I sure do miss Saipan and especially Godfathers! I'm hoping that someday we'll service it directly from SEA on da big bus so I can get back there:D Is Bobby Cadillac's still open? Just about the best Rubin I've ever had anywhere.

I haven't been in Super Stars in like forever. We're mostly overflying NRT out of SEA these days.

Ferd

You can also go onto the Net and select your aircraft type and then Hotels on the bottom right. It takes you right to the hotel's website. Also good for checking out eating and workout potential.

New Email from SD:


Surface Tablets will show up for everyone (even those that opted out with the BOYD), "We estimate distribution will begin in early August and will be complete in late September."

Thus, it has slipped another month to the right.

This is getting ridonkuloous!!!!

I'm glad Microsoft is a strategic business partners so get them to help with these stupid programs that will not work on half baked operating system that the Surface's will be running.

Fred

Careful what you wish for. If we get 11% of W-2 in profit sharing and then end profit sharing and get an 11% pay increase, we net ZERO!

My point is why should we give up anything?

Management and their lemmings are coming for our profit sharing. They will use it to fund pathetic hourly increases and declare victory again.

I'm with you, if we can get a 40% hourly increase date of signing, profit sharing can go. Does anyone think that will happen?

NO CONCESSIONS

111 retirements year to date. Can't remember the exact 2014 number of age 65 retirements. 118?

Looks like 2 to 1. IOW 1 medical/early for each age 65.

And I am sure you will:rolleyes:

J,

NOPE........I'm not arguing we need to make any concessions.

But, profit sharing has to go! As I said, re-wicker it into other areas i.e. work rules for example that aren't taxable.

Look, we paid down debt (a good thing) but that is money that isn't available for profit sharing. We paid a dividend (an OK thing if you have your stock) but it's money not available for profit sharing. We are buying back stock.........see where I'm going?

As I said, we allowed management to get us into a compensation package they can manipulate and we have to get out from under it. Now is the time!

Ferd

PS Good to see you on here, haven't seen ya since Duke's in HNL:cool:

My understanding is that everything on the surface has been debugged except for the secure content locker which is nearly sorted out. I'd rather get a platform that works rather than have to debug it on the line. Also, I've heard it is coming with an integral extended life battery which makes it useable on ULH flights with no issue. The machine is the companies tool to choose provided free. I'm just glad I don't have to post and carry all the jepps. The delay on the surface hasn't affected my life at all.

I will say this about profit sharing. I'm the only guy on here who thinks it's a bad thing..............so what does that tell ya:D

Jerry,

First of all, thank you for the reply PM. I agree that we must stand strong AGAINST concessions for C2015. In this time of record profits and industry health, I don't believe we should have to "trade" anything for contract improvements either.

Secondly, ya gotta stop using the previous six months of this year's retirements as a "data point" to "cost future retirements." :) It just doesn't hold water.

I mentioned in a previous post, you then replied, it IS NOT a linear curve, especially based on only the previous six months. Mandatory retirements are listed below:
2014: 62
2015: 170
2016: 229
2017: 287
2018: 416
2019: 511
2020: 613

With what you've stated, we should have 4576 retirements between 2014 & 2020? I wish, :D but that's not a realistic number.

As someone else posted, it normally averages the mandatory retirements, PLUS 1% of the seniority list. (~120) With 62 mandatory retirements this year, plus ~120 pilots, I expect to see ~182 pilot retirements for 2014. Approximately 71 remaining retirements for 2014. (Average six/month for remainder of the year, might be slightly low.) Next year, 170 mandatory retirements, plus 120 pilots lends to the possibility of 290 (2015) pilot retirements.

It's all a guess until it's in the past, but having our reps take a doubled number of retirements to the negotiating committee calling it "costed data" is doing nobody any good.

Thanks for your concern, at your seniority level. (I mean that.) :)

Kyle