Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
04-24-2014 | 06:49 AM
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They had to do something T. AAPL stock has done nothing in the last year. Not sure if your an Apple user but there are rampant rumors of the iPhone 6 being delayed til next year now due to battery issues and that is bad news for the company. iPhones have been coming out like clockwork for the last 5+ years. The buy back seems like a nice way to distract the share holders if this is in fact true.
04-24-2014 | 06:50 AM
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They had to do something T. AAPL stock has done nothing in the last year. Not sure if your an Apple user but there are rampant rumors of the iPhone 6 being delayed til next year now due to battery issues and that is bad news for the company. iPhones have been coming out like clockwork for the last 5+ years. The buy back seems like a nice way to distract the share holders if this is in fact true.
04-24-2014 | 07:19 AM
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They had to do something T. AAPL stock has done nothing in the last year. Not sure if your an Apple user but there are rampant rumors of the iPhone 6 being delayed til next year now due to battery issues and that is bad news for the company. iPhones have been coming out like clockwork for the last 5+ years. The buy back seems like a nice way to distract the share holders if this is in fact true.
04-24-2014 | 07:30 AM
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We've been 'told' time and time again that a strong healthy balance sheet will be the best route to more compensation. So far, I've (personally) not seen it. I for one am tired of trading productivity and approved harassment for a few extra dollars, all the while I'm flying more and getting nickled and dimed by medical expenses (anybody looked at our vision plan? We're pilots for crying out loud!) and reduced profit sharing. And now we are even 'negotiating' to keep a part of our contract in force! If people aren't willing to tell DALPA enough is enough, by way of rejecting any future agreement that doesn't measure up to our level of contribution to the bottom line, then we deserve what we get, which I assure you will be more of the same. There are many ways to increase compensation without scaring off investors or starting a riot among non contract employees. More 401K, better trip and duty rigs, better compensation for training and vacation, and a much, much better medical plan for starters...
If I'm not mistaken, a few years ago, RA was talking about getting to 8-10% margins, as that would be a commendable goal for an airline (I agree). The employees would benefit from a stable company.
Now we're talking 15%?
I'm not really feeling the increased benefits of having the extra stability that 15% represents, vs. 10%. Seems like 10% is sufficiently stable, and the 5% is gravy. I think we have a legitimate claim to a substantial portion of the gravy.
04-24-2014 | 07:36 AM
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04-24-2014 | 07:39 AM
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Medical benefits are a dead stick due to Obamacare, don't waste negotiating capital on that. You could negotiate the best medical coverage the world has ever know, and the company can simply dump it to the ACA.
04-24-2014 | 08:08 AM
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We've been 'told' time and time again that a strong healthy balance sheet will be the best route to more compensation. So far, I've (personally) not seen it. I for one am tired of trading productivity and approved harassment for a few extra dollars, all the while I'm flying more and getting nickled and dimed by medical expenses (anybody looked at our vision plan? We're pilots for crying out loud!) and reduced profit sharing. And now we are even 'negotiating' to keep a part of our contract in force! If people aren't willing to tell DALPA enough is enough, by way of rejecting any future agreement that doesn't measure up to our level of contribution to the bottom line, then we deserve what we get, which I assure you will be more of the same. There are many ways to increase compensation without scaring off investors or starting a riot among non contract employees. More 401K, better trip and duty rigs, better compensation for training and vacation, and a much, much better medical plan for starters...
As a NB FO, my 2012 versus 2013 compensation increased 27% for the same number of workdays.
The medical plan increases were more than offset by the health rewards dollars, so my medical increase was 0%.
04-24-2014 | 08:14 AM
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Are you talking about the US deficit? I have zero idea how anybody can defend $17,000,000,000,000 in debt when the number of people chipping in to pay for it is going down. It's "unpatriotic" (now who said that?) to run those kinds of numbers. But I guess if you are talking about rate of increase/decrease, the books should balance when J.L.Picard is flying around the galaxy.
04-24-2014 | 08:25 AM
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In which direction has the US deficit been going? Larger, or smaller?
Patriotic, or un-patriotic?
04-24-2014 | 08:28 AM
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Many around you have seen plenty of increases (enough, not nearly, but significant progress, yes)
As a NB FO, my 2012 versus 2013 compensation increased 27% for the same number of workdays.
The medical plan increases were more than offset by the health rewards dollars, so my medical increase was 0%.
As a NB FO, my 2012 versus 2013 compensation increased 27% for the same number of workdays.
The medical plan increases were more than offset by the health rewards dollars, so my medical increase was 0%.
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