Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
03-28-2011, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by PilotFrog
Also how does the "borrow" system work? I've got a friend who is on first year pay, and I suggested putting hours in the bank to get paid back at second year pay. That right?
03-28-2011, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by PilotFrog
Can anyone explain the flight hours bank to me? I put some hours in the bank last year and got a green slip recently and it almost seemed like they used those bank hours to pay the green slip. Is that right or did I just read it wrong?
Also how does the "borrow" system work? I've got a friend who is on first year pay, and I suggested putting hours in the bank to get paid back at second year pay. That right?
Also how does the "borrow" system work? I've got a friend who is on first year pay, and I suggested putting hours in the bank to get paid back at second year pay. That right?
In your second scenario -- you are correct.
Its a good deal to bank some hours at a low pay rate and withdraw them at a higher rate. Advanced entitlements is another good opportunity to do this. Fill your bank just before you upgrade.
03-28-2011, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
... just before you upgrade.
On another note, here is an interesting quote from Michael Boyd's Hot Flash this morning:
"It's not that Delta doesn't like Memphis. Or that the connecting hub there has no value.
But they're cutting 25% of the operations there by the end of the year...
At almost the same time, Delta ordered 12 more E-170s for Compass.
... Delta is moving with good sense to reduce the number of RJs in its fleet, and the E-170 order is completely consistent with that strategy. That's because, common nomenclature notwithstanding, the E-170 is not a "regional jet." To the contrary, the market niche they were originally aimed at was the lower-end of the single-aisle category - DC-9-10s, BAC-111s, F-100s - that had been abandoned by Boeing and Airbus. (We know - we were there.) Regardless of who's going to crew them, those -170s are all about moving toward less RJ and more mainline-cabin flying."
I've been following Boyd weekly for 7 years. He's right about, oh, 100% of the time. It's clear that management likes the DCI flying, we will never see that flying again at mainline us we TAKE IT BACK, and any future relaxation of scope will be fully exploited by the company.
03-28-2011, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
Fill your bank just before you upgrade.
03-28-2011, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
Fill your bank just before you upgrade.
Originally Posted by JobHopper
Are people still doing that???
You can also use the bank if you are downgrading due to the plague of RJs.
Borrow time from your bank (go negative) at the higher payrate and then pay it back at the lower rate.
Or just before a 30% pay raise.
03-28-2011, 08:14 AM
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Check Essential ... in retribution for Mullet Man, you receive another picture of Bill Gates being sexy in Teen Beat. Is that a five and a quarter inch floppy he's got laid out there?
03-28-2011, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Columbia
If the 321 replaces the 757, will the pay rate also be replaced, ala more lower paying and fewer higher paying seats (lowering the CASM)? If so, that's one reason for a LGP system. No idea.
03-28-2011, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by JobHopper
... Delta is moving with good sense to reduce the number of RJs in its fleet, and the E-170 order is completely consistent with that strategy. That's because, common nomenclature notwithstanding, the E-170 is not a "regional jet." To the contrary, the market niche they were originally aimed at was the lower-end of the single-aisle category - DC-9-10s, BAC-111s, F-100s - that had been abandoned by Boeing and Airbus. (We know - we were there.) Regardless of who's going to crew them, those -170s are all about moving toward less RJ and more mainline-cabin flying."
I've been following Boyd weekly for 7 years. He's right about, oh, 100% of the time. It's clear that management likes the DCI flying, we will never see that flying again at mainline us we TAKE IT BACK, and any future relaxation of scope will be fully exploited by the company.
I've been following Boyd weekly for 7 years. He's right about, oh, 100% of the time. It's clear that management likes the DCI flying, we will never see that flying again at mainline us we TAKE IT BACK, and any future relaxation of scope will be fully exploited by the company.
Yeah, but they are parking 50 seat RJ's at an accelerated rate....
03-28-2011, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Jabberwock
Check Essential ... in retribution for Mullet Man, you receive another picture of Bill Gates being sexy in Teen Beat. Is that a five and a quarter inch floppy he's got laid out there?
CTRL/ALT/DEL
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03-28-2011, 09:10 AM
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Alright, last of the silly Monday stuff.
Here's our very own forgot to bid singing Katy Perry in his layover hotel room.
Here's our very own forgot to bid singing Katy Perry in his layover hotel room.
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