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Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 798770)

I have a compensation question. I am a displaced Fo from the ER to the 73 in my 3rd year. ER rate is 100.29 and 73 700/800 is 97.01 for 2010 according to the chart in the PWA, and that equates to 1.6715 and 1.61683 respectively. Now I thought I was pay protected to the ER rates, or if anything the difference between ER and 73 rates which is 1.644165
My first full month of 3rd year pay was March and according to the pay sheet I was only payed 1.625469 What am I missing?

I am not pay-protected, so I'm just passing on what someone else told me: the pay protection is not included in the payrate listed where you're looking. Apparently if you go to your pay statement, and scroll down, there should be something that has additional pay for JCBA or something that you don't recognize like that. That's your pay protection.

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Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 798772)

After you log into DeltaNet, look on the left, under "Flight Ops Resources" click on "Chief Pilot Support Center - CPSC". Then scroll down, and in the middle it will say "Chief Pilot Support Center Latest News" - the first items is "PIREPS - April 2010, CVG Base Newsletter" which is what he's talking about.

Well I'll be, it is there.

FWIW the PIRP numbers are
34 April 30th

11 May 31st.

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Originally Posted by Fly4hire (Post 798565)

Your comment about pilots taking laundry from home is urban myth and hopelessly parochial. Why sell snow blowers in Minneapolis, we don't need them in Peachtree City? :rolleyes:

Think about it - you do a 9 or 12 day trip, you pass through AMS or NRT every 3rd day. You have to have laundry in by 1200 (?) in AMS to get it back by 0900 the next morning. In NRT I believe it is 1200 to get by 1500 the next day. Depending on when you arrive or depart you might only get it done every other pass through. Assuming that most cannot pack for more than 5 days, and might be be up to 6 days between laundry, so when you do get it done on a AMS/NRT layover it might be everything you are carrying, or constantly be cycling 3 days worth through, but $50 won't even cover that.

At the inflated prices the hotels bill the laundry at, $50 (37EU) is roughly 2 uniform shirts, and a pair of trousers, and one change of underwear. Not even the best case 3 days worth.

This is why fNWA had these arrangements. That's why LOA 10 was incorporated. As to intent make sure you ask the negotiators who wrote it as opposed to the ones who survived to the combined MEC.

@ a $50 direct bill limit significant pilot out of pocket expenses will result from company imposed rotation lengths. Trust me we will be seeing more of the longer trips.

Allowing this to stand is a tacit concession.

NRT Regular Service in by 1000 back by 1600 same day
Overnight Service in by 1600 back by 1000 next day

Both of those are direct bill to DAL

If you go Express for faster service, the direct bill the regular service and the pilot pays the overage at checkout.

For Sailing: We have Asia patterns built that do not have a NRT layover until after Leg #5 / Day 6 of a pattern. You will have 5 days of dirty uniforms in your bag and 5 more legs to fly. 5 days of dirty uniforms is well in excess of $50 and is easily justified by having 5 more legs remaining in the pattern.

When we go to increased flying for the summer the patterns may actually increase in length by another day.

$50 limit direct bill per NRT layover is not realistic for very long patterns that don't have multiple NRT layovers. Perhaps $50 per any layover, not just NRT/AMS, would be better, but is probably overkill.

Side Note: AT one point, fNW tried to do away with direct billing at NRT. The hotel quickly asked them to reinstate it due to all the self-washed laundry being hung out to dry outside the hotel room windows on long poles in full view of the wedding parties at the wedding pavilion in front of the hotel ...

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 798735)

DALNET===>

CPSC===>

Central Region News.
It may also be in the middle bottom where they post the new news for each region.

FWIW, sign up for the e-mails and it will be sent right to your in box.

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 798767)

It was sent out to your e-mail in box if you subscribe to that portion of it today. It is the CVG PIREP news. It is a company document so I will not post it here.
I bet they post it shortly.
Check The Central Region on the left side of the CPSC screen and see if it is there.

In the center and bottom of the CPSC page now is a:

Pireps - April 2010
CVG Base Newsletter

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Originally Posted by RiddleEagle18 (Post 798736)

For guys who like to connect the dots...

Compass is now accepting applications again. Why is the question. I have flown only 6 hours in the last month. The thought always was we would hire well before any flow began.

So I've heard we're still accepting apps at airline apps.

:o

Trying to be hopeful.

FtB;
We are accepting apps, they are just not admitting that they are reviewing them! :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 798772)

Yeah, it is so new that because I had not refreshed my browser it didn't show up. As a note, there is not a link called "Central Region News" or central region anything. The only "region" is Northeast. They are still trying to catch up with the changes.

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 798643)

Negotiating in public. :D

As for the mergers:
We will buy AS if it is deemed necessary to keep the Asian feed. I bet we buy HI if they get a HND slot, and we will buy the route authorities or the entire airline of Spirit to compete with American in LA. (That is if the LA governments do not grant more slots to us, which we are asking for)

HA is getting their first A330 middle of next month, volcano permitting.
DL has the Tech Ops contract for HA 767 and A330/A350.

From an airframe point of view, HI would be pretty easy to consolidate since their fleet will consist of 717, 767 and A330/350. Their pilots are going to the Airbus campus in Miami and they are already running test tabletop scenarios with the FAA and DAL Maintenance.

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Originally Posted by somertime32 (Post 798656)

Hey Delta front enders, I have a quick question. I work out on E in ATL and I was curious what Delta's policy was on a walk around after a plane pulls into the gate for you guys? As a ALA I have 10 minutes to find any damage and 15 mins to report it to the coordination tower.

For international arrivals at E, Customs would never allow the crew out of the sterile area to do a postflight. In any case, its not required of the pilots to do a postflight exterior inspection.

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Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 798770)

Did you meet all the contractual requirements for pay protection? IIRC you have to have EVERY position of higher pay on your AE preferences to qualify. That would imply no restrictions like Regular or XX%.

I'm sure one of the contract experts can regurgitate the exact language.