CNN iReport video of the Delta Sky Lounge in NRT during the quake.

For those of you that have been there its on top of the banjo, you walk by the outside curved wall on the way to customs.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/ireport...quake.dong.cnn

If you have never looked at this web site I highly recommended it.

Airline Pilot News and Analysis - Scope Comparison

In addition to compensation there are a lot of other area that need big improvements. Delta's vacation pay is almost the worst out there.

Interesting is that SWA, UPS, and FDX have the highest hourly rates, with the best rigs, the tightest scope and don't use PBS according to the info provided.

Agreed on the vacation pay. It is pathetic. It needs to be almost double.

Anyone know who we call if we forgot our company Web e-mail password?

The problem with the process is once a TA is published - that section has already been agreed to...as a whole. My experience, in then making an argument regarding it's weaknesses/concessions, is that the MEC Administration and the Negotiating Committee will tell you it is bad policy to go back and seek changes to the TA - even small changes. They will tell you it diminishes their credibililty.

Also, since it is TA'd as a whole, when the pilot groups identifies the individual weaknesses/give-backs/concessions - things that will negatively affect quality of life - because they are already in the TA, they are impossible to change at that point.

I remember arguing against some concessions in the C2K Scheduling section at a roadshow and was put down by JM. These seem like little items when picked apart individually - but they all add up. For example, one of the concerns I argued was how the changes in the reserve scheduling would end up increasing short call days - which indeed they did.

Again, since each contract section is TA'd as a whole, it becomes too late to argue against individual concessions, that together significantly degrade QOL. The TA as a whole must be rejected - which has proven almost impossible to do.

Does Delta have vacation touching? In other words. any trip which touches a vacation period is automatically dropped and paid turning two 4 day trips plus 7 days vacation into 21 days off. Some regionals have this, fwiw.

Pilots are 6 tfp if not used and 6.5 if used. With the right rigs and work rules I would vote for a 0% increase to Dal rates. You get more money and better qol at the same time and make it a lot harder for the me too crowd.

If you like dehead only days, 33 hour domestic layovers, productivity sits, and roations spread out so there is 1 minute of credit time you can disregard all the above.

The long answer is "no"

I called CPSC and they hooked me up with the appropriate IT folks for a password reset.

Thanks. :)