Originally Posted by PilotFrog

I got a Manual Check from Delta and the description is RECOG. The Paycheck codes has nothing on it. Anyone know what this is for?

Also if I add up my FLT ADV and my FLT PAY and multiply it by 5% it comes out to a number that is LARGER than what was paid in the October Profit sharing payment. I take it the FEB will be whatever was missed since the OCT one was just a guess?

Originally Posted by Purple Drank

Of course it's unrealistic to expect 100% of pilots to vote for a contract, or even a strike.

But I'd much rather have a "union" with that lofty goal when negotiating a TA, than the absolutely pathetic goal of 50% + 1 voting "yes."

Originally Posted by Timbo

A quick way to check what's going on in any category you are thinking about bidding into, is to go look at their open time daily in iCrew, see which trips are there (if there are any at all).

Also look at their daily reserve staffing, see if they have plenty of coverage, or how many days they are short, and even look at the "Reserve Availability List".

Then go look at the last month's schedule awards, look at the Wide Reports, see who's flying what. See how many senior guys are bidding reserve, that will tell you if they are getting used, or sitting around a lot.

There you can also see which trips go senior, and look at the bottom line holders to see which trips are the least desirable, also scan to the bottom of the wide report to see which trips were left in Open Time, that will tell you something about those trips.

Lastly, bid what you want, but want what you bid! And remember, bidding something as "Regular Line Only" doesn't mean squat, because you might be the bottom line holder at the time of award, but in the next bid, senior guys might bid in and push you onto reserve.

Good luck men, we're all counting on you!

Originally Posted by Timbo

I was under the impression they were putting new hires into every narrow body, and some into the 767/757 as well? Is that not the case?

Originally Posted by Wollac

The last 6 classes have gotten:

A320s
737s
7ERs
717s
MD88s

Originally Posted by Wollac

The last 6 classes have gotten:

A320s
737s
7ERs
717s
MD88s

Originally Posted by Launchpad475

Has anyone gone thru ER school lately, just curious if OE/TOE has been on schedule of if some time off should be expected-

thanks-

Originally Posted by tsquared030

Finished my last sim for 7ER/A on December 27. First OE was 4 January. Next is 12 January and then a TOE on 22 JAN.
I'll be NYC based and both my OE's are ATL trips (3-days with DH at each end). My TOE is SVO from JFK.

T

Originally Posted by gloopy

People get used to flying with nothing but experienced FO's for years and years and years. Especially when they themselves are high time in seat. We're hypnotically trained to call the airport or (any) traffic in sight ASAP. Immediately. Now. Do it. Do it now. Even at night in terrain. Call the visual! Do the break maneuver! What are you waiting for?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Its intimidating to be a new hire in that environment, particularly a low time (in general) one flying with an ultra high time in seat CA that never calls for checklists and and knows how to (and expects) flight idle from descent to 500' on every approach, etc.

No training program can produce pilots with 20 hours in type that are as proficient as pilots with 10,000 in type. Its not the biggest deal in the world. Its just one, of many, CRM threats that's all.

WRT this discussion, the moral of the story is we probably shouldn't be writing up most new hires or snaking them on their probie reports because they're not as awesome as the pilots some may be used to flying with for many, many years. And we should never snake someone behind their backs after shaking their hands after the trip like nothing happened.

Originally Posted by Denny Crane

Don't know what the RECOG is but the profit sharing check received in October was the company's best guess at what 5% of your flight pay would be for the year. Mine is off too. When added to the October check, I expect the February check to total approximately 15-16% of my flight pay plus flight advance.

Denny