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I've had this happen before, but it's been awhile. I believe you will only be paid for the portion flown in SEP. The portion flown in OCT will be credited to your RAW and you will receive PB days for the days flown in OCT. I'm pretty sure you have to call CS to get the PB days though.
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Agreed, and I hope this is not where this is going. What these guys are doing isn't a whim. They're exrecising their prerogative.
The issue is that they have to go somewhere, and some of the junior guys have mentally discounted the bypasses. Their mistake.
I'd add to Buzzpat's post that a guy junior to a furloughee has actually been borrowing that senior furloughed guy's spot for a while, just like I borrowed from guys on MLOA for a very long time. It's more of a matter of saying "thanks", than questioning why they're back.
The issue is that they have to go somewhere, and some of the junior guys have mentally discounted the bypasses. Their mistake.
I'd add to Buzzpat's post that a guy junior to a furloughee has actually been borrowing that senior furloughed guy's spot for a while, just like I borrowed from guys on MLOA for a very long time. It's more of a matter of saying "thanks", than questioning why they're back.
Either way I'm not overally concerned with it seeing as those pilots are senior to me no matter what. While, yes it might be bothersome to see some guys ride out the seniority train off company property only to come in ahead of a junior pilot, that same bypass pilot may have been the difference between getting the base, position, and/or schedule said junior pilot wanted for years.
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Buzz, I'm going to do something here...
And it's not directed towards your story. After all, if there are 160 guys on bypass from 01 coming back then there are 160 different stories as to why now instead of accepting the recall before.
But I know one story was "I don't want to fly the 88. I'll bypass until I know I won't get stuck on that plane."
That's fine, it's one's right and prerogative to do so if they wish, but, the thing is after 12 years guess what's waiting for most bypassers... the 88. Or more specifically, 52% on ATL 88B or the bottom 20% of the ATL 320B, bottom 12% of ATL 73NB and if it ever has an opening the bottom 10%ish of ATL ERB.
I don't think anyone thought from 2001 to 2013 this is all 12 years of seniority will buy you nowadays.
And it's not directed towards your story. After all, if there are 160 guys on bypass from 01 coming back then there are 160 different stories as to why now instead of accepting the recall before.
But I know one story was "I don't want to fly the 88. I'll bypass until I know I won't get stuck on that plane."
That's fine, it's one's right and prerogative to do so if they wish, but, the thing is after 12 years guess what's waiting for most bypassers... the 88. Or more specifically, 52% on ATL 88B or the bottom 20% of the ATL 320B, bottom 12% of ATL 73NB and if it ever has an opening the bottom 10%ish of ATL ERB.
I don't think anyone thought from 2001 to 2013 this is all 12 years of seniority will buy you nowadays.
I'm not saying your wrong just that I'd be hard pressed that our bypass guys are bypassing to avoid the md88. Who knows though, I have been wrong before
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I don't know any bypass pilots personally, but I'd that'd be a whole lot of work and aggregation just to avoid flying the md88. Any pilot that intimidated to fly the md88 should probably do some soul searching regarding a long term career as a pilot. It's a stretch, but a majority of us are all one bid away from being displaced to the md88 at any point.
I'm not saying your wrong just that I'd be hard pressed that our bypass guys are bypassing to avoid the md88. Who knows though, I have been wrong before
I'm not saying your wrong just that I'd be hard pressed that our bypass guys are bypassing to avoid the md88. Who knows though, I have been wrong before
Most had another gig that was at least stable. Some bypassers went from planning on never returning to realizing that DAL was the best flower in the manure patch of the airline industry, at least for this month.
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Agreed, and I hope this is not where this is going. What these guys are doing isn't a whim. They're exrecising their prerogative.
The issue is that they have to go somewhere, and some of the junior guys have mentally discounted the bypasses. Their mistake.
I'd add to Buzzpat's post that a guy junior to a furloughee has actually been borrowing that senior furloughed guy's spot for a while, just like I borrowed from guys on MLOA for a very long time. It's more of a matter of saying "thanks", than questioning why they're back.
The issue is that they have to go somewhere, and some of the junior guys have mentally discounted the bypasses. Their mistake.
I'd add to Buzzpat's post that a guy junior to a furloughee has actually been borrowing that senior furloughed guy's spot for a while, just like I borrowed from guys on MLOA for a very long time. It's more of a matter of saying "thanks", than questioning why they're back.
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At least spend a year on it, so you'll learn to never trust the automation, and you'll learn to appreciate air conditioning in the summer, and heat in the winter, and brakes on a slippery runway.
Like flying a tailwheel airplane (or in the weather in a T37), you'll be a much better pilot for it, if you survive it.
Remember;
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McDonald Douglas builds....Character!
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Bottom line, it is what it is and we junior pilots must accept the reality of yet another push down in bidding ability. At least the effect is being ameliorated by Captain slots opening up, which are growth and retirements.
