Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
05-08-2014, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano
I don't understand why every big European airline can fly 777's and 747's (or A380's) to Europe. But it's not in our DNA.
05-08-2014, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MrMustache
And what about all the guys they told never apply again? You think they would really turn around and give them a flow? 80 knows how bad some are and how their interviews went, I don't see it. What about the 175s in the system?
05-08-2014, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tsquare
He's an arrogant little punk, and the general managers have seen right thru the social coaching that he got. He's gonna be trouble wherever he goes, and Cleveland can ill afford that...
lulz... Cleveland.... the mediocrity continues.
lulz... Cleveland.... the mediocrity continues.
Kid is a tool. Cleveland is perfect for him.
Then you see kids drafted showing raw emotion and tears. I'll take one of them any day over Johnny.
05-08-2014, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by FmrFreightDog
When the whole "full on flow" thing doesn't work out like you expected I hope you have the good sense to proofread your Delta application a little more thoroughly than you proofread this post.
I'm not a grammar Nazi. I'm just the son of an English teacher.
Basic English aside, you're pitching a pipe dream.
I'm not a grammar Nazi. I'm just the son of an English teacher.
Basic English aside, you're pitching a pipe dream.
That being said, the flow won't happen.
05-08-2014, 07:37 PM
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Stupid New Guy Question
Ok for all our resident contract experts I have a couple of questions.
1. Do new hires get paid per diem for the observation flights and OE trips?
2. Does the positive space perk for training apply to OE trips?
There seem to be a lot of answers out there to these questions both ways. For bonus points where exactly can I find this in the contract? Thanks all!
1. Do new hires get paid per diem for the observation flights and OE trips?
2. Does the positive space perk for training apply to OE trips?
There seem to be a lot of answers out there to these questions both ways. For bonus points where exactly can I find this in the contract? Thanks all!
05-08-2014, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by tsquare
Maybe. But 2 quotes I have heard are "The 777 doesn't know where it wants to go" and "the 777 needs help". Take it fwiw. Regardless, I still think it foolish to hang our top end payrates on the only airplane that matches the payrates of the one that will go away at a time in the not too distant future. But that's just me (apparently) And regardless of what the British Airways CEO says, DAL ain't gonna pay up for an airplane that "needs help". His view of the world is just a bit different than ours too, which makes a huge difference. Maybe the additional EC seats are what's needed. Maybe BA will offer up a discount. Maybe The Browns will win the Super Bowl next year or the Cubs will win the World Series...
The worldwide airline market has spoken again and again. The 777 is a mega hit for Boeing and May well turn out to be the single most successful airliner ever built.
05-08-2014, 07:44 PM
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So a DCI guy flies pax from somewhere to ATL for Delta to fly on, does that mean a C-17 pilot who flies troops from Afghanistan to Qatar where Delta picks them up to fly home is also a DCI pilot?
05-08-2014, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Wmuav8r
Ok for all our resident contract experts I have a couple of questions.
1. Do new hires get paid per diem for the observation flights and OE trips?
2. Does the positive space perk for training apply to OE trips?
There seem to be a lot of answers out there to these questions both ways. For bonus points where exactly can I find this in the contract? Thanks all!
1. Do new hires get paid per diem for the observation flights and OE trips?
2. Does the positive space perk for training apply to OE trips?
There seem to be a lot of answers out there to these questions both ways. For bonus points where exactly can I find this in the contract? Thanks all!
05-08-2014, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tsquare
Look at their balance sheets....
05-08-2014, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Erdude32
It's ironic the former mil guys have such heartburn about DCI pilots not being Delta Pilots, kind if amuzing really. DCI guys should be on an equal & level playing field when it comes to interview selection for a mainline job. If all was right & fair in the Universe EVERYONE would start out in the Regionals and pay their dues regardless of how they got their ratings.
Did you really just write this and then tell us not to stroke out? Now I'm pretty ambivalent about what background a Delta Pilot comes from. It's good to have a diverse pilot group. DCI pilots are not Delta pilots because.......................wait for it............................they are not on the Delta Pilot Seniority List. It's as simple as that. My, and others, background has no bearing on that fact.
I don't want to start a military vs civilian debate but I can't help but see what you think with your comment about what would be fair and right..... You don't think a military guy has paid his dues like a civilian?
I say, once pilots, either military or civilian, come on the property the first day, they are all equal. That's what the whole hiring process is about. Finding guys that will be a good fit. To a man (or woman), all the guys I fly with, whatever their background, are extremely qualified.
As far as stroking out, not a chance!
It's just not in my nature...I hope Ferd would agree.
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