Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
02-11-2010 | 12:40 PM
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02-11-2010 | 12:44 PM
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Without looking it up I believe the last count was somewhere around 65 mainline FDAL birds. The bulk of that consisted of 757/767 domestic birds with a handful of ERs. The rest were 88s. Some were retired but most were parked awaiting the upturn in the economy. Just imagining what would happen if we pulled all of those birds out of the desert gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. Especially when I think of going to 88 school in a few months.
We are a long ways away from there, but as we all know the economy could turn and in turn demand.
We are definitely coming out the back side of this storm.
02-11-2010 | 12:45 PM
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02-11-2010 | 12:49 PM
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Ok Gents,
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm asking anyway. Tomorrow is my first day on DAL reserve. I checked my schedule post 1500 Mecca time, & there is not a SC assignment on my schedule. So I know I'm on long call, but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for sitting LC.
Specifically, does anyone check their schedule every 3-4 hours? Or does everyone just wait for a call? Plus, if they were to assign me SC for Sat would I get a call or will it just show up on my schedule? Will they have to give me a specific amount of notice for the SC assignment?
Thanks in advance.
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm asking anyway. Tomorrow is my first day on DAL reserve. I checked my schedule post 1500 Mecca time, & there is not a SC assignment on my schedule. So I know I'm on long call, but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for sitting LC.
Specifically, does anyone check their schedule every 3-4 hours? Or does everyone just wait for a call? Plus, if they were to assign me SC for Sat would I get a call or will it just show up on my schedule? Will they have to give me a specific amount of notice for the SC assignment?
Thanks in advance.
They will normally assign whatever is in the pot after 0800 local for tomorrows flying. It is released to reserves after 0800.
That said they populate the next days reserve list on I-Crew after the 0700 PCS run. When that run is complete it will populate the reserve buckets as well as show the pilot after the last run. This will give you a good idea how to sharp shoot your likeliness to getting a trip for the following day.
02-11-2010 | 12:54 PM
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I have had them call me at 1201 am for a short call starting at 11 am. It is rare but it happens. They have to give you 10 hours notice for a SC assignment.
02-11-2010 | 12:56 PM
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Not arguing the political side of it. Talking about what DAL sees. I sad back side. I said nothing about a second line of weather.
DAL is looking very closely at their modeling and the possibility of a double dip. Some see it some do not. It the end we will not know until it is over.
Either way, we have weathered this better than others.
DAL is looking very closely at their modeling and the possibility of a double dip. Some see it some do not. It the end we will not know until it is over.
Either way, we have weathered this better than others.
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02-11-2010 | 01:03 PM
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Ok Gents,
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm asking anyway. Tomorrow is my first day on DAL reserve. I checked my schedule post 1500 Mecca time, & there is not a SC assignment on my schedule. So I know I'm on long call, but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for sitting LC.
Specifically, does anyone check their schedule every 3-4 hours? Or does everyone just wait for a call? Plus, if they were to assign me SC for Sat would I get a call or will it just show up on my schedule? Will they have to give me a specific amount of notice for the SC assignment?
Thanks in advance.
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm asking anyway. Tomorrow is my first day on DAL reserve. I checked my schedule post 1500 Mecca time, & there is not a SC assignment on my schedule. So I know I'm on long call, but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for sitting LC.
Specifically, does anyone check their schedule every 3-4 hours? Or does everyone just wait for a call? Plus, if they were to assign me SC for Sat would I get a call or will it just show up on my schedule? Will they have to give me a specific amount of notice for the SC assignment?
Thanks in advance.
02-11-2010 | 01:09 PM
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I re-read your post and it looks like they were okay starting your short call at 11am. But you would not have had to show up for a trip until 1pm.
Denny
02-11-2010 | 01:14 PM
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Ok Gents,
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm asking anyway. Tomorrow is my first day on DAL reserve. I checked my schedule post 1500 Mecca time, & there is not a SC assignment on my schedule. So I know I'm on long call, but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for sitting LC.
Specifically, does anyone check their schedule every 3-4 hours? Or does everyone just wait for a call? Plus, if they were to assign me SC for Sat would I get a call or will it just show up on my schedule? Will they have to give me a specific amount of notice for the SC assignment?
Thanks in advance.
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm asking anyway. Tomorrow is my first day on DAL reserve. I checked my schedule post 1500 Mecca time, & there is not a SC assignment on my schedule. So I know I'm on long call, but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for sitting LC.
Specifically, does anyone check their schedule every 3-4 hours? Or does everyone just wait for a call? Plus, if they were to assign me SC for Sat would I get a call or will it just show up on my schedule? Will they have to give me a specific amount of notice for the SC assignment?
Thanks in advance.
As Denny said, 1500 local time...so 1600 mecca time for you.
As far as checking the schedule after that point and through your reserve days, I pretty much check it whenever it's convenient for me. When I used to commute and sat LC at home, I wouldn't stray far from the phone or computer when I would hit the "crunch" zones in my commute vs. making a report window. In Detroit at that time, that was around 1800-1900 to make it to ATL.
02-11-2010 | 01:20 PM
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Really!?! I thought they could give you 10 hours notice for a short call but then you have a 2 hour (or however long it reasonably takes) response so the earliest you actually could be assigned a trip is 12 hours. If this happened recently to you, you may want to talk to the union about it.
I re-read your post and it looks like they were okay starting your short call at 11am. But you would not have had to show up for a trip until 1pm.
Denny
I re-read your post and it looks like they were okay starting your short call at 11am. But you would not have had to show up for a trip until 1pm.
Denny
That's correct, Denny.
Remember, there is no "sign-in" for SC. You just become "readily available" at that window. Just be in position for that sign in 2 hours into the call window.
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