Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-06-2014 | 05:50 PM
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Why do Heisman Trophy winners play so poorly in National Championship games?
01-06-2014 | 05:54 PM
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From: Boeing Hearing and Ergonomics Lab Rat, Night Shift
It was a fairly strongly worded letter.
I thought the chairman struck just the right balance of stick and carrot...
Every day that goes on shows more and more how absurd the company's negotiating position of "117 is staffing neutral" is...
I wonder what it will take for them to fold.
Cheers
George
I thought the chairman struck just the right balance of stick and carrot...
Every day that goes on shows more and more how absurd the company's negotiating position of "117 is staffing neutral" is...
I wonder what it will take for them to fold.
Cheers
George
01-06-2014 | 05:55 PM
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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!
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!
The sense of entitlement in our society never ceases to amaze me.
I'm glad our industry is finally starting to get away with the price-the-competition-into-bankruptcy mentality that has hurt this industry so much over the past 10 years.
01-06-2014 | 05:58 PM
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01-06-2014 | 06:02 PM
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01-06-2014 | 06:25 PM
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From: Going to hell in a bucket, but enjoying the ride .
That and the "Over-dog" thing, where the over-dogs slack off and the underdogs work harder during the Christmas break. You saw how many underdogs won the bowl games this year. Ask Nick.
01-06-2014 | 06:29 PM
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These are guys YS'ing on X days not on their on-call days. I get throwing one in when on call, but doing them on your x days is working for free unless you are over the reserve cap. There are reasons for doing them on an X day, but not very many and they are almost always for free.
01-06-2014 | 06:30 PM
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Good call. Bear in mind too that it is a violation of FAR 117 for the Company to assign a pilot flying, e.g., reserve, inverse assignment, with less than ten hours' notice (12 hours if the first FDP violates the pilot's WOCL).
01-06-2014 | 06:37 PM
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I'm on my 3rd inverse assignment robocall today and no GSWCs have gone out. At this time, I think the company will cancel the flight before it hands out a GSWC.
Incidentally, after rerouting me into a 12 hour duty day on day 5 of a 4 day trip, does the company really think I'm going to fall over myself to help them out when they refused to hire?
Incidentally, after rerouting me into a 12 hour duty day on day 5 of a 4 day trip, does the company really think I'm going to fall over myself to help them out when they refused to hire?
Among the efforts to prepare for the new rules detailed by the Journal:
--Delta Air Lines said it is using increased productivity, including up to 15 additional hours from reserves, pilots willing to automatically extend duty time by two hours, and stroke of the pen contract changes to deal with the new rules, keeping the operation staffing neutral.
--United Airlines said it is hiring 60 to 100 pilots a month to deal with the new rules and fill vacancies caused by retirements.
--JetBlue said it has developed an in-house crew tracking program to be used by its 2,500 pilots on company-issued iPads.
--The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the largest pilots union in the nation, is offering a free smartphone app that pilots can use to keep track of how many hours they've worked and slept.
--The Regional Airline Association said its carriers have bumped up staffing by about 5%. Regional carriers typically serve smaller cities rather than hub airports.
I may or may not have ammended that.
01-06-2014 | 06:37 PM
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If you look at the tables, you essentially lose an hour of FDP for going down one Class of facility. Even if you have to MEL whatever you have, you probably can go...but it gets tighter on the time. (Check those snaps and curtains!)
There's a new APB that outlines all the various Rest Facilities by tail number...and the backup plan (ie what biz class seat if the condo is out).
A very interesting note 1 is that on some planes, the dedicated Flight Attendant Rest facility has been approved by the FAA to act as a Class 2...and can be used to maintain operation integrity, with VP approval. Would love to see that scenario play out.
There's a new APB that outlines all the various Rest Facilities by tail number...and the backup plan (ie what biz class seat if the condo is out).
A very interesting note 1 is that on some planes, the dedicated Flight Attendant Rest facility has been approved by the FAA to act as a Class 2...and can be used to maintain operation integrity, with VP approval. Would love to see that scenario play out.
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