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Originally Posted by Amish Pilot (Post 1566503)

Anybody else get a Manual Check yesterday? If so what was it for?
Mine was coded CBA RES & CBA 401K. Thanks

I got one and I have been retired for 16 months.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1566518)

I usually reserve telling people I flew at Continental Express until the very end, and even then I just say yes, yes I was there, and then stare out the window.

That'll shut 'em up. Mig kills, shmig kills.

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Originally Posted by Sink r8 (Post 1566554)

That'll shut 'em up. Mig kills, shmig kills.

Yeah, I still have nightmares. I keep going back to the Brasilia, in the summer... in Houston.

cold sweat.

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Originally Posted by RetiredFTS (Post 1566510)

I did, coded CBA401K. Not sure why.
I remember a similar check last year after I returned from long term mil lv and was told something about 401k holdback while inactive. Not sure why it happened again. We're you mil lv?

I just sent an email to payroll asking the question.

This was in the vectors this week. I assume you are a PMNW guy.

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NWA MP3 “Residual”: The NWA MP3 targeting plan "residual" payment for the 2013 plan year is being distributed to eligible pilots on January 24th. The calculation resulted in a payment equal to approximately 2.7 percent of eligible 2013 calendar year earnings. The distribution will be treated as an employer contribution to the Delta Pilots Savings Plan, counting against the 2013 IRS limits to the maximum extent permitted by law, with any excess paid as cash via a manual check (i.e. not electronic deposit). If you have questions regarding this issue, please email the Delta MEC Senior Benefits Specialist, Karen Browne-Fleck, [email protected] .

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Originally Posted by finis72 (Post 1566443)

Agreed. I once flew with a F/O on the DC-8 for a whole month. On the last trip of the month sitting in a bar a friend of his starts talking about his second Mig kill. This guy flew Thuds, had 2 mig kills, Silver Star and I didn't find out until trip number four at the end of the month. A true soft spoken professional.

Only one Thud guy had two MiG kills, both on the same flight. Max C. Brestel. March 10, 1967.

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1566275)

While the guy is putting the times in on the flight plan waypoints, go in and change the en route time by one minute on the preflight page. Watch them struggle to find where their math error was.

Dude, that's just evil.

After 15 minutes of fruitless searching, you need to chime up "um, would you like a pencil instead?"

Bwahahahahahahaha!

Nu

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Originally Posted by dragon (Post 1566556)

This was in the vectors this week. I assume you are a PMNW guy.

This.

The MP3 (otherwise known as the TDC, or targeted plan) is being sunseted.

The MP3, at the end of every year had a "residual", which was money that was allocated to the targeted portion of the plan, but was not paid due to any number of reasons (LOAs, etc).

At the end of each plan year, the residual was returned to the participants in December. This year, due to the actuarials involved in shutting down the plan completely, the time required was a bit longer, and the close out was for the entire plan's duration.

Those who had space left in their 2013 IRS limits were paid via that route. Those who were "full", or were filed up with a part of the residual payout will see a manual check, either for the full amount or the around beyond their IRS limit.

It was about 2 percent and change.

Nu

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Originally Posted by RetiredFTS (Post 1566510)

No, I was not on Mil Leave.

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Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 1566591)

Thanks Nu! That explains it. I just checked my 401K and the extra was the manual paper check. :D

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Originally Posted by filejw (Post 1566448)

I remember flying with Marine who did a tour in a fighter of some type then had to go back and did 6 more months in a helicopter. His through process was " after being shot at in Vietnam for 6 months what could they possibly do to me here."

Those guys saw a lot. They weren't much for going around spouting off rules. Guys like that usually ended in a bad way. If you did something that jeopardized their happy place in the cockpit, the worst I ever got was along the lines of "I'm considering removing you from my Christmas card list". Best people to have around when the going got tough... it's nice to look across the cockpit and see the skipper has clearly seen a lot worse. I always figured if one of those guys started sweating things, we were probably goners.

It sure was a pleasure to fly with them. I feel sorry for the guys who have to hold on so tight to the program that they make everyone miserable. It's too fun a job to mess it up with petty nit picking, but that's not to say that we shouldn't be detail oriented; I've just seen a lot of guys miss the big threat because they are concerned about some BS data entry.

I do know some guys heading to the 717A. They are loving it. Good program staffed by good gents also. INTNL isn't what it was 5 years ago. It's a lot more of the same old same old, gets boring. It's a great jet, like a mini 757 only better avionics for the most part. You get to fly a lot, and your W2 is going to be far better looking at the end of the year, along with the profit check and 401K. Plus you get to fly with your favorite captain every trip. 88 of them is a lot of jets. We have about as many 737's right now in the fleet, and you see them everywhere. So I expect more bases for the 717.