Originally Posted by FrankCobretti (Post 924119)

Two things. First, why are pilots at Delta Air Elite not on the Delta seniority list?

Second, here's the letter I'm about to fire off:

Dear Captain O'Malley,

I was pleased to read your recent all pilot letter laying out your priorities and the MEC's coming focus on pilot education.

It disturbed me, however, to see no mention of scope on your priority list. As you know, scope is a bedrock issue for us: 76-seat flying represents Delta jobs lost and JVs, code shares, and marketing agreements that give away swaths of our narrow and wide body flying represent Delta jobs lost.

I respectfully submit that our MEC make clear that we absolutely will not budge on >76-seat scope. Further, our goals should include reclaiming all flying above 70 seats for Delta Seniority List pilots and getting back as much of the flying that we've given away to Alaska, SkyTeam, et. al. that we can. I don't care who holds the lease on the metal, but I do care who employs the pilots.

Thank you for your devotion to restoring this profession for us all. I look forward to great things in the future.

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 924148)

Rumor is that trip parking - is gonna get guys 30 days off starting in the near future. Frankly I dont know why, but apparently it is viewed like what the Tong does (asian FA mafia)

Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 924162)

What is trip parking?

Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 924162)

What is trip parking?

Originally Posted by dragon (Post 924153)

Spent all day yesterday (ok not all day) doing the QCQ and when I tried to enter the code the Commodore 64 running iCrew says "Code Invalid".

On the bright side, IT is aware of the issue and is supposed to have a fix in place by 4 JAN. Sounds like when we had to do the M90 course. Wouldn't it be nice to have these things checked before issuing the course?

Kudos however to the QCQ guys for setting this up as a download so I didn't have to drag my benched ass to a base to get the discs!!

Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 924010)

There are probably really good reasons that the AirTran pilots, after their merger with ALPA, decided to keep their own outside counsel for Section 1. One of those reasons MAY be they felt that there WAS a conflict of interest.

Seperate counsel where there may be even a HINT of a conflict in interest is probably NOT a bad idea. Sure, it would cost some dinero to retain another group of lawyers, but considering the really bad things that can happen, I would vote for it.

Heck, people get second opinions all the time with matters of far less consequence.

Nu

Originally Posted by FrankCobretti (Post 924119)

Two things. First, why are pilots at Delta Air Elite not on the Delta seniority list?

Second, here's the letter I'm about to fire off:

Dear Captain O'Malley,

I was pleased to read your recent all pilot letter laying out your priorities and the MEC's coming focus on pilot education.

It disturbed me, however, to see no mention of scope on your priority list. As you know, scope is a bedrock issue for us: 76-seat flying represents Delta jobs lost and JVs, code shares, and marketing agreements that give away swaths of our narrow and wide body flying represent Delta jobs lost.

I respectfully submit that our MEC make clear that we absolutely will not budge on >76-seat scope. Further, our goals should include reclaiming all flying above 70 seats for Delta Seniority List pilots and getting back as much of the flying that we've given away to Alaska, SkyTeam, et. al. that we can. I don't care who holds the lease on the metal, but I do care who employs the pilots.

Thank you for your devotion to restoring this profession for us all. I look forward to great things in the future.

Originally Posted by ExAF (Post 924128)

You took my quote slightly out of context. I wasn't blasting him for not mentioning scope. My response was more directed at the point that it should not be a conflict of interest for the DALPA chairman to mention scope as opposed to the ALPA chairman since DALPA does not represent ANY regional jet pilots. I too will give the new chair/administration a chance. I am disappointed he didn't mention scope, but I wasn't blasting him for it. I do think it was not "just an oversight" or "just not important right now." I do hope it will get mentioned soon because I think the stance our MEC takes on scope is important to a majority of the pilots. Pay is important, but so is scope. I don't consider myself a "scope hawk," but I do consider it very important and right up there with pay, work rules and retirement. They are all connected to provide a favorable QOL for ALL DAL pilots. On the other hand, sins of omission are just as bad as sins of commission.

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 833650)

Hey Clamp,

Did you watch your homework assignment yet? A movie with the world's best FO in it is required watching.:D

Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 924177)

I didn't know you could download the Q1 2011 CQ. I just read the message you get when you sign on to dbms and it says that Q1 2011 CQ must be done by CD.........

Denny

Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 924177)

I didn't know you could download the Q1 2011 CQ. I just read the message you get when you sign on to dbms and it says that Q1 2011 CQ must be done by CD.........

Denny