Got one better, Had a GSWC in on Friday night in JFK that would have gotten me home a day earlier and it went instead to a reserve who put in a yellow slip.

?? We really have some dumb ones here I guess.

I did put in a YS on reserve last month, but I was over guarantee by 1 hour and it got me enough block time that I wasn't good for anything on the 1st so I got new years off. I know there were a couple guys wondering WTH I was doing on that one. :) Makes no sense in any scenario at all to YS at the front of the month though unless there is a trick I haven't figured out yet.

I don't get why people feel so entitled to GS's that they question every little move by others who are WSing or YSing. I can easily come up with numerous scenarios as to why it may be advantageous for said pilot to YS. Surely you can come up with a few and believe it or not, the Delta pilot world doesn't revolve around what suits you best.

Spoke with an DALPA scheduling guy and it seems some reserve pilots have acknowledged a trip less then 10 hrs prior and then were given an APD by the company. He says that DALPA investigated and the APD was removed later. Not sure on the accuracy but it does sound like DALPA has our back on those.

If it was a YS to fly on X days then there are very few scenarios at the front of the month that make much sense. About the only one I can think of is if they had a mother-in-law visit and needed an excuse for the wife as to why they were headed to work.

He wants Cabotage, here it comes.

What the writer fails to admit is, the reason the US Legacy service has been in a race to the bottom for the past 20 years is, guys like HIM don't want to pay for better service. He also fails to mention that the number one expense for any airline operating large jets is, FUEL. Look at what a gallon of Jet A costs today, vs. 20+ years ago, yet his ticket price is nearly identical to what it was 20 years ago.

Is there ANYTHING else in our economy that you can buy for the same price you paid 20 years ago? :rolleyes:

He does mention, several times, that allowing foreign carriers to fly our domestic routes would lead to "...better service, at lower ticket prices."

So after 20 years of losing BILLIONS of dollars, and every major legacy going bankrupt, the legacies have -finally- figured out how to make money, he wants to let foreigners fly the US Domestic market, so he can keep paying $200 for a ticket to the west coast.

He wants it all, he wants it now, but he doesn't want to PAY for it.:rolleyes:

I think we should allow foreigners (in China and India) to write for USA Today! We could get a better newspaper, for less, not that I've ever paid for a USA Today in the first place! :D

Spread the word loudly in the lounges.

+ 717.......

This article is hilarious. He interviewed a stagehand and some computer geek. They think it's a good idea, so full steam ahead!!! Oh, and fly on Virgin America, because they are just like a foreign airline!!! What a complete dip$h!+

We should do without child labor laws too. I mean, we could be so much more productive as a country! That fishwrap is the news source of choice for the mouth breathing Wal-Mart shoppers that make up the bulk of our great? nation.

There's lots of valid reasons to ys on reserve. If you're a commuter and don't want to have to sit short call in a hotel or crash pad. I ys if I know I'm going to get a trip to pick the better one out of opentime, to put yourself over guarantee, or sometimes you can get an extra day off by ys a 3 day or a 4 day when you have 4 or 5 days availability. You gotta make the best out of reserve and don't understand why people make a big deal out of yellow slipping....