Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
02-01-2010, 11:36 AM
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Yeah, but what's the point? At 05:40 in the morning, or Superbowl Sunday, with less than 2 hours to wheels up, does a guy do the job, or sit at home trying to get people on the phone? 99.99999% go do our job.
There is no advantage to dragging the operation to a stop. No upside benefit, lots of downside risk.
There is no advantage to dragging the operation to a stop. No upside benefit, lots of downside risk.
We all have to enforce the contract or it's not worth the paper it's written on.Denny
02-01-2010, 12:12 PM
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So, does anyone know why the DALPA forum now has a username/password login after you have clicked on Forum? And, no, the member number/password does not work there.
02-01-2010, 12:15 PM
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No idea. Maybe they are doing work to the DALPA forum. I know when sites go down for mtc you will see that.
02-01-2010, 12:20 PM
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02-01-2010, 12:30 PM
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I think you missed my point. In months that the ALV is above 80.... you would not have to do anything since once over 80 you get 1.5 pay.
Now if you were to pick up white slips and go over 80 you get straight pay.
ALV now are low.... told they will go high over the summer.
I may like GS flying too. I have not gotten one yet.
My main point was to EVALUATE BOTH programs and see which one puts the most money in all of our pockets. I know both are different, however, the union was able to show the results of both programs to the MEC a few months back.
I think you missed my point. In months that the ALV is above 80.... you would not have to do anything since once over 80 you get 1.5 pay.
Now if you were to pick up white slips and go over 80 you get straight pay.
ALV now are low.... told they will go high over the summer.
I may like GS flying too. I have not gotten one yet.
My main point was to EVALUATE BOTH programs and see which one puts the most money in all of our pockets. I know both are different, however, the union was able to show the results of both programs to the MEC a few months back.
Maybe a hybrid between the two would be nice, where as you can have 1.5 over 80 and GS's. We need to be careful however so that the incentive of flying high time doesn't negatively impact our staffing any more than it already has. This will be the fine line.
Keep in mind that even when the ALV's are low, you can still get green slips whereas if the ALV is 70hrs, you wont get any 1.5 over 80 on the initial bid and there most likely wont be much open time to pick up to the max of 85 hrs.
I would rather see better rigs first however, especially since we now have a lot of 30 hr layovers in real garden spots like GRB and RAP.
02-01-2010, 12:35 PM
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Keep in mind that even when the ALV's are low, you can still get green slips whereas if the ALV is 70hrs, you wont get any 1.5 over 80 on the initial bid and there most likely wont be much open time to pick up to the max of 85 hrs.
I would rather see better rigs first however, especially since we now have a lot of 30 hr layovers in real garden spots like GRB and RAP.
I would rather see better rigs first however, especially since we now have a lot of 30 hr layovers in real garden spots like GRB and RAP.
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02-01-2010, 01:11 PM
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