All of that can be done with IBB too. The main thing it does is cap the top end of the value off the bat. Values still need to be assigned to each item.

The biggest thing that divided in the past was the FAE and the ability or need to keep that high. Now that it is a DC percentage, it is about the numbers but to a lesser degree the numbers at the top end.

If this group wants to be split there is no tactic that will stop that. Pick and issue and it can be done.

IBB works great if you agree that the number used is based upon today's numbers, value, regulations etc. A change in anything can greatly devalue the total value you agreed to. It at a min as to be off the costs of Day One of talks.

ALPA and the company both spend an enormous amount if time valuing each item. The goal is to keep both sides honest and to get the best valuation you can. The EFA committee at National is always very busy doing this. They do it for LOA's, MOU's and section six agreements.

 

Enjoy the Diesel -9, she's a beast and alot of fun to fly. alot of work too but it's a real badge of honor to have! :$

 

Yes .. and usually (always?) lets the customers deplane first. I give that a 10.

 

Where this is most directly applied is to the sale of our flying to the regional carriers.

Since new hires don't vote ... .

This act displays a failure of ALPA leadership to grasp the basic concept that their power is a direct function of the number of pilots they represent and the percentage of flying they control. They arrogantly assume they will always be a relevant majority until ... oooops.

Interest based bargaining just threw fuel on that fire. The unrepresented pilots got sold. The junior First Officers were told to divert their wrath to the regional pilots (who were not at the table). Some are just now beginning to wake up and realize what they were in bed with.

One theory floating around ALPA National was to take control of Section 1 back from the MEC and NC to avoid the long term damage to our union caused by outsourcing.

 

He bid off that thing the moment he could, just as I did

A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's progress from one status to another. It is a universal phenomenon which can show anthropologists what social hierarchies, values and beliefs are important in specific cultures.

Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as other milestones within puberty, coming of age, marriage, flying Douglas jets and death. Initiation ceremonies such as baptism, confirmation, bar or bat Mitzvah and "wing ceremonies" are considered important rites of passage for people of their respective religions.

Like most Rites of Passage, flying a Douglas jet is miserable at the time, but is remembered fondly. After all, your greatest life long humiliation serves as others' momentary amusement. Flying a Douglas jet for 500 hours will provide you with enough experiences and stories to make conversation during the next 30 years flying Boeing equipment.

 

WOW, Richard has been busy. Some info on Director Memberships:



EXECUTIVE PROFILE*
Richard H. Anderson
Chief Executive Officer and Director, Delta Air Lines Inc.

Age 54

Total Annual Compensation $600,000 USD

This person is connected to 155 board members in 8 different organizations across 12 different industries.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERSHIPS*

Independent Director
Cargill, Incorporated

Director
Minnesota Life Insurance Company

Director
Business Leaders for Michigan

Director
Greater Twin Cities United Way
1999-Present

Former Director
MAIR Holdings Inc.
2001-2005

Former Chief Executive Officer, Director, Chairman of Safety & Security Committee, Chairman of Finance Committee, Member of People Committee, Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Airlines Inc and Director of Northwest Airlines Holding Corp
Northwest Airlines Corp.
2002-Present

Independent Director, Chairman of Compensation Committee, Member of Nominating Sub Committee and Member of Corporate Governance Committee
Medtronic, Inc.
2002-Present

Director
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
2004-2006

Former Director and Member of Audit Committee
Xcel Energy Inc.
2007-Present

Chief Executive Officer and Director
Delta Air Lines Inc.
2009-Present

Director
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

 

Even internationally?

 

aaahhhhh, uuuuummmmm, I resemble that...eh. BTW, how many southies know that the NHL's regular season starts Oct. 7th?? Ok, me and the guy whose wife is on the Thrashers Blue Crew.



ps. thats not his wife.....

 

Never had him on one of those.

 

That was one area I was excited about in our merger. I was hoping that fDAL agents and flight attendants would be much better in the handling and care of our passnegers. It has been pretty much a wash. Not much difference between the two groups. I feel that this is one area that the whole company has huge room to improve on the customer experience. In my opinion we have a cross section of employees here. Some that are outstanding, a whole bunch that are just so so and quiet a few that do not need to be here. Every employee here needs to approach the job as what can I do to beat the other airlines now, that what it is going to boil down to.