Not even an IA can overlap with your vacation.

The only thing that can conflict with a vacation is a reroute and the company is required to look at every option to crew a flight before doing that.

I would like to see my elected rep communicate with her/his constituents much more No reason they don't have each of their SEA FO's on an email distribution list. Let each of us have the option to opt out. But more comms from their perspective on upcoming issues would be appreciated. That should be the crux of their job.

How do you derive from that your previous claim that 25 of the new wide bodies being ordered will be used JUST for Pacific flying?

I reported a chat I had with senior management that stated the 747, 777 and A330 were all too large for their plan to evolve into more US to Asia non-stops. Nothing about any number of new wide bodies dedicated to only one theater.

Entirely possible but entirely unresponsive to your previous claim and analysis.

Once again, you're confusing compliance and violation. They've been out of compliance with our scope for years now. They won't be in violation until April 1. This is not debatable, yet you continue to do so. Weird.

No, they're out of compliance now. They'll be in violation on April 1...well, until our MEC negotiates it away.

Pure personal opinion and speculation.

Well, you're half right.

Carl

Quote times a million. You can't time the market. And if you can, you can't do it over and over.

"The company is in compliance" as you say because of oversized and inadequate cure periods put in place by DALPA. It appears the buffoonery is happening again. Resentment builds as you nonchalantly tell everybody "the company is in compliance". People DO NOT want to repeat the same mistake that enables the company to reduce the most lucrative (and highest staffed) flying without penalty. People are fed up because they see another impotent TA being quietly put into place. Surely you can understand a lack of transparency is only adding fuel to the fire.

When the company runs afoul of the new Virgin Atlantic/Delta agreement and ratios are out of whack you will again tell us "there's nothing we can do, the company is in compliance". Listen, I'm no expert but a five year old can look at our current situation and tell you every other year cure periods with no clearly defined penalty is a boneheaded mistake.

There have been TEN (10) regular or Special MEC meetings since the August 2013 Meeting (in SEA)where the Virgin JV topic has been addressed with the negotiators and MEC.

483 days to collect feedback and 10 meetings to provide direction.

How many more times do they need to have a meeting to redirect and choose the parameters before making a decision?

"Blind trust" would be 10 days to email your rep and one meeting they vote; done.

"Trust, but verify" would look a lot more like 483 days of taking input, 10 meetings to give direction, ask questions, get more information, narrow the direction, redirect and let your NC do what you hired them to do!

Yawn. I'm all for the military, but this is how the game is played.

Delta just upped new hires to 125/month through February. 50/month projected after that through June.