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I agree with most of what you said. A lot of the smaller items, and the IT items in particular, wirll help. On the issues of more substance, there's not been any winner because there's not been a closure to the discussion. The process that was chosen, from what I understand was this "adopt-and-go". From Delta's perspective, and the FAA's, and my own, we cross-polinate, then we debate. Everything Dixon puts out is centered around this theme, so it's not as if the company is fighting us.

I'm actually glad the company went for what's expedient, because it's also what gets us mixing sooner. That allows for the best kind of debate, and the best kind of procedures: those that line pilots push through. Had a few wise-men in their ivory tower struck deals, and reached compromises on all procedures upfornt, neither one of us would have been involved. As it stands now, the process sucks for you because you will have to come our way before we find a common (third) way, but at least nothing was set in stone. No artificial compromise was reached that would pi$$ off 100% of the people, and no significant changes were made that failed to involve the 60%. The process did, however, drive the 40% nuts, as they try to make sense of things that are only consistent... with each other. As part of a system.

The company says we will find best practices. I want best practices. And you sure aren't going to rest until we find them. So we will all get our say. I honestly believe we will figure this out.

 

I have to agree. I think that you will find a highly professional group of guys over here not any different than the bulk of your guys. Part of our problems stem from entirely different clultures. This to will change as we blend cultures together as well. It will take time, but 3-4 years from now this will all be history.

 

Yea, I do. Not sure how hard it is to get Mother Delta to change something they've been doing forever (status quo is a powerful thing). Not something I give a whole lot of thought to - been under this system my whole career and doesn't really matter that some of my paycheck may be delayed a couple weeks (another Stockholm syndrome victim).

 

I was initial qual on the 75/76, so had one day short of a month off between WWO and my domestic OE trip, then another 20 days off before first TOE trip.

 

Avionics are great (except for VNAV descents which I don't think they'll ever fix). If you can't fly instruments on that display, you can't fly!

If it was a little roomier, a little quieter and SWA hadn't crippled the overhead for common type, it would be the best.

 

LOL, and the avionics didn't come from the low bidder (GE),
and who decided to interconnect the EECs with the PSEU system...
And why do you loose he FD and autopilot at GS intercept when the RA is MELed...
And why don't the Generators turn themselves on all the time and not just one time after getting airborne...

Its a good ride with nice [looking] avionics but is not really a Boeing by about 30 years...

I miss the crews and the based in LAX part though...

Cheers
George

 

B-36 = Convair. Not the same. The only way New is allowed to leave the 9, and therein open the possibility I leave the 9-88, is if we get A-26s. Which were built by Douglas...



Douglas airplanes just kick everybody else's ---.

And yeah, I'm sorry for the oversized picture post but its paycheck Friday and I'm going to go to Taco Bell and have a #6 combo with chicken, supreme and a sweet tea and thus be wired for a few hours.

Either way, I'd just like to take a moment and thank Short Call for 3 awesome overnights in downtown NY, the shortest 15 hours, all late shows. I'm sure it'll always be like this.

 

Pretty sure you just described an Airbus. Never thought I'd say this, but gotta love that French airplane. Now everybody bid it so I can get down to ATL on the 88

 

Most of the time, we FOs don't have to.