Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

Yeah, I'll take that. I said earlier that a program that allows us to bank and sell some back would be better. Critics of that type of policy say it encourages flying sick which to some extent I would agree. If you had to sell it back at 50%, that would eliminate that for anyone who wasn't stupid.

However you look at it, our system encourages the company to minimize sick leave usage because it pays for itself. I'll bet there are as many guys flying sick right now because they don't want to deal with the hassle or expense of sick leave verification. The company has a sweetheart deal with the current sick leave. I'd like to see they system changed, and I'm not a big user of sick leave.

RockyBoy

01-28-2015 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by flyallnite (Post 1814047)

At Delta, if you never call in sick, the company pays nothing.

I know. And then they wonder why they have a spike in sick calls in May.

GunshipGuy

01-28-2015 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Herkflyr (Post 1813308)

If we leave PS untouched and ultimately get a Section 6 contract agreed to and ratified, why would the members even think about discussing PS after the process? Unless I am missing something I don't get it. What's the point of negotiating a contract at all if you then say "okay, now let's really start talking about PS, or whatever"?

Really, it's simple: Don't mix talk of PS in with sec 6. Doing so makes it easier to scr#w the pilot group.

The negotiator who does talk PS and sec 6 in the same deal is the kind of guy who takes the car dealer's offer on how low a monthly payment he can get for that sweet ride he just has to have.

GunshipGuy

01-28-2015 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 1813316)

This is a place for all of us (except Lumberg, Jesse, and INAV8R?) to exchange ideas, to make suggestions and give opinions on how to improve our PWA, use scheduling techniques, movies to see, underboob to view, etc.

Did you really have to put Jesse in with those two? That just ain't right.

80ktsClamp

01-28-2015 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1814087)

Did you really have to put Jesse in with those two? That just ain't right.

You.. I mean... Jesse is feeling really repressed, aren't you... I mean Jesse? ;)

forgot to bid

01-28-2015 08:23 PM

Shiz,
Jesse is good people. He should be allowed to stay.

It's that 80ktsclamp.... that guy...

RetiredFTS

01-28-2015 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 1813878)

Here is a monthly bidding question for those who bid reserve. First of all the parameters are a max of 3 groups of X days, min 4 days to max 99 days on call. Now the question.

If I have 2 days on call a the end of the month, say 28 Feb thru 01 Mar, can I bid 02-03 Mar as X days or do they automatically have to be on call days because of the min 4 days on call parameter? Thx

Denny

I have a single Res day last day of bid month this month, day off, then a trip. Not apples to apples but still less than the min res days published. And this was awarded, no changes.

sailingfun

01-28-2015 08:45 PM

New fleet count numbers are out. At the end of 2018 they are projecting 872 mainline airframes. The post merger low was 706 airframes.

EdGrimley

01-28-2015 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1814104)

New fleet count numbers are out. At the end of 2018 they are projecting 872 mainline airframes. The post merger low was 706 airframes.

How many mainline jets on the property today?

80ktsClamp

01-28-2015 09:00 PM

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