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?

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.

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!

 

Spread the word loudly in the lounges.

 

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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....

 

I did a YS on a day off a few months ago. Here is why. There was a nice 4 day CDG trip and had I not YS it I would have been put on SC coming off of my days off. Instead of commuting in on the 7th to sit SC on the 8th, I commuted in on the 7th and flew to Paris that night. Another time I YS a trip on a day off because it prevented me from getting a very crappy trip that was sitting in open time that I would have otherwise been assigned. Maybe he is trying to fill up to get the end of the month off? Many other reasons I could fathom.

 

Exactly. Some people don't get it. The guy who missed out on the GSWC prob hasn't sat reserve and is out of touch with it.

 

Exactly. The worlds fastest, safest mode of transportation should be free, dangit!

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