Originally Posted by JungleBus (Post 1781138)

Well, I recently passed 400 hours on the Mad Dog, and am off probation. I'll probably start to post here again occasionally now that I don't have to take immature a-holes seriously when they threaten my livelihood because I posted something they disagreed with.

I wrote my rep today about the Virgin JV TA. I told him that the TA itself appears to be weaker than the AF/KL/AZ language that the company has repeatedly run roughshod over, but I'm not an expert on contract language by any means & am willing to hear what the NC/MEC has to say about it. The bigger problem, I said, is the blackout on information (I got the TA language from this board, sheesh) and the MEC appearing to want to make a decision free of input from the membership. I suggested that they table the TA for now, put out the actual language along with their explanation of the various provisions, and vote on it in a few weeks once the membership has had a chance to examine the provisions and provide input to their reps. This would be a more democratic process befitting something that has such a huge potential impact on our future careers.

We'll see whether I hear back. He's been pretty responsive in the past.

Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1781153)

Is there anywhere to get a good craft brew near the dtw long layover? It's not in mycrewguide. Thx

Originally Posted by fsuskypilot (Post 1781417)

I'm relocating from NJ to NW Arkansas at the end of Jan. If anyone here commutes out of XNA to ATL or NYC I'd be interested to hear about it.

Originally Posted by ExAF (Post 1780936)

In my opinion it usually results in more money for less days of work. I'll try to explain. [...]

Originally Posted by cni187 (Post 1781529)

There's an app called Find Craft Beer. Yelp works too.

Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1781153)

Is there anywhere to get a good craft brew near the dtw long layover? It's not in mycrewguide. Thx

Originally Posted by fsuskypilot (Post 1781417)

I'm relocating from NJ to NW Arkansas at the end of Jan. If anyone here commutes out of XNA to ATL or NYC I'd be interested to hear about it.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1781526)

Carl,

By "worst case" do you mean with the Virgin JV, or without?

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1781526)

Without the JV, something like 300,000 international widebody block hours are unprotected.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1781526)

JV scope is limiting, not a goal.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1781526)

We should not assume to know what the Company's plans are; economics change moment by moment. But we can, and do, build baseline protections ... and in this case, ensure our participation in growth.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1781526)

Along those lines, Heathrow is slot controlled and it makes sense to run the largest gauge available into those limited slots. If so, Delta would have to add more international wide body block hours to keep up on an Available Seat Kilometer basis.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1781526)

Again, we are debating an LOA which has not yet been fully vetted by and debated by our Reps, the men we trust to perform the job with the assistance of subject matter experts. We should defer to our Negotiator's Notepad and Reps' communications.