"So, it smokes man. Who doesn't?"

Jefferey Lebowski, Senior PE Tech, Electrical, 787

Just had the exact same thing happen to me! The agent said there was no way I could sit in the cockpit. I asked to speak with the captain. He didn't understand it either. I had to get him to look in the FOM, and verify that all it takes is a valid Delta ID, and "1P" on a boarding pass. He had to go up to the podium to convince the agent.

The agent was angry. The captain was angry. I was angry. All for different reasons. Delta IT is the weakest link.

I also agree. However, how did DCI, KLM/AF, and ALK ever become such a substantial part of Delta flying? Someone voted yes on those contracts, guys like TSquare. I bet that the current management team wishes the pilots over the past few years had said "NO" to a 700+ DCI Fleet, giving up a lucrative former Western west coast operation to Alaska and agreeing to all these international codeshares that bring little revenue to the table. I'm sure there is not a day that Anderson doesn't imagine where we would be now, with the current team, better international slots, gates at LAX and the lack of debt without the colossal failure DCI is and was.

It's ok to have an awesome culture and vote no. Southwest did just a few years back when management wanted a codeshare with Westjet. The pilots voted NO and plan B came about. They subsequently bought Air Tran and will grow their operation organically. Maybe the company ended up better off with the plan B than where the yes vote would have taken them.

Just saying.

I knew it.

I smell smoke.

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/-tf1K1P2Skw/hqdefault.jpg

Rinse.

I mean here's this picture

http://static.indianexpress.com/m-im..._Air_India.jpg

And you can't figure out if it's a water cannon salute or they're trying to save everyone's life.

That's what I would think if I was sitting on "Indian Express" in a 787. :O :)

OK, I just realized that this YouTube and this gif are perfectly synchronized.


you will remember this during your next recurrent and start laughing randomly ...

... frack, I've got to get back to trying to obfuscate my 1099 earnings ...

In-sourcing = improved customer service, greater control over functions and reduced total costs.

The other day the agent couldn't get me on my reserved jumpseat, but was able to put me on the FA jumpseat and the the captain let me sit in the cockpit.

anyone else having problems with Deltanet & PBS today? Just spent 1/2 on the phone with the help desk. Oh, we don't have a problem...cluelessness. They told me to call crew scheduling. another 20 min of my life wasted., oh there's no problem, "fill out a form". YGTBSM. Called Dalpa..."hey, you guys know there's a problem with PBS? ....."oh, no we haven't had any complaints"....."well i'm complaining now"....."call DALCREW"....Unfreaking real. I feel like throwing my unsupported Microsoft laptop out the window. Normally I'd have time to get bids in and work out bugs/issues since clearly no one else is capable of doing THIER jobs....but, thanks to 117 I'm in the middle of a 10 day stretch in a layover hotel with spotty wifi. FML.