? Would I call in well once my illness was gone? Even if I was still in a cast? :D

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Originally Posted by cni187 (Post 1437484)

The seniority list just keeps on shrinking, I moved another 15 numbers up for July. 604 pilots have left the list since Sept 2010.

Moving up a few numbers on the list is meaningless without hiring underneath to change your percentage. I know you know this but I just felt like voicing my current displeasure about the lack of hiring. :)

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1437499)

Anyone know how long these leases are on the 717?

Five years and at the end of the lease DL owns the airplanes, kind of like 'tote the note'

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Originally Posted by finis72 (Post 1437510)

Five years and at the end of the lease DL owns the airplanes, kind of like 'tote the note'

I thought I heard RA say in one of his weekly addresses that we'll own them after 7 years.

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Originally Posted by Elvis90 (Post 1437514)

I thought I heard RA say in one of his weekly addresses that we'll own them after 7 years.

Elvis, you might be right, I've heard 5 and 7, the 5 coming from a 4th floor type.