Originally Posted by Big E 757 (Post 1586186)

No, If saying Chillax is enough to cause a problem with anyone, then that person is wound too tight or too self absorbed.

The reality of this industry, over the past 35+ years, is that very few of us has had that Golden career we all dreamed of one day when we were in our teens and 20's. If anyone thinks that another demographic benefited at their expense, that, in my opinion, is very myopic.

And I can say that because I was hired Oct 2000. Furloughed for 3 years and 2 months and have enjoyed 2 years of positive movement in my 13 years here. There are plenty of reasons for the stagnation and backward sliding, and furloughs, but our fellow pilots are not the cause.

Anyway, have a great night.

Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 1586176)

I was waiting for the PCS run too... and remembered the PWA was changed, it now says:

"No earlier than 0700E, 1200E, 1700E, and 2200E" rather than at specific times.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1586196)

I think that is what it always said.

Originally Posted by 8 Cherry Garcia (Post 1586247)

that was pretty cool!

Like living in Gattica...

Originally Posted by Big E 757 (Post 1586186)

No, If saying Chillax is enough to cause a problem with anyone, then that person is wound too tight or too self absorbed.

The reality of this industry, over the past 35+ years, is that very few of us has had that Golden career we all dreamed of one day when we were in our teens and 20's. If anyone thinks that another demographic benefited at their expense, that, in my opinion, is very myopic.

And I can say that because I was hired Oct 2000. Furloughed for 3 years and 2 months and have enjoyed 2 years of positive movement in my 13 years here. There are plenty of reasons for the stagnation and backward sliding, and furloughs, but our fellow pilots are not the cause.

Anyway, have a great night.

Originally Posted by Roadkill (Post 1586085)

Are these PCS swaps being done by hand now? Is there some error in the PCS programming still that is having to be checked by hand (like the 10hr rest thing)?

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1584879)

In many contracts today and prior to about 2001 at Delta furlough time did not count for anything. DALPA was the first union to push for and get longevity credit for furlough time. For those on long furloughs it is very significant improvement. It made for some nice pay bumps also for some NW pilots. They did not have it in their contract.
It also used to be and perhaps still is that if you took a voluntary leave you also lost seniority. That surprised at least one person I know.

Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 1586079)

HVC's are great, but you can not run a large global airline off of them and only them. You have to be able to compete and win the masses.