Going forward with SLI results intentionally NOT being status quo, there is going to be a lot more grumbling as one side or the other has furloughed pilots who would have otherwise not returned coming back to a sort of windfall. It can be generally be stated that the airline which had furloughed, also had recall jobs which were none too popular. In the meanwhile the other airline's pilots may have been displaced down into a job they did not want, at a base which did not exist pre merger, earning longevity by working those jobs. (not just thinking of us, also thinking of United/Continental)
After our merger, I tried several times to obtain leave to go work elsewhere until I could at least return at my pre-merger status quo. Delta management declined to allow leave greater than 12 months, which made getting another job while holding Delta seniority impossible.
It is understandable, when the merger dynamic is involved, that some junior pilots feel they've been slogging though an out of base displacement to a bad gig while others opportunistically game a windfall to come back to the job the junior guy held at the DCC.
Just saying, I understand the complaint. Not defending it. It is what it is. Changes in merger methodology result in greater disparities and inequities which are difficult for those who get pushed down in category and status to accept gracefully.
This is the other side of the coin from those who look at their date of hire and feel it is unfair. Can't blame those guys for complaining either. No one is going to be truly happy until we get past this stagnation ... in our case it appears that relief is coming sooner rather than later.
Going forward with SLI results intentionally NOT being status quo, there is going to be a lot more grumbling as one side or the other has furloughed pilots who would have otherwise not returned coming back to a sort of windfall. It can be generally be stated that the airline which had furloughed, also had recall jobs which were none too popular. In the meanwhile the other airline's pilots may have been displaced down into a job they did not want, at a base which did not exist pre merger, earning longevity by working those jobs. (not just thinking of us, also thinking of United/Continental)
After our merger, I tried several times to obtain leave to go work elsewhere until I could at least return at my pre-merger status quo. Delta management declined to allow leave greater than 12 months, which made getting another job while holding Delta seniority impossible.
It is understandable, when the merger dynamic is involved, that some junior pilots feel they've been slogging though an out of base displacement to a bad gig while others opportunistically game a windfall to come back to the job the junior guy held at the DCC.
Just saying, I understand the complaint. Not defending it. It is what it is. Changes in merger methodology result in greater disparities and inequities which are difficult for those who get pushed down in category and status to accept gracefully.
This is the other side of the coin from those who look at their date of hire and feel it is unfair. Can't blame those guys for complaining either. No one is going to be truly happy until we get past this stagnation ... in our case it appears that relief is coming sooner rather than later.
So if anyone has a gripe it should be that seniority should be based on years of actual service with the company and not merely date of hire, but that's a whole different discussion altogether, one that is creating some degree of consternation amongst some of the CAL and UAL guys with regard to their recent ISL.
The issue is caused when one carrier has longevity accrue when furloughed and one doesn't. Just like Delta and NWA. DAL had it, NWA didn't. We however managed to get around it by crediting the NWA pilots their longevity during the merger. That is something that did not happen in the CAL/UAL scenario.
As far as the returnees, their longevity was frozen when they bypassed initially. At least that is what the contract had in it then. I don't think it's changed. The guys in my class that bypassed have the same DOH as me, but longevity wise, I have 8 more years than them.
I don't know any bypass pilots personally, but I'd that'd be a whole lot of work and aggregation just to avoid flying the md88. Any pilot that intimidated to fly the md88 should probably do some soul searching regarding a long term career as a pilot. It's a stretch, but a majority of us are all one bid away from being displaced to the md88 at any point.
I'm not saying your wrong just that I'd be hard pressed that our bypass guys are bypassing to avoid the md88. Who knows though, I have been wrong before
I'm not saying your wrong just that I'd be hard pressed that our bypass guys are bypassing to avoid the md88. Who knows though, I have been wrong before
Now don't get me wrong, I get the bypass system. Look at Buzz's situation. You furloughed me and I had to get another job and I have another commitment and can't drop it on a whim. Having the bypass system is a good thing and I'd have a problem with guys having a problem with Buzz exercising that option.
But I don't agree with the notion that you borrowed someone's job either. It's been 12 years with the company offering jobs periodically over the last half of that period. One person who had the right to the job didn't want it and another did and they were offered it. The company had to move forward and they're not sure a bypasser even wants to ever come back or not and they had 1000 slots to fill.
To call it borrowing is nonsensical.
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And the Character of future pilots will begin an inevitable and irreversible decline this morning at 09:30:
Bombardier
Bombardier has been holding to their guns on pricing. Tere is a lot of new technology taking fight here. The first large geared turbofan, new metallurgy, materials and structural technology, new fly by wire .... which is why this has taken a while to get launched.
Then on Tuesday, Boeing will launch the 787-9. Big week in aviation news.
Bombardier
Bombardier has been holding to their guns on pricing. Tere is a lot of new technology taking fight here. The first large geared turbofan, new metallurgy, materials and structural technology, new fly by wire .... which is why this has taken a while to get launched.
Then on Tuesday, Boeing will launch the 787-9. Big week in aviation news.
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