Exactly. I've read the arguments both ways. And this RAH thing seems to me to be a clear violation of at least the intent of the language in our scope clause. Why is ALPA's inclination to interpret this in the most favorable way to the company and the least favorable way to our pilot group? Sorry, but I want an association that will fight for our pilot group... especially given how much ground we have lost and need to recover! At this point, I think ALPA has proven they are not up to the task... or have other, more important priorities. My vote goes to DPA. ALPA continues to prove they cannot be "fixed from within."

 

DAL88 Driver,

See the post above yours.

How is the DPA any different? They have not published any road map, or set of principles, which give any indication their administration would be any different than the status quo.

 

Well, you have a point. The language in our contract should be iron clad. A good lawyer, who's only objective is doing what's best for his/her client (the Delta pilots), should be able to easily achieve that. Why was the language written so loosely... so that ALPA could interpret it in the most convenient way at the time? I don't know. But what I do know is that the intent of the language seems clear to me. And I think a good case can be made that this is indeed a violation of our scope clause. Just read FTB's stuff on this... he's done a GREAT job of laying out the case.

Again, it comes back to who I want representing me. At this point, I'll go with a relative unknown that is at least trying, versus a known quantity that is obviously NOT trying and/or has other agendas.

 

DAL88Driver,

Your frustration is understood. If the DPA was talking unity, or basic unionism, I'd be interested. But they are not. They parrot the same wrong headed political crud that got us where we are at now.

More to the point, the language in our contract was stronger and functioned in the case of ACA which was booted from DCI when they started Indy Air. Then our Administration purposely removed that language with the goals of:

• Increasing DCI competition to drive down costs. (At the time the thought was "we are having to take concessions, shouldn't they too")
• Making it possible to sell owned DCI assets (At the time the thought was "why are we investing "our" money in connection operations. Further management desperately needed the cash from asset sales. The sale of ASA preserved Delta's reserves required to process credit card transactions. It was a very near death experience for the Corporation)

Again, this language was no accident. It was intentional.

 

Oil is up over $110 a barrel today. Holy crap! Gonna have to have the wife start riding