Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
02-20-2014 | 04:49 PM
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If you're in Florida right now, check out the rocket launch....8:59pm lighting of the candle...Delta IV...should be a bright one...
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02-20-2014 | 05:04 PM
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that was pretty cool!
Like living in Gattica...
Like living in Gattica...
02-20-2014 | 05:20 PM
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02-20-2014 | 05:22 PM
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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.
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.
02-20-2014 | 05:49 PM
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HVCs have better real-time scheduling info than we do (not to mention their access to better real-time weather info with wi-fi in the back).
What a joke. If we performed at Delta IT's level, this company wouldn't exist.
02-20-2014 | 05:52 PM
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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.
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.
02-20-2014 | 05:56 PM
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Probably true, and really not any counter to my point. All I am saying is that marketing/ops are more than likely putting those airplanes in more lucrative markets, and using them to the best of their ability, and in order to maximize yield. If MCO is even on that depth chart at all, we would be flying it. But with 100 purple herb turds, and Spirit, and Frontier sitting on the ramp every morning, methinks the yield down here ain't all that great. I could be wrong though....
02-20-2014 | 05:59 PM
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I'm sure you noted that Delta is pulling seats out of the premium cabin and increasing the size of economy...
Oh, and you did highlight the threat posed by our vertically integrated, government subsidized competition. It's a big problem right now for the Europeans. It will be our big problem shortly.
Oh, and you did highlight the threat posed by our vertically integrated, government subsidized competition. It's a big problem right now for the Europeans. It will be our big problem shortly.
02-20-2014 | 06:00 PM
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If you're in Florida right now, check out the rocket launch....8:59pm lighting of the candle...Delta IV...should be a bright one...
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02-20-2014 | 06:02 PM
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Between 117 and various IROPs, the company's continued reliance on an utterly outdated and inadequate scheduling system has been unmasked as nothing short of gross buffoonery.
HVCs have better real-time scheduling info than we do (not to mention their access to better real-time weather info with wi-fi in the back).
What a joke. If we performed at Delta IT's level, this company wouldn't exist.
HVCs have better real-time scheduling info than we do (not to mention their access to better real-time weather info with wi-fi in the back).
What a joke. If we performed at Delta IT's level, this company wouldn't exist.
gaaaaaaaah really?
Dude seriously, is there anything that ANYBODY does right in your world?
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