The only thing I've noticed are the lack of GPWS callouts just prior to touchdown. And even then that's not a problem if the PF just uses whatever DFGC has the working RA. Of course it's more fun if neither pilot remembers any of this:

PNF: "Oh ****, twenty feet!"

PF: "Oh ****!"

THWAM!

 

LOL. I'll never look at that the same way again.

 

he he he ffffl.....

 

The company's fiduciary responsibility is to the stockholders by increasing the stock price. Consolidation, large RJs with lower costs, code sharing, and joint ventures all contribute to increased stock price, especially in the near term. Expect the water to be awfully cold.

 

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

 

Hold the line on DCI airframes, seating capacity, & certified MGTOW. That was what I wanted. That was accomplished. The total number of airframes actually decreased. Unfortunately the number of 76 seaters allowed was increased, which is why I voted NO. However, the TOTAL number of DCI airframes and seats was decreased.

 

The only reason those other airlines are hiring now, is because their Age 65 retirements have come earlier. I have several friends that fly for United. They tell me the operation is a trainwreck. A friend of mine on the B737 waited 3 hours in ORD for brakes to arrive. That's one of UALs biggest hubs! And they didn't have replacement parts?

And I don't think Emirates will EVER have a base anywhere but in the UAE. Those pesky unions would impose actual contractual obligations, thereby reducing their efficiencies and eating into their profits.

 

If CRJ900s are replacing our older NB jets, then what's replacing the 400+ 50 seaters that are being parked? Also ANC & MEM were closed, but CVG was not. So which way will SLC & MSP go? Staying open like CVG, or closing like MEM & ANC?

 

Then you've never read anything on the website. They attack ALPA for sure...and for very accurate reasons. But there are many new ways of doing business listed. What you've said is just not true.

This is the kind of stuff that makes me believe you never signed a card or ever went to the website. I don't recall anything from you other than 100% full throated ALPA support. That is of course your right, I just don't remember even the smallest thought of an independent union from you.

This is where you are so wrong finis and your position at the top of the heap is skewing your thinking. First, it's wrong to exclude UPS and FDX. Second, the fact that our pay for the 747 and 777 is approaching that of SWA crews is nothing to crow about. Every pilot makes that at SWA. Only a small percentage of Delta pilots make what you and I make. Further, a significant portion of our seniority list will NEVER make what we make because they'll never get there. You really need to rethink your statement above.

We know with 100% certainty finis. There wasn't even a hint of buying the Virgin stake or the remnants of Pinnacle. Only the corporate goal of debt reduction. The only reason they were able to make these purchases was because of the money we left on the table. If we had taken that money, they wouldn't have been able to make these outsource facilitating purchases and still meet the debt reduction milestones they promised Wall Street.

See above. By leaving extra money on the table, we allowed management to keep their debt reduction promises and make these new outsourcing purchases.

Again, we (DALPA) actually aided management in purchasing more opportunities for management to outsource our jobs. Why would we do that? Because ALPA's mandate is to gain members by spreading the wealth from the have's (Delta pilots) to the have not's (DCI & select JV partners). Welcome to ALPA's brave new world.

Carl

 

We have the exact same issues with the exact same delays.

Nah. They'll get around that by having ALPA represent the pilots.

Carl