I think the company didn't do the Delta pilots any favors by not including the closure of the CVG767 category in the first bid. That's another senior category which once displaced are going to cause more training events.

There are junior people going to training this spring who will no doubt have to go back through another training event as they'll get displaced to another category.

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I think you will find that the training and upgrade scenario is a whole lot brighter than you think. Just wait for the may-june bid. It should be pleasantly surprising for a change. The jan bid was a snapshot in time, things have changed since that snapshot.

If the hiring projections are anything near what I'm hearing, folks on the bottom of the list wont be there for long. I hope they come true.

Scambo

And now your moment of zen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj-lf...om=PL&index=38

Scambo FTW!!!!! ;)

I wish I had your optimism. I am moving ever closer to the the Spanky and Mullis camp every day. Wish I bought gold years ago. I see our economy doing an Epic Fail if we continue down this road.

I'll see your zen and raise your some Nirvana!

YouTube - P-47

BB,

Just to be clear, we go ahead of all DCI pilots on all DL-branded flights (mainline and DCI) with the exception of ASA and Skywest. In that case, ASA/Skywest goes first and we get grouped in with the other DCI pilots based on DOH. I think that's what you're saying.

I agree that there needs to be a differentiation between mainline and other DCI pilots. I'm now going to don my Hurt Locker suit for the bombs that are inevitably going to be lobed my way.:D

Super,

Earlier you said they bumped your training back a month. Does your pbs calender still show your current position or 320? Also do you know when you get 320 pay, March or whenever you actually convert? I am supposed to convert in March also but no training scheduled yet, however my pbs calender has my new position. I did get my new manuals a couple of weeks ago and the Jepps came yesterday.

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Satch;

In my personal portfolio, I take your outlook. I have a family and my priority is their care. Commodities and 3x etf's exclusively.

OTOH I cannot just jump with both feet into the camp that the world will end...If it does, it means Christ has returned and I'm otta here. I have all of the survival stuff covered, probably because I am a pilot and plan for the worst. If there is a meltdown, it will be on a global scale. There are enough viable reasons to need air travel that it is good to be employed by the skyteam.

This administration does seem to have an agenda of tanking the dollar as quickly as possible. That is bad for america (the island) But you and I work for a global company. You and I don't have crystal balls. I recommend doing what you can to insulate yourself from the bad stuff and drive on.

Oh yeah! Those p47s are nice targets, but at least they can turn.

I pray and hope you're right Mr. Mig 29 guy. Is this why the 757 turned lizard mating turned Mr. Right turned a whole lot of things has now turned into a happy starfish? Lord I hope so.

I'm not as nervous about the economy as I was last year, I think its like a hard worker that keeps getting dumped on and thinks his company is trying hard to go chapter 11 but he keeps working anyways. Maybe we'll fight our way through... U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A....

The guy who gave me my private, instrument and commercial checkrides was a P-47 pilot in WWII. I think he was in the Pacific if I remember correct. His watch was made from a part of his planes and his stories were very limited. People would want to talk to him about the Jug but he wouldn't talk too much (I tried during my orals :D), he talked more about pianos and organs or the jets he flew in the years after. I think the only two things I can remember him saying was when you started a dive it was nice to have that big engine to hide behind and the joke that if you wanted to impress your girlfriend you sent a picture of you in a P-51, if you wanted to make your parents happy you sent them your picture in a P-47. Or something like that. He retired at Langley and passed away a few years ago. Great man.

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BTW, Nirvana? Seriously, take your pick...

1) MD-88 pushback at LGA. Its most of the pushback. And its kind of shaky. YouTube - Delta MD-88 Pushback @ KLGA
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2) Kate from Lost. (cheerleading season is over)

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6332/eva12dz9.jpg

How can you not chose Nirvana door #1? An MD-88 PUSHBACK! Wow. How often do you see that?!?

Spicing up the latest and greatest. :D

My PBS calender still shows DC-9. I've been getting 320 pay since OCT when the only guy junior to me still on the panel got bumped off of it. I dont know why your calender shows 320 and mine doesnt. Sounds like training scheduling is a bit behind the power curve. I waited to order my manuals until what i thought was a month prior so that i wouldnt have to update them while i waited. I just ordered mine the other day so i havent gotten my new ones yet.

Scambo, if you are so interested in MiG 29s, you should talk to a guy in my new hire class. He flew them for the Russians. Imagine a MiG pilot sitting next to a U2 pilot in Delta class.