Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
12-01-2013 | 11:50 AM
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12-01-2013 | 12:03 PM
Straight QOL, homie
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And while I'm at it...is anyone else put off by the yearly requests for holiday tips, I mean, contributions, for the CPO staff? Apparently they haul in several hundred bucks each. Sure, they replenish the ear plug dispenser, and often help us when we need it...occasionally even cheerfully. but that is why they are being paid.
Bah, humbug.
12-01-2013 | 12:03 PM
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I went out of JFK on Wednesday. By the coffee machine there was a pile of cookies, pretzels, and M & M's off the airplane, which I assumed was our Pre-Thanksgiving "treat." No problem. It wasn't Thanksgiving and if they were going to do something special, doing it on the next day made sense to me. Until…..
…one of our flight attendants showed us the pictures she took of the FULL BUFFET (Turkey, dressing, pumpkin pie, etc.) they had in the flight attendant lounge at the same time.
I brushed it off, because I thought she might have been playing a joke on us.
But, now all I can say is: Really?
Did the flight attendants really have a buffet in JFK the day before Thanksgiving, too?
…one of our flight attendants showed us the pictures she took of the FULL BUFFET (Turkey, dressing, pumpkin pie, etc.) they had in the flight attendant lounge at the same time.
I brushed it off, because I thought she might have been playing a joke on us.
But, now all I can say is: Really?
Did the flight attendants really have a buffet in JFK the day before Thanksgiving, too?
I had the holiday off, but regardless, it would've been nice for the company to go a little above the menial gesture of providing a meal for pilots who had to work over the holiday.
A nice, hot buffet served by a manger from the chief pilot's office would be much more genuine of gesture as opposed to a brown bag filled with a constructive-engagement turkey and good faith mashed potatoes. Granted it is the thought that counts, but sometimes it's also the degree of effort.
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12-01-2013 | 12:14 PM
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12-01-2013 | 12:23 PM
Back on TDY
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I went out of JFK on Wednesday. By the coffee machine there was a pile of cookies, pretzels, and M & M's off the airplane, which I assumed was our Pre-Thanksgiving "treat." No problem. It wasn't Thanksgiving and if they were going to do something special, doing it on the next day made sense to me. Until…..
…one of our flight attendants showed us the pictures she took of the FULL BUFFET (Turkey, dressing, pumpkin pie, etc.) they had in the flight attendant lounge at the same time.
I brushed it off, because I thought she might have been playing a joke on us.
But, now all I can say is: Really?
Did the flight attendants really have a buffet in JFK the day before Thanksgiving, too?
…one of our flight attendants showed us the pictures she took of the FULL BUFFET (Turkey, dressing, pumpkin pie, etc.) they had in the flight attendant lounge at the same time.
I brushed it off, because I thought she might have been playing a joke on us.
But, now all I can say is: Really?
Did the flight attendants really have a buffet in JFK the day before Thanksgiving, too?
Oh wait...
Carl
12-01-2013 | 12:24 PM
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I know this is a loaded statement and I'll probably get slack for it....I'm sure there was a time when management over-catered to pilots and spoiled them, but know we have gone so far in the opposite direction it's pathetic.
I had the holiday off, but regardless, it would've been nice for the company to go a little above the menial gesture if providing meal for pilots who had to work on a holiday.
A nice, hot buffet served by a manger from the chief pilot's office would be much more genuine of gesture as opposed to a brown bag filled with a constructive-engagement turkey and good faith mashed potatoes. Granted it is the thought that counts, but sometimes it's also the degree of effort.
I had the holiday off, but regardless, it would've been nice for the company to go a little above the menial gesture if providing meal for pilots who had to work on a holiday.
A nice, hot buffet served by a manger from the chief pilot's office would be much more genuine of gesture as opposed to a brown bag filled with a constructive-engagement turkey and good faith mashed potatoes. Granted it is the thought that counts, but sometimes it's also the degree of effort.
I'm also grateful that I'm not carrying those extra 3-5 pounds everyone is complaining about after this weekend.
12-01-2013 | 12:27 PM
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12-01-2013 | 12:33 PM
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Just checked my YTD ALPA dues.... $4887
Definitely not getting the representation I deserve for that amount of cash outlay.
Oh well...someone has to pay for the oil painting of Commodore Moak.
Good news is the 3% raise should cover dues and increased heLth care costs next year....nothing like treading water for the last 10 years.
Definitely not getting the representation I deserve for that amount of cash outlay.
Oh well...someone has to pay for the oil painting of Commodore Moak.
Good news is the 3% raise should cover dues and increased heLth care costs next year....nothing like treading water for the last 10 years.
12-01-2013 | 12:35 PM
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Funny! It was behind the FO's seat. I noticed it and the FO hung onto it until we had some sit time in Atlanta. There wasn't a name in it and the chief pilot's office was closed, so he left it in the lost and found.
12-01-2013 | 12:50 PM
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Also....
Carl hang in there! There's alot of lurkers here and you are their voice! You and 88driver keep these ALPA mouthpeices in check.
One last thing just came back from Las Vegas where I grew up... best friend from high school is a Southwest 92 hire....saw his 2013 ytd earnings (Nov 15 check).... going to go over 300k for the 8th straight year....works 17-18 days per month
Carl hang in there! There's alot of lurkers here and you are their voice! You and 88driver keep these ALPA mouthpeices in check.
One last thing just came back from Las Vegas where I grew up... best friend from high school is a Southwest 92 hire....saw his 2013 ytd earnings (Nov 15 check).... going to go over 300k for the 8th straight year....works 17-18 days per month
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