You got a point there, avoiding a middle seat 22 times per year is going to totally make up for missing my kid’s Christmas. Screw family Thanksgiving. I don’t like Halloween candy anyway. Easter is for church geeks. And I could just bid to commute? Genius.

If only there was a way to get the people who don’t care to be home anyway the extra cash they are looking for so that others who would rather be home could be...

 

For a senior pilot who was thinking of doing a GS over christmas, this would be very enticing in that they could bid for a good trip in advance for 1.5x pay. Further increasing their QOL by giving them a known quantity 6 weeks out.

I mean bid a 48 hour overnight in germany and get 1.5x pay. Plan in advance to bring the family.

Or 30 hours in CUN, or 30 hours in Dayton because you hate life. Whatever floats your boat.

As a senior pilot I would love that option. Besides a known always beats the unknown gamble to me.

And I say all of that as a senior pilot who bids christmas vacations and have no interest in this and would not benefit in any way. I think a lot of guys would like it.

 

I think holiday pay would either go 1.5 x’s for any trip touching APD holidays, or 2 x’s just on the APD holiday days. 2 or even 2.5 x’s would be nice, and maybe an opening position, but don’t think it would ever get into a TA.

 

Is TravelNet inaccessible for others or is it just me?

 

I often get that if Safari hasn't been completely closed in awhile. Usually restarting Safari or switching to another browser gets you back in.....

 

Much obliged. I shall try that.

 

Travelnet is working for me but no luck with "self service" site. Bank says a payroll deposit was made but it's a little light. Anyone else unable to access it?

 

Opening an Incognito tab in Chrome does the trick every time. But it’s still a ridiculous hoop to have to jump through. I’m kinda surprised DeltaNet doesn’t require punch cards to use.

 

And ok, us junior pilots out West should all commute transcon NYC NB so we can spend holidays with our children. How dare we consider reducing 2x-->1.5x pay on holidays for the traditionally empty nester/no kid crowd who skew the RSV avail formula yet fully desire to work. The "families who want Mommy/Daddy home" crowd need to stop selfishly stagnating on the bottom of lists and take advantage of our industry leading base changing AE process, right?

Why is Deadheading more priority than Holidays? Using your logic, if you don't like DHs, bid to a category/base where your seniority allows you to avoid DHs. Let's not waste capital on DHs, when we need to focus on Holiday pay.

I mean, what's the point of Holidays anyway? Why do most industries give the day off? Or those who cannot, pay at a premium? Answer: because it's understood that it's important to respect spending time with loved ones over religious/national dates of significance. Those who must work get paid a premium because they should be home, and it's treated like overtime. Why then, is our PWA treated as if Holidays are meaningless for pilots and their families? And further, why should we retain language that incentivizes those who don't care to bid it off, while those who do care can be forced to work, and without any premium. The current spirit of holiday policy is upside down. There are only a few days a year that most people universally want off, but let's craft policy surrounding these days to ensure those who want it off are less able to do so? The PWA should be ammended to respect those who value their time on holidays, just like our peers in nearly every job field.

 

I think JB is hiring.

Were u aware ther was no holiday pay at delta?

Dont we have to sign the paper that says i accept this job comes with weekend holiday variable work hours etc.... etc...etc?

Seems if holidays are that important....one wouldnt choose a job that runs 356 days and has 100% chance of travel.

Things are moving fast. You soon will be able to have an ideal holiday schedule