Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

Jughead:

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Jughead with FTB in his jumpseat:

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FTB after Jughead made him shave and put a uniform on, albeit one borrowed from the back but it was the only one that would fit:

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Despite that look on my face, I had a blast, learned as much as my little brain could handle and wrote down the rest.

Thanks Jughead.

Awesome--still laughing, FTB!

Alan Shore

01-21-2014 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhino Driver (Post 1563473)

Scheduling Guru Question...I used to be able to move RES days around much easier through PCS. I could essentially move things around to work a max of 6, be off for 1, then work 6 more if I so desired. Now trying to do such a thing gives me an error for 30/168.

Apparently, the Company has taken it up itself to restrict X-day moves in int'l categories in the same way that domestic categories have always been restricted, i.e., you can't create a block of on-call days greater than six. To make matters worse, they've even programmed it so that we can't increase a block of 7-12 on-call days to something less than 14 as we used to be able to do.

Would have been nice to have known this prior to bidding.

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Originally Posted by Rhino Driver (Post 1563473)

If I start Long Call at 0000, and can't be scheduled for anything before 1200, haven't I just had 36 hours of rest coming off a single X day?

Actually, you come off of rest the minute you begin long call at 0000.

GunshipGuy

01-21-2014 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by boog123 (Post 1563500)

Well, it's above 2.5 billion, so we will get 20%……….. LOL, I bet I told at least 10 pilots that this is not the way it's paid out. You could almost see the joy leave the face.

I was told Flt pay plus Flt Advance times .083. Don't forget about the 25% federal tax joy.

Thanks, that's a nice amount. I told my "Yes" voter captain about that a few weeks ago. He didn't believe me (which was not surprising at that point, if you know what I mean). He kept saying, "They put aside $500 million for profit sharing." $290M vs $405M, or put another way an avg of $26,363/pilot vs $36,818.

Jack Bauer

01-21-2014 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1563496)

I think all us wide body pilots who only fly one leg a month, need a Pitts S2 program to keep our stick and rudder skills up to snuff! :D

Pitts S2B Aerobatics GoPro (With Mr. Bruce Bohannon) - YouTube

The odd part in the two incidents mentioned; Asiana in SFO and SW at wrong airport, is that in the first case, they did rely too much on the automation, and in the second case, they seemed to ignore it.

So...which is it; do we need to rely more on automation to find the right airport at night, or ignore it to make a day VFR landing when the ILS is inop?

That is a good point. There does seem to be a conflict between the two. Some guys recommend some hand flying while others say "use the automation, that's what it is there for". I like your suggestion. Recurrent includes two weeks of Pitts flying:D

Jack Bauer

01-21-2014 05:56 AM

For those who are interested live earnings report begins in 3 minutes.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. - Delta Air Lines Announces Webcast of December Quarter 2013 Financial Results

forgot to bid

01-21-2014 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1563515)

Say it with me: "we also reduced the profit sharing going forward and that’s an important part of helping to fund that [pilot] cost growth."

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FrankCobretti

01-21-2014 06:26 AM

Gents, I'd appreciate it if someone would field a couple of questions as I plan my return from mil leave.

1. When I return, I'll have been out of the cockpit for 16 months. I plan to return to the same plane. Do I go through full initial training, or some fraction thereof?

2. When I tell the company where I want to drop back in, do I base that on the staffing list current during the month I call, or on the projected staffing list for the month I'll actually show up? This is a big deal for me - it's the difference between SLC and DTW.

caddis

01-21-2014 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by FrankCobretti (Post 1563555)

Sent you a PM

crewdawg52

01-21-2014 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by boog123 (Post 1563500)

Don't forget about the 25% federal tax joy.

Not if 100% goes into your 401K (unless it max's everything out) :cool:

tsquare