Most important are people... Relationship with pilots very important... Relationship with us precious.... Would not be surprised/trying to craft a "win/win" by the end of the... before the end date.

There you have it.

 

Vacation slides. A negative number means you want to slide the vacation days to occur earlier in the month and a positive number means you want to slide the days to occur later in the month. Have I got that right?

Carl

 

yes...................

 

Looks like the 757 fleet will stabilize at 90: 16 757-200E's with Lay flat seats, 56 757-200's reconfigured to 199 seats, 18 757-300's with new interiors.

 

Per the investor day call sounds like they want to grow Virgin's flights to the U.S. next year allocated from other destinations. Does that mean Delta pilots will be marginalized???

 

Where's the best place to read about this? PBS Guide?

 

Another thing which Richard mentioned... Dumping the MD88 fleet was a possible scenario. Remember the block hour ratio deal pump and dump... Not saying it's gonna happen but it makes you think...

 

Negotiators and union Guys take note. We need a strong contract to enforce our flying. We need less loopholes not bigger ones.

 

I would think they would wait till oil spikes to $150 / barrel some day to make this "smart" move. At $60/ barrel the '88's gotta look cheap to operate, especially when you were planning on oil at $100+

 

In my opinion it usually results in more money for less days of work. I'll try to explain. Vacation reduces the available days for sitting short call and guarantee is pro rated. Training doesn't reduce days available, but counts as days you would be sitting reserve (you are working on the training days no matter what you bid). Vacation and/or training pay is added to the pro rated pay. Here's some examples using the calculator:
Example 1:
Assumptions: January, 30 day month, ALV 72:00, No extra day off due to coverage, 7 days vacation.
Results: 23 days availability, 10 X days, 13 on call days, Pay 77:57
In other words 77:57 pay for being on call 13 days.

Example 2:
Assumptions: January, 30 day month, ALV 72:00, No extra day off due to coverage, 3 days CQ Training.
Results: 30 days availability (CQ not deducted), 13 X days, 14 on call days, Pay 76:03.

Example 3:
Assumptions: January, 30 day month, ALV 72:00, No extra day off due to coverage, 3 days CQ Training and 7 days vacation.
Results: 23 days availability, 10 x days, 10 on call days, Pay 82:00

The results will vary depending on the ALV, and the days available will vary with a 30 or 31 day month. You need to decide if you want to work fewer days for a little more money or work a line schedule and try to make more in the remaining days of the month after vacation and/or training. I have always come down on the pay above guarantee for being on call for fewer days. If anyone reading this post is senior to me, stick with bidding a line. You'll make mo money!