Dawgs,

I disagree. The longer the guys stay out the better it is for everyone below them. If all 200 guys came back 5 years ago the bottom 200 pilots who have been making a profit for DAL for 5+ years wouldn't even be DAL employees today.

So when the furloughees eventually come back the bottom guys may see guys coming in above them. It is still much better to be on the DAL seniority list with three or more years of longevity, then trying to get an interview at DAL.


Scoop

 

Although there were many factors, I would say 9-11 and then "force majeure" and were the main drivers in my case.

 

Regardless, they were hosed out of a job. The only ones that slightly twerked me were the ones that came back and immediately went back on long MIL leave... thus being able to come back without limitation of when DL is hiring.

Obviously not all that went on MIL took advantage of that, but a not insignificant number did.

 

A question for the reserve gurus. If you exceed reserve guarantee in a month and still have on call days (for which you should now not be liable for call out), do you need to notify crew scheduling of that or do they automatically not bother you? I've exceeded the guarantee but still have the 30th and 31st on call.....

Thanks,

Denny

 

If you've made ALV, you're done..... however:

Your cutoff is ALV, not RSV guarantee. Guarantee is ALV-2 typically, so if you are in between the two, welcome to contract 2012. You're good for another ~17 hours of flying.

 

I thought that you were full once you reached your reserve guarantee, but if you are under by one minute you are still eligible for a trip not to exceed ALV plus 15.

 

Remember it was a rule needed for the intl categories and our domestic reserve schedules are not efficient enough to impact those pilots.

 

AMT is a joke. More and more people are hit with it every year and pretty soon the AMT will be our effective tax system.


I'm curious as well if anyone else has any suggestions to avoid, or at least minimize, AMT tax. The only real pertaining deductions that I've seen is 401k contributions and mortgage interest deductions.

 

I bought a hybrid in 06 and was suppose to get a tax CREDIT of $2700. Went into AMT which voided this credit. Beware of tax incentives if you think you might end up in AMT.

 

Look at the hiring for the affiliated regional carriers within your brand. If the regional subsidiary hired more than your carrier furloughed the only logical answer is lack of scope resulted in your furlough.

ALPA's merger policy was watered down in anticipation of the 2000 ALPA Board of Director's meeting requests for merger policy implementation at Delta's wholly owned airlines; ASA and Comair. It was at that BOD where ALPA embarked on a policy of excluding some members of our union from the same protections enjoyed by other members of our union.

When a subsidiary is junior manning Captains from new hire classes during mainline furloughs there is no two ways about it; that is a scope failure.

Today our union continues down this road of outsourcing some members to supposably benefit other members. In a union where every job is precious, this policy is morally wrong. This terrible policy, promulgated by politicians who do not grasp even the basics of unity, are responsible for the furloughs which followed massive outsourcing during our careers.