Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
05-03-2014 | 09:00 PM
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05-03-2014 | 10:05 PM
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Can't be any worse than this idea:
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05-03-2014 | 10:50 PM
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05-03-2014 | 10:53 PM
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It would have been cool if they added windows to the front of the hump.
05-04-2014 | 02:58 AM
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05-04-2014 | 03:07 AM
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Bring all the DCI jets to mainline, staple the guys who are flying them onto our list, up the payrates, newhires at Delta start in a DCI jet, every single regional pilot in the U.S will apply to come to Delta, staffing issue solved.
Or go buy every used 319 in the world (I would say 717's and MD 90's as well but we already own almost all of those in the world) and up the utilization to crazy levels.
Either way we are screwed for this summer. Everyone needs to stop putting in GS's and just do GSWC's. We had 7 GS's today in SLC which is a crazy number for a small category in May.
Or go buy every used 319 in the world (I would say 717's and MD 90's as well but we already own almost all of those in the world) and up the utilization to crazy levels.
Either way we are screwed for this summer. Everyone needs to stop putting in GS's and just do GSWC's. We had 7 GS's today in SLC which is a crazy number for a small category in May.
There are two major issues with your plan. First if history prevails they are not going to accept a staple. It will go to arbitration. Second you have to be able to do that flying at a competitive rate to the rest of the industry. If not you lose that flying and some of your mainline flying as feed dries up. You then have a smaller airline and lots of furloughed pilots.
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05-04-2014 | 03:11 AM
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As many like to say on this board you have to "connect the dots" so I will add a few dots.
The new hire number has been upped again this year I have this confirmed by a someone in the new hire program. More and bigger classes coming in June.
As for where is the lift coming...think utilization rates as much as air frames. They will be pushing these rates even more this summer. So we will find the lift but that probably won't fix the DCI shortfall because of our own staffing issue. Talked to a person down in ATL who works with staffing that says we will have problems flying our own summer schedule let alone trying to pick up the
The new hire number has been upped again this year I have this confirmed by a someone in the new hire program. More and bigger classes coming in June.
As for where is the lift coming...think utilization rates as much as air frames. They will be pushing these rates even more this summer. So we will find the lift but that probably won't fix the DCI shortfall because of our own staffing issue. Talked to a person down in ATL who works with staffing that says we will have problems flying our own summer schedule let alone trying to pick up the
05-04-2014 | 03:57 AM
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05-04-2014 | 04:07 AM
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True, but costs to operate RJ's is going up one way or the other. Either the majors will pay more for the lift so that regional carriers can pay their pilots more, or majors will begin to operate such aircraft themselves at a higher cost. To the extent that this is the only way to continue to operate RJs long-term, each major carrier will face this dilemma and find its own way to realize the added costs or face a reduction or total loss of the ability to offer RJ service.
05-04-2014 | 04:18 AM
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Quick question about getting out of a trip to OE. I'm flying a trip later this month with a LCA. I'm hoping to not fly it, but still get paid. There is no one assigned to it right now for OE. When I pull up the LCA's schedule, it says LOE to the left of the rotation in icrew. Does that mean he has made himself available for OE or that the training department plans on assigning him OE? I'm wondering what the chances are of me getting out of this trip. I know I have no control over it, but I might try and trade trip for one with a better overnight depending on the odds.
If your name is Russell G., you can stopping checking my schedule. Wait until a few days before.
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