Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 800530)

I wonder if this means they HAVE to move -400 time from DTW, or is this time from the rumored EXTRA -400's we are getting or keeping.

I also wonder if there are about 2200 North pilots who will ignore this rumored opening so I can get to the left seat! :D


Any seat on that thing is a great job though. :)

Originally Posted by alfaromeo (Post 800881)

If the MEC wants to make the reserve system commutable they should start from scratch. If you try to hammer the current system into something it's not, then you will end up with a kludge. Better to start from scratch and design it from the ground up.

Originally Posted by alfaromeo (Post 800881)

My first preference is to add more hours to the reserve guarantee. 70 hours was back from the past when the cap was 75 and it really isn't competitive in the industry now. Since the reserve system is designed around pilots flying a target of 60 hours on reserve on average, if you raise the cap and also raise the target, you will cost jobs. If you raise the cap and leave the target the same, the cost will be higher. Again, that is a decision the MEC will have to make. Getting paid more, makes the hassles of reserve go down smoother.

Originally Posted by alfaromeo (Post 800881)

Making reserve commutable will help some people but also probably cost a lot. One more choice the MEC will make in the future.

Originally Posted by alfaromeo (Post 800881)

If the beef is with Short Call assignments, then that has been chipped away at and should continue to be chipped away.
The randomness of the system can be brought under control.

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 800900)

Daughter protection devices

YouTube - AA-12 Shotgun On Future Weapons

YouTube - Beretta Shotgun Shooting Exhibition - Travis Mears

Either of these choices would scare the most red-blooded slackers straight.

Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver (Post 800819)

This is an excellent point. Many of our pilots don't realize or appreciate exactly what we have at DAL. Our Fidelity BrokerageLink setup allows us access to a much greater variety of investment choices than the vast majority of 401(k)/defined contribution plans at other companies. What we have is something that is a growing trend but is still fairly rare at this point.

It definitely sucks to lose a pension when you're halfway through your career. But, with the BrokerageLink and the boost I got from the note and claim, I (at age 50) am on track to have pretty much what I would have had with the pension. But, in this case, the money is mine and cannot be taken away through bankruptcy like the pension was! Now if we could just get some decent pay restoration (and therefore get those contributions amounts higher into the plans), then many of us (even the senior guys) could come out better than we would have had with the pension.

Of course, some will argue that the returns necessary to achieve success with our plans is not guaranteed. Well, a pension certainly isn't guaranteed either.... as we have all found out the hard way. And, like Pineapple said, it's a real no-brainer for the new guys. I just wish we had had this setup from the beginning for us older guys!

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 800897)

Hey Ferd, explain to New how the island won't let him leave the DC9 family. He wants to leave. But the DC9 family is not done with him yet.

Go on. Explain it.

Originally Posted by Schwanker (Post 800749)

Now if this isn't ironic. You see, the Contract Admin guy (KW) was forced to resign as he was trying to resolve north grievances. How the world turns.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 800891)

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Knew;

Thats what I heard, pulling 2 744s out of mothballs.

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 800874)

Geeze,

Can we get a separate thread for the ALPA wonks to go cage fight in.