You guys can believe what you want, but I am telling you how it is. This stuff has been published by DALPA.

Apparently the Aeromexico JV is coming hot and heavy.
This morning DALPA put out a PR release that said we signed an agreement with the Aeromexico pilots.

Delta Air Lines Pilots' Union Pens Joint Protocol Letter with AeroMexico Pilots | Business Wire

Cheers
George

Section: Section 12 D. 5 Of DALPA Scheduling Reference Handbook

It is within the sole discretion of each individual pilot to decide in any given situation whether he is fit for duty and will remain on duty beyond his applicable FDP or duty period limit. A pilot’s decision not to remain on duty beyond such limit will be accepted without challenge by Crew Tracking.

They did put this out.

Thanks for putting this out Alan. This is extremely hypocritical as they claim the required ASR/ASAP is for fact finding as to why a FDP extension was required yet they ONLY WANT THIS DATA IF YOU REFUSE THE EXTENSION. Why wouldn't this data also be required if you accepted the extension? It does sound like pilot pushing to me.
(Question not aimed at you Alan)

From the document:
How come I have to explain why I didn’t extend my FDP?
Per FAR 117, FDP extensions should be the exception, not the norm. When an FDP is extended 31 minutes or more, the extension must be reported to the FAA. So when an FDP needs to be extended, something in the system did not work as planned and the report must include the reason and potentially any corrective action. When you are unable to accept an FDP extension that information needs to be collected to determine what happened during your duty period. Under our current procedure the duty pilot asks a set of questions to gather his data, and each pilot submits an ASR (and an ASAP is also recommended). Since we are making a typical operational decision to not accept an FDP extension, flight operations management may ask about the factors surrounding our decision, just as they do with any other factor affecting an operational decision. In the case of an FDP extension issue, there is an underlying need to find out what caused the requirement for an FDP extension and what, needs to be corrected from an operational standpoint.

You can fly it in the same category however the FAA requires you maintain currency in both types. This would be a major headache. They also require two additional sims for recurrent. You have to do the training in both sims. The 757/767 is grandfathered under different rules.

Which explains why nobody is dual qual'ed anymore, i.e.; DC8, DC10.

Hey guys, I'm going to my son's preschool class on Friday to talk to them about flying. My wife, while non-revving last month through ATL found these Delta coloring books for kids. She is asking me to try to find some to take to the class. She has two so I would need 10 more. I live outside Chicago...about 50 minutes from ORD so it's kind of a long drive to see if they have them there.

Any idea who I could call to see if I could get them co-mailed to me? Thanks.

Call 800-USA-ALPA.

RA provides free coloring books to DALPA. All they can use. I'm sure they can spare a couple. :D