Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
08-27-2014 | 09:23 AM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 799
Likes: 0
T, you should bid narrow body domestic and do a 4 day trip with 17 legs on it. 5 legs a day is great after waking up at 0330! Just for fun bid RES for a few months in a row. You obviously will not do that, but if you did, you might see things a bit differently.
08-27-2014 | 09:25 AM
Doesn't Get Weekends Off
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,599
Likes: 2
BTW just to jump into the ALV+15 debate, I bid reserve by choice most months and have never flown over 70 hours. I average about 45-55 and am usually about the middle of the reserve pack as far as seniority goes. Some of the junior guys probably get to ALV quite a bit, but I've never really came close. 58 hours in June, 49 in July, and should be 52 hours in Aug.
08-27-2014 | 09:28 AM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 799
Likes: 0
My original post was that I have flown more this year than any previously at Delta.
08-27-2014 | 09:30 AM
veut gagner à la loterie
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 23,286
Likes: 0
From: Light Chop
08-27-2014 | 09:30 AM
The Brown Dot +1
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 7,775
Likes: 0
From: 777B
Offsetting a concession doesn't negate the fact they we still gave a concession. Despite what many on this board say or justify, many of us bottom 15%ers haven't seen much movement despite the retirements and growth.
How is it that we have 500-600 new captains in the last year and I've moved up in the 88B cat about 15 numbers, I just recently broke the 50% in category barrier.
I'm not anti ALPA, but it gets old hearing Sailing, Alfa etc tell us how good things are as we work more than we did post BK! I can't dispute the barrage of data that comes from the usual suspects, I just know that the message that you guys are delivering is far different than the reality that many of us are living.
The company is making huge profits (just as they predicted they would) and we got a 3% pay raise on Jan. 1. Good thing we didn't leave any money on the table?
How is it that we have 500-600 new captains in the last year and I've moved up in the 88B cat about 15 numbers, I just recently broke the 50% in category barrier.
I'm not anti ALPA, but it gets old hearing Sailing, Alfa etc tell us how good things are as we work more than we did post BK! I can't dispute the barrage of data that comes from the usual suspects, I just know that the message that you guys are delivering is far different than the reality that many of us are living.
The company is making huge profits (just as they predicted they would) and we got a 3% pay raise on Jan. 1. Good thing we didn't leave any money on the table?
08-27-2014 | 09:32 AM
veut gagner à la loterie
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 23,286
Likes: 0
From: Light Chop
08-27-2014 | 09:32 AM
Doesn't Get Weekends Off
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,599
Likes: 2
I think I will as well (been here since summer 07). However, from 2010 to now we were really overstaffed and nobody really worked much on reserve. Summer 2011 I flew 3 2-day trips the ENTIRE summer! Now that we are not overstaffed most of us will fly more than we ever have on reserve, but so far I have not seen the ALV+15 come into play as far as my personal schedule goes. I watch some of the junior guys on reserve though and I'm sure the bottom few guys come up on ALV most months. The new system does not favor the junior guys at all.
08-27-2014 | 09:34 AM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 5,113
Likes: 0
Sitting across the table for C2015 negotiations:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-...144000612.html
Interesting. It's going to take a very open-minded person that looks at the value of our contribution to the enterprise's success, and delivers a commensurate contract that is fair to the company and the pilots.
If you look at the InFlight approach to management style, unions, contracts, and pilots, it seems like quite a transition to make. In our case, she's going to need to be smart and pragmatic, to deliver something that works. Anything else, and it's going to galvanize the group. My fear is egos getting in the way, and a narrow-minded, FA-centric approach, which would set everything back.
Let's see how smart she is at navigating this.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-...144000612.html
Interesting. It's going to take a very open-minded person that looks at the value of our contribution to the enterprise's success, and delivers a commensurate contract that is fair to the company and the pilots.
If you look at the InFlight approach to management style, unions, contracts, and pilots, it seems like quite a transition to make. In our case, she's going to need to be smart and pragmatic, to deliver something that works. Anything else, and it's going to galvanize the group. My fear is egos getting in the way, and a narrow-minded, FA-centric approach, which would set everything back.
Let's see how smart she is at navigating this.
08-27-2014 | 09:35 AM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 461
Likes: 0
From: 7ER Capt
Cleaning out the basement for a renovation and came across a bunch of flight manuals. I have Natops T34B, C9B, and C1A (going to keep the T28, A4 & A7 books) along with every Delta manual I ever had (727, 737-300G, 737-800, MD11, 777, 767, 757).
Going to toss them all. If any Delta pilot wants some/all, PM me... catch is you have to come to Newnan to get them.
Going to toss them all. If any Delta pilot wants some/all, PM me... catch is you have to come to Newnan to get them.
08-27-2014 | 09:36 AM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 20,876
Likes: 193
We also used to do tag ons to all nighters from the west coast. Always fun to fly all night from SFO to ATL and then sit for two hours and fly to TPA. Amazingly enough we had guys ***** when ALPA was able to stop that practice because now the trips paid less!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
