Drone

Turn off the iPad, then back on. After I did that the update was there to install.

flyallnite

You guys are being glib if you don't think SkyHub a threat. And yes, WE DO need babysitting, especially on web boards! How many times have I seen posts deleted here and all over other pages, the CHITshow that is Chit Chat...

This isn't the first web board by the Company either, the first one was, you guessed it... SHUT DOWN. It was an ugly, ugly place. We get all the information we need pushed to us, or we can just email someone. We DON'T need a company wide wailing wall that will, I guarantee you, turn into a gigantic train wreck within weeks of going live. Wait until contract negotiations, when you'll hear what your fellow widget heads really think about your pay and working conditions. And yes, there will be the "White Hat" pilot on there telling everyone how we need to all pull together and SACRIFICE. You think ALPA is busy now? They will have to create a whole new office just to handle this mess, 24/7. Did you know for example it shows your current location when you are logged in?

I've seen all this before, many times, I've been on every pilot board there is. It's all the same, but this time you're handing management the keys to your career every time you go on there and say anything. Remember all those boxes you checked on CQ "Rules of the Road"? THAT's the noose they'll hang you with. This is a honey-trap. I can think of a few folks who are sure to fall right in. Pretty smart thinking by the company. Good luck and tread VERY carefully, I'm staying FAR away from this dumpster fire.

GuardPolice

You honestly believe the company went through all this effort just to set a honey-trap? That’s a grade A conspiracy theory right there. If it was a trap as you claim, it wouldn’t be voluntary to participate like it is.

I’ve been a part of SkyHub for several months now and it has been nothing but a great communication tool for daily ops and specific groups that I’m involved in.

Gunfighter

It is Facebook, just restricted to Delta employees as members. The problem is the default profile it too liberal with posting and tagging options. I don't want others tagging me or posting on my wall. I think the Union was wrong to tell us not to claim our accounts. IMHO, we should claim our accounts and lock them down with every privacy option available.

flyallnite

Conspiracy, huh. No, I'd call it more like Personnel Management, circa 2018. Mandatory Enrollment. I read every day about people fired for things they post on the internet, including DL employees! If you read the terms, you must comply with the DL Rules of the Road and The Way We Fly, and if you read those, as I did, you can see that penalties for not complying with them can include punishment up to and including termination. Buyer beware.

GuardPolice

Mandatory enrollment but NOT mandatory participation. Your solid advice notwithstanding about SM in general, I don’t foresee many pilots posting much if at all.

tunes

apparently the app has location tracking in it. I think that's their concern...not sure why you'd download the app though. Just use the website version whenever you need it.

flyallnite

Correct. Facebook is the platform they are using. Can you imagine the data mining opportunities the company has using this? Cambridge Analytica anyone? The privacy implications here are huge. We aren't talking about some message board here...this thing watches you. It's a corporate wet dream and an employee nightmare...sorry for those of you whose pet project this is, but this is not a good thing for us. More about FB privacy issue here if interested...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/technology/facebook-privacy-hearings.html

flyallnite

Nope. The website has location tracking too. This is Facebook...and all that entails.

GuardPolice

Please forgive my skepticism on ALPA’s position on this considering the amount of personal info a pilot has to fork over for certain medical issues. I don’t see them screaming from the rooftops about that.