Discovered it last recurrent ditto.

 

Using your metaphor, Recall UN Resolution 242 which Israel agreed to.

Yours' is not an entirely untrue metaphor, but unlike the majority of Israelis, I do not agree that any other pilot group has a right to autonomy in our land.

I disagree with some of Lee Moak's strategies. I do not have any questions about his intensions or his integrity. My impression is that he desires what is best for the Delta pilots and he believes what is best for us is best for the rest of the profession. Where we differ (I think, it has been a long while since we spoke on the topic) is that my approach is more holistic whereby what is best for the profession is best for us.

Lee Moak's track record, measured objectively, puts us near the top of our profession by making very astute use of incremental opportunities. That's just good business under the RLA.

 

Thanks ... but I'm flying the trip. Had a long layover and was going to get him to the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson. Dad was Air Force and a very close friend of ours worked for Gen. Schriever. When our friend passed away we transferred some of his personal effects to the museum and wanted to check in.

 

I don't see a lack of offensive production -- it's just that the defense has continued to allow points at the same time. Our offense has produced roughly 50 points since Lee got into the game, but the defense allowed about 40 (inflation), which keeps us still down 34 points.

So looking forward to football season!!!

 

I know you've had issues with that and, for what it's worth, I tend to agree more with you on that issue. That said, having the 8-hour sleep opportunity interrupted by outside influences such as you describe is pretty clearly spelled out in the FAA's clarifications of 117. I suspect you would have been pleasantly surprised by your reps' reactions, and that they would very much like to get your data points on this.

 

Very true. We still have quite a hole out of which to dig ourselves. The other difference is that we do not now have one of our closest competitors (UAL) setting a bar above us over which we can climb by 1%. The good news is that our profit margins are now finally even higher than they were in the late 90's.

 

Crazy. Hopefully, each crew reported the issue to ALPA so that they can look into it.

 

Back when Delta actually trained its pilots, the cockpit panels were often mounted on a trainee's hotel walls and used for chair flying in between bouts of studying systems and preparing for orals.

 

Yes, but then we got MD88's and nothing worked the way it was supposed to and they figured ... to hell with it. If you teach them how it supposed to work then they just ask a lot of questions and write it up at outstations.

 

Indeed. And if you're the Captain?