flyallnite

It seems like they normally grind out these smaller AE's pretty quickly. I wonder if they are having some concern over not backfilling... It'll be interesting to see how this one shakes out...

Bucking Bar

I expect results by 4pm today.

There might be some higher math going on to comply with min staffing requirements by year end. That, and I am not sure management has been "constructively engaged" which results in imperfect communication and coordination, but that is just a guess.

Roadkill

Flight ops posted a link to two paragraphs on how to get to the Federal Circle via airtrain at JFK, both from terminal 2 and 4. Useful for those of us who don't commute to JFK. May want to print out the T2 part or read it a couple times.

HOWEVER...

FAIL--they didn't explain why it was being done and their justification for having us ride the train for pickup, they didn't estimate the distance, they didn't tell how long it takes, and they didn't say how long it will add to the trip. They didn't say if it's outdoors standing around in the cold waiting, or all inside. All obvious questions that anyone graduated from HS should/would expect from such a change. And of course, this info should have come out a week ago, concurrent with the directive to TAKE the train. It's like my 4th grader was allowed to be a manager for a day and this was his task.

flyallnite

Very possible. I'm sure some of the new CA spots will be filled with 7ER copilots, which will necessitate a decision on just how to staff those categories-- and just how many of the 757s will be parked in coming months...

Roadkill

Also in the weekly flight ops update, an update on EFB.

Q: Will Delta have access to personal information on the Tablet?
A: Delta respects the confidentiality of all information and data contained within a personal profile on the Surface 2.

didn't really say if they had access though hey? Guess the answer is "yes, but trust us we won't look at it" lol.

Also, they didn't address the issue of the RT operating system already being sunset.
OTOH it's nice to finally get an update on what's up with the EFB, so you may like to read the link to this from the weekly ops update.

flyallnite

I think I'm just going to get a used Ipad2 based on what I read. This thing has been delayed for months now, and the timeline they present is increasingly vague... they used to say things like "by fall", now it's "sometime in 2014". I suspect this is to give them enough wiggle room when the wheels finally come off this roll out... How do you support a piece of hardware that the manufacturer stops supporting? That's the one question they didn't ask or answer, but it's the only one that really matters...

Roadkill

When's it gonna be, the next AE??

"friday, Friday..."
Oh yeaaahhhh, here it is, you know you love it:
Friday - Rebecca Black - Official Music Video - YouTube

badflaps

On the nose, T, on the nose. My 3 is Campbell County Tn.

filejw

Can tell you it is at the direction of the Port Authority.

scambo1

Blanket party on RK