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Originally Posted by JABDIP
(Post 849868)
Cycle if you really want to stew about something, We are landing the 747 with on average of 10-15000 pounds of fuel higher than we used to at FNWA. Now on a 13 hour flight that burns about 6000 lbs of gas to haul the extra fuel. Now you are talking alot of money. Your 320 apu and SE taxi gripe is just a **** in the wind compared to the fuel DAL is wasting on the 747. BY the way, it is the wonderful FPS2.0 that is really doing a great job of adjusting the fuel burn as I was told it would but did not happen. Enough said.:D
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Originally Posted by Cycle Pilot
(Post 849876)
Ah crap... now you got me stewin' about something else!! ;)
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ha... the big cheese... somebody is funny...
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
(Post 849744)
I was being TIC. Someone was lamenting about the fine Delta just paid for cargo price fixing by NWA between 2004 and 2006. I was just reminding him that NWA's CEO when this began in 2004 was someone familiar to us all.
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Originally Posted by capncrunch
(Post 849828)
If so, good! It should hurt the company to furlough. That way they don't make rash decisions. If the flow was not there they would have furloughed a year ago and screw a whole bunch of us only to go whoops we are short handed come on back. Meanwhile someones family just went through the ringer and their kids are eating Frooty Os from a bag instead of Fruit Loops from a box.
Take it from the Cap'n, eat cereal from a box! The drop in flight hours per pilot however led to much howling especially from the NW pilots about how they were not getting a raise. Everyone got hit hard with the cutback N or S. The companies ability to adjust flight hours via the contract and PBS however kept the furlough issue from even being considered. Under a more rigid contract and a line of time bidding system is likely we would have seen furloughs. The unions job however should be to attempt to protect all pilots jobs not protect some pilots paychecks. I did not like 68 hour lines but much preferred it to pilots on the street. |
MD88/90 questions
Now that all of the NYC guys are getting 90 qualified, I have some questions.
When completing the training CD and entering it in DBMS, do you get pay for the training? If so, when is it credited? The month you complete it? Also, how much credit is it worth (if any)? Suppose you are on reserve in the category, how is the 70 hours for reserve calculated? Is it based on 88 rates or is it somehow pro-rated with the 90? |
Originally Posted by sailingfun
(Post 849960)
The flow was simply one layer in the economic choice to furlough. The company always calculates it out in months to payback for a furlough. The flow might have been worth 2 extra months in that calculation. For what its worth the company never looked at furloughs as a real option in the last two years even with the huge downturn. The current contract gives them tremendous flexibility in moving flight hours per pilot up and down. It takes away a lot of the furlough incentive the company might have. Combined with the many layers of economic penalty in the contract if a furlough happens such as the flow made furlough not even a issue for the 4th floor.
The drop in flight hours per pilot however led to much howling especially from the NW pilots about how they were not getting a raise. Everyone got hit hard with the cutback N or S. The companies ability to adjust flight hours via the contract and PBS however kept the furlough issue from even being considered. Under a more rigid contract and a line of time bidding system is likely we would have seen furloughs. The unions job however should be to attempt to protect all pilots jobs not protect some pilots paychecks. I did not like 68 hour lines but much preferred it to pilots on the street. Thanks sailingfun.:) |
Originally Posted by sailingfun
(Post 849960)
The flow was simply one layer in the economic choice to furlough. The company always calculates it out in months to payback for a furlough. The flow might have been worth 2 extra months in that calculation. For what its worth the company never looked at furloughs as a real option in the last two years even with the huge downturn. The current contract gives them tremendous flexibility in moving flight hours per pilot up and down. It takes away a lot of the furlough incentive the company might have. Combined with the many layers of economic penalty in the contract if a furlough happens such as the flow made furlough not even a issue for the 4th floor.
The drop in flight hours per pilot however led to much howling especially from the NW pilots about how they were not getting a raise. Everyone got hit hard with the cutback N or S. The companies ability to adjust flight hours via the contract and PBS however kept the furlough issue from even being considered. Under a more rigid contract and a line of time bidding system is likely we would have seen furloughs. The unions job however should be to attempt to protect all pilots jobs not protect some pilots paychecks. I did not like 68 hour lines but much preferred it to pilots on the street. Yep, ALV Flex be darned :D |
Droid X
Is anyone using the Droid X yet? If so, is it compatible with I-Crew? How about setup? What browser works best?
Thanks in advance, Desp |
Originally Posted by Scoop
(Post 849406)
T,
Wow! You have more faith in management then I do. I have a hard time seeing the bean-counters, who seemingly are always 180 degrees out with fuel hedges, giving us a raise on this issue. Eventually this will all work itself out. I have no problem if Airbus guys decide to taxi 2 engines. In the last 6 years I have been on the 88/90, 767/757, and the 737 - and in every fleet there are guys, for a plethora of reasons, who taxi with 2 engines. Yes, we should all try to operate efficiently, but lets continue to give our Captains the benefit of doubt as to how to accomplish this. Usually guys have a very good reason for what they are doing, anecdotal evidence on this forum notwithstanding. Scoop First of all.. the bean counters do not give us any payraises. Those are negotiated.. but that's beside the point. I DO have a problem with ANY pilots taxiing on 2 engines IF there is not a good reason for it. Taxiing on 2 just because you want to is not a good reason. If you need the extra cooling air.. fine. If there is a hill to climb.. fine. If you have a tight gate on arrival.. you get the picture. 99% of this is just flat out laziness and obstinance, and that just doesn't cut it. Show a little pride in your professionalism, or is that too much to ask? |
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