Hey Nu,
They need to pay ppl to keep you in control!

 

What exactly did you have in mind? The VRS is first come, first served, why would online booking be any different?

Maybe you'd like to talk to a long-sleeved type that thought that it should all be seniority based, and booked or no booked, he could stroll up with his golf clubs at the last minute and bump someone off.

Nu

 

There are a few airlines where the JS is seniority based, and yes a senior guy can bump a junior guy off of it up to certain point. I forget what the cutoff time is.

 

If we're going to make jumpseat priority by seniority, can we wait 15-20 years?

 

One other thing about Southwest's model is that they are not jumping on the bag fee bandwagon. Customers realize Southwest is $50 cheaper than whatever fare they find online for competing service. Throw in other convenience fees and my business traveler friends (same friends than used to pay $1,200 for last minute tickets on DAL) now complain LOUDLY to their Corporate Travel Departments if they are not booked on Southwest.

I argue with them that Delta is a better product and of course our network is World's better. But, for them it is the hassle factor and fees that they see as inconvenient and frankly, dishonest, sources of revenue.

I do not agree with them, just reporting how they see it. In the process of chasing $100 extra from Mom, Dad and the kids, we've alienated a lot of people who plunk down $1,000+ without batting an eye. .. and of course it is not just us.

As ACL65 said, it would be nice to flip the switch on Travelocity and Orbitz, but we have such a massive amount of product to sell that we likely need those intermediaries.

 

lets get back to juicy rumors and taking over the world talk

 

 

The jumpseat and minimum list of reciprocal/flowback carriers is contractual (Section 24.D). The booking window is defined to be the same for all pilots except LCA/SLI for travel in performance of their duties. Management has the right to set the booking windows. I believe the jumpseat and payload optimization was settled by a letter from management to ALPA (not an LOA, but contractual weight).

 

I agree. Just sayin. I forgot who it was. I just know I was shocked.

 

Slow,

I believe we also gained 100% DH pay back as well 150% over 80 hours. That was contractual. I know there has been a ton of complaining by us Northerners lately(some a little out of line IMO), but we've been given a TON of changes here & it's pretty overwhelming. It's like being a newhire, or in my case never having that feeling go away.

It's frustrating because we've seen so many good things go away, but we have also gained some good things too. For instance, ths whole 1 place, right place concept is faaaaar from that. We used to have a CAT II briefing card. Everything related to/required for shooting a CAT II approach was on that single page. I didn't have to flip back & forth through 3 different pages my Vol 1 to brief a CAT II. Just one of many frustrating changes that we deal with.

Anyway, I've gotten off track here. I guess my point is a lot of us North guys are just adjusting, & some of us will gripe along the way. Anyway, I plan on writing my reps on what I'd like changed & hopefully we will see some changes.