When a category is new and being opened weeks are added each month spaced throughout the year so even if you convert later you still have a chance at decent weeks. The don't make all the weeks available the first month the category opens.

Subject of Checks
 

Ok so I too just looked at my non existent check for the 29 of this month.

No, really there is nothing on it!!! YGTBSM!!!!

I had 63 hours of vacation and three trips for the month of Jan. I'm going on mil leave starting Feb 1st.

Anyone have any ideas why this is? Is it because the first check is an advanced flight pay check and most of my time for this month is in vacation? If so that is a crock of #$%^!

Does anyone know the reason for this? Can we put in for golden days after the swap is complete, or do you lose (loose) all golden days?

Notes from NYC road show with SD

Terminal upgrade plan should be done by 2014. Will upgrade term 3 rj areas to jetways soon
No secure LGA-JFK transport. TSA won't allow it. (goobers)
Lack of gates makes it imperative not to arrive early at JFK
Company doing better than can be expected with the economy. No longer thinking about furloughs. Network sees upticks in traffic thus driving need for more block hours.
Will see 4-6 AEs over the next two years to align fleets.
INV cut over 31 jan. No more NWA :(
separate dispatch till fleet migration in April 9s will be the first to migrate.
LOR compliance over 95% and over 98% in most areas. Great job South guys in handling all the changes...(gotcha! Really, kudos to you North guys for a great job!) but expect more change.
Jep airside program, sims first, then a test fleet. We carry only a 1 inch binder.
Quadruple Mil charters
330-200s getting another bunk. First design sent back to vendors as inadequate.
Current plan is without JAL deal. If it goes down, wont see anything till next summer.
Fuel hedges were all liquidated in 08. This years loss was carry over stuff(?) They showed a very interesting slide labeled operating income at market fuel prices. Our bar was twice as high as the next (SW) with everyone else lagging far behind. Maybe Bar can explain further.:o
CVG ER cat going away. CVG keeps Paris but loses all other intl dest.
LGA gets more 80s/76/50s 753 drops Hawaii and does hub to hub. JFK upgaging some trans Atl flights. 744 to Tokyo and Tel Aviv.
We are going toe to toe with AMR in JFK trnas atlantic.
ERs SEA/DET to Asia. More 330s going East.
Moving 765s to NYC saved 7-8% of the credit time they payed while based in ATL. Enabled more block hours.
Crew Res guy says we don't have enough pilots to do everything Network wanted to do this summer. They are trying to reduce the drop off in the shoulder months.

The Q/A portion got a little testy and got down in the weeds a little. Looks like management has a plan to win and will compete for the big prizes while cherry picking other routes. Check out the 2010 Flight Plan for the objectives.

That's about it. Network guy shared some interesting stuff, but at the risk of attracting Carl's ire, I'll save it for now.

Satch_ip

mmmmmm.... Top Boob....

One more thing, traning plan is being revised maybe because they may need more 777 bodies than previously planned. Int starting to rebound.

Correct on longevity, but we did not have to wait for recall to get our part of the claim sale. Bankruptcy claim was settled well prior to the merger. Only pointing this out for accuracy, not trying to stir any pots.

The only kind of jailbait better than top boob is under boob......

Sat, great summary.

Thanks for posting, great news.....