Must be nice. Rubbing it in for those of us working the summer from Dante's seventh ring = not cool.

Hey, from July 10-Aug 12, I had 3 days off. :eek:

Wilson!!

That's about right! How'd you know I'm way overdue for a haircut? :) After working all those days, my self maintenance has fallen by the wayside. I'm pretty sure the other people at the beach think I'm a homeless person that wandered in with a kidnapped 7 month old.

I think it is up to the hotel. ANd they don't want to give us any points because DAL gets a discount on the rooms. I tried years ago, and the hotels aren't interested in extending ANY bennies to us. (except of course prime rooms right nest to the ice machines)

Delta Launches New Seattle Service to Seoul and Hong Kong - Aug 21, 2013

DELTA LAUNCHES NEW SEATTLE SERVICE TO SEOUL AND HONG KONG
NEW ROUTES POSITION SEATTLE AS A LEADING WEST COAST GATEWAY WITH SERVICE TO THE TOP FIVE ASIAN MARKETS
Aug 21, 2013

SEATTLE, Aug. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) will add new daily nonstop service from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Seoul-Incheon International Airport and Hong Kong International Airport (both subject to government approval) beginning June 2 and June 16, 2014, respectively. Tickets will be available for purchase Aug. 24, 2013.

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"By offering new service from Seattle to Seoul and Hong Kong, Delta will now offer customers service to the top five destinations in Asia," said Mike Medeiros, Delta's vice president – Seattle. "Our expanding Seattle network, combined with investments in our aircraft, the airport and the community shows our commitment to become Seattle's premier international carrier."

Medeiros was recently tapped to lead Delta's overall Seattle strategy, which encompasses expanding airport operations, alliance partnerships, corporate customers and government and community involvement.

Delta is able to offer new service to Seoul and Hong Kong due to strong support of from its local Seattle and Pacific Northwest customers as well as its strategic partnership with Alaska Airlines. The new service will complement existing service to Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo. All five destinations are the leading commercial centers in the region, a benefit for corporate customers traveling between the U.S. and Asia.

Heh heh! I always enjoyed seeing how long I could keep the reserve beard going, at least until the wife threatened to cut me off!

Now all we need is a WB order!:cool:

Oh yeah, well I live at the beach! Top that! :D

I'm hearing that there's a big announcement coming this Friday. Maybe it's the long awaited WB order.

Age 65 was coming no matter what... FACE THE FACT... Would you have preferred that the 60-64.99 year olds have been able to come back onboard where their seniority left off? How about allowing grey-on-grey immediately? -both of which were in the original proposal that ALPA fought to change, and accomplished.

Yes, it sucks that the limit changed, but getting "mad" and opposing it publically doesn't fix the fact it was going to change anyway. Emotion has little place in affecting best possible outcomes.

The last two majors to sign ALPA contracts have capped flying in the lower end of the scope clause. At one point, DL had over 450 feeders, NW over 350, UA had over 400, CAL had 275... That's over 1475 feeders flown by "not mainline". End state of the the most recent ALPA mainline contracts will result in a max 900 feeders among those legacy groups.That is a 40% reduction.

Have small jet ALPA pilots benefitted or been hurt? Go check the change in the number of ALPA small jet pilots versus the IBT and non-union small jet airlines. It's not good for your union brothers.

Is the reduction enough? Not a chance.
Is the trend moving the correct direction? Yes.
Do we have the ability to keep making gains? Yes.
Is the greatest threat to our careers really RJ's not shrinking fast enough for your liking? Not by a long shot.

Yeah, I don't think we got big enough raises either. But lets look at our neighborhood:
DAL pilots secured 12.84% on amendable with 3%/yr 3 year deal(6mo early)
UAL followed lagging DAL rates by a year, 3%/yr 5 yr deal (3 yrs after amendable)
AMR is 12-18% behind DAL, 2-2.5%/yr raises and a 7 year deal (5+ years after amendable)
ALA is 8% lagging DAL, 2%/yr raises and a 5 year deal (2+ years after amendable)
LCC pilots lag basically everyone by 35-45% (7+ years past amendable)
SWA pilots are ahead of DAL by 6%, got 1% in '11 and 0% in '12. (10 months past amendable)

DAL pilots will probably be getting the next contract survey in about 7-8 months, NOT 4.5 YEARS from now like most of their peer airlines. A profitable company for 3 years in a row lead to the increases in C2K. DAL will be right in that wheelhouse in 19 months, and the starting point will already by 19% higher with tighter scope top and bottom end at the exchange of openers.