This is the only level of info that I intend to give the company. Under the Federal law known as HIPAA, we are entitled to privacy regarding release of medical records. This law is enforced by the Office of Civil Rights and cannot be coercively taken away from you because of an employment contract.

If they want more than the most general description of the illness from my doctor, I will press to test this issue through a grievance, and through the Office of Civil Rights. My opinion is that they (management/DALPA) simply hope pilots voluntarily give up their rights to privacy under HIPAA. If a denial of sick pay happens to me, we'll see if my opinion is right.

Carl

 

FWIW, had a HVC on board shortly after attending the Paris Air show, he said it looked like DL was going to buy the WB Airbus, asked if he worked for
Boeing...said no, but from a lengthy conversation it appeared he knew what he was talking about...again FWIW...probably not much.

 

You must be mistaken. The June AE was supposed to be the last of the displacements...just like the March AE.

 

I agree, I'll error on the side of giving too little medical information. It will be interesting to see the first ones who do "Press to Test" on this and DALPA's response.

 

The summer of 2014 will see 10 less 757 aircraft in service, compared to summer 2013. As a result, we may surplus 7ER pilots on the next bid, particularly on the First Officer side.

If the next Displacement is anything like the June AE, over 40% of the FO's on the SLC737 will be displaced in two bids. That is truly amazing considering all the positive hype that people seem to be talking about.

Sorry, just venting, but you will have guys that were #60 of 100 in May getting displaced.

 

Correct. The new clause is yet another partial funding of our COLA pay rate increases.

Incorrect. This new language allows for "good faith basis". CP's are now using this language to call us below 100 hours of usage, and we now have contractual requirements to provide them specific information. This is a concession. You trying to spin it otherwise does not make you look good. Now go off to your DALPA sponsors and ask them how you should respond.

Management is giddy about this latest concession. By calling pilots below 100 hours...they've already "worked around" it.

You can't be serious. Exactly who in DALPA will "smack the company hard" over this? We don't do that here...we constructively engage. The new "good faith basis" language allows them to call anytime. Our negotiators wrote the language and we voted it in.

Carl

 

Take the ALV increases and the summer bid period changes with the above quote and you have more gas to throw on the fire of stagnation.

 

Anyone have any experience using Alaska ZEDs?

The Travelnet fare calculator says it takes 2-3 days for the email to show up that you can then take to the ticket counter. Is this pretty accurate? Is it ever faster? I'm looking for plan D through Z.

Is there a better way to check loads than using the View Seats link on their website?

While we're at it, anyone know how to check loads on Hawaiian? They use eZED so that would be preferred.

Thanks

 

-900 deliveries in October...tail scrape distance learning in November. Bank on it.

 

On a similar note, taking the fam to Cabo in September. Anyone Zed on AK or Air Mexico out of LA?