Originally Posted by LOBO (Post 523719)

In the advanced entitlement it states when the training will be completed by I think it is usually either six or nine months

If you were to switch from the 737 to a 767 your two year freeze would start the day the Advanced Entitlement was final (maybe the day it was announced/ one week difference)

If you are out on Mil leave greater than 6 months you can go to any category as long as someone junior to you is in the category. Then the two years starts from the day you started your military leave. (Personal Experience) I bid from the 88 to the 767 domestic and since the time was greater than six months I was able to change to the 767ER category.

Originally Posted by Lifeisgood (Post 526338)

To NWA pilots:

I heard a lot of good things about NWA commuter policy. I was told it is nearly no stress whether you make a flight or not as long as you have a back up, call scheds and they work with you, positive space if in a bind etc.

Could someone with experience describe how it works, please.

I sure hope Delta will adopt it ASAP.

Thanks and happy new year!

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 526377)

The "Call in Honest" policy is great. Give yourself two flights that get you in for your trip. If you don't make it on the first one, call scheduling and they check to make sure you didn't give them bogus flights. Everything checks good, you get a positive space seat to work. It's a great policy, takes most of the stress out of commuting.

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 526382)

And just to add........the "primary" can be off line. So I don't get on an (ie)American flight, I can call in honest for the NWA back up, and it doesn't matter if it's NWA, Compass, Mesaba or Pinnacale.

Our jumpseat guys say this is all being discussed. You guys don't have a commuter culture so it's hard getting a common frame of reference, but we're getting there.

I hope it survives too, it is a great stress reliever.

Ferd

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 526382)

Our jumpseat guys say this is all being discussed. You guys don't have a commuter culture so it's hard getting a common frame of reference, but we're getting there.
I hope it survives too, it is a great stress reliever.
Ferd

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 526385)

Positive space commuting has a cost. They'll probably make us bargain for it.

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 526385)

Delta management doesn't have a "commuter friendly" history.
It hasn't been that long ago we couldn't even ride our own jumpseats.

Positive space commuting has a cost. They'll probably make us bargain for it.