You're missing the big one that will be added to your check when Obomacare is in full swing. We are gonna get e nice "payraise" as far as the IRS is concerned, but nothing that you will be able to go out and spend. It's called imputed income. Check back when the "ACA" is implemented and tell me I am wrong......

Just had mine fixed May 2013. Came back looking BRAND NEW--I had to double-check to make sure it wasn't a new headset. Working fine 3 months later. Microphone went out; they fixed that plus new cords,new ear pads, acoustic cloth, new mic cover. Cleaned everything after years of MD88 blood, sweat and tears buildup. I'm really happy; total cost $170 plus shipping there (shipping included back to me).

No, I'm not a spokesperson; just pleased with the final result.

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Hope this helps.

Alfa, this ^^^

Depending on what you need, you might be able to do it yourself. I had a broken ear piece and did an internet search and found the manual with a parts diagram. Another search and ordered the part for about $4 and I was back in business.

No. I think he meant "we" as in, "we" are Delta pilots. Management decides whether to hire, or recall, pilots.

There are opportunities for ALPA to influence the process and certainly our Association has a strategic role. Scope defines who is a Delta pilot.

ALPA's strategic change, in 1998, resulted in furloughs. ALPA never intended for things to turn out that way. The union's actions were not maleficent, just poorly considered by folks who did not completely understand the ramifications of the new policy (or who's focus blinded them to the perils of disunity).

Once pilots hit the street the Delta MEC did a lot to support it's pilots.Come on. Really? You really think ALPA had a decision to make and let a couple of Admin, or volunteers decide, "yeah, lets just keep them out on furlough?"

There's not a single person ever, who has gotten into the representation business with any idea other than "lets help pilots." Even Tim Caplinger (the current whipping scare crow) very probably has good intent, he's just mistaken.

That's not what he said or implied. Not even close.

Who's "we" then? Does he have a mouse in his pocket?

Scoop,

You keep talking about "DALPA" as if it were a different entity than the pilots it represents.

This is what I think: the Delta pilots voted (by a strong margin) on LOA 46, which did away with the recall schedule. I don't believe I noticed any public signs of agony over it. IMO, not a lot of people lost sleep over this particular clause. The Delta pilots paid for COBRA (good), and assumed that was equivalent to taking care of the furloughees (not even close). If they worried at night, it might have been about the bills, or the kids, or something like that, but it probably wasn't about you and I. I'm not angry about it, I'm over it, but I recognize it. I also know they didn't do it to spite us, but when push came to shove, they put their family first. EOS.

Theoretically, we ought to do better. However, knowing what you already paid to learn about pilot behavior during furloughs (GS and otherwise), do you really believe that Delta pilots want to invest negotiating capital on furlough protection, vs. their own pocket?

It gets even uglier: knowing what's been done to you already, i.e. you've already paid several years of income to serve as the buffer in a bad economy, do you want to buy someone else furlough insurance? Or do you want to quietly fill out your surveys with other priorities?

I think the answer is clear, if you want to look at how people really act, vs. how you might wish they would act: we eat our young. And the young that survive probably aren't going to be above feeding that way themselves, if the time comes.

We all know what meaningful furlough mitigation actually looks like, and no one wants to buy it. Some people say they do, but I doubt their surveys reflect it. We accidentally bought some in C2K, and it disappeared, nice, quiet, and ugly, as soon as a vote could be set up to make it go away.

It's not "ALPA", it's US.

Sink,

Excellent post.

My question is, what would be your choice if you could roll the clock back to 1998?

It is hugely speculative and quite possible that Delta would have refused to merge, by staple, ASA and Comair. But if you don't mind playing along; should ALPA have fought to maintain it's alter ego policy which defined these express guys as "Delta pilots" and given Delta pilots a place to go other than the street?

Thanks, Bar.

Ironically, I think you could get more consensus, and a better attitude towards this issue, than the furlough issue. We're very willing to allow that some of our own are the "safety valve" when times are hard, but we're (a little) less tolerant of seeing jobs permanently steered to an alter-ego. So anger trumps apathy.

You're obviously more educated than me on the specifics (of the fiasco in 1998). I think it's obvious that, as long as the alter-egos don't try to usurp the merger policy for a winfall, we should have always had a list on paper, that all of us, mainline and DCI, should always have been slamming on the table in every negotiation. As far as I know, the RJDC killed any such prospect.

I'm a proponent of a NSL, or as an alternative a Delta-network SL, as long as such SL is legitimate and negotiated in advance. We can fight Delta as soon as we can get around that first step. If I could clock back to 1998, I'd clock back (briefly) as a CMR pilot and clock Lawson before I put a muzzle on him, I suppose.

I think an appropriate SL would enable an appropriate environment where all Delta pilots can flow back into all available Delta slots, RJ flying included. Some would always be subject to furlough.

I'd rather be subject to furlough than permanent replacement via outsourcing.




I hope I'm specifically addressing your question. Let me know if I'm not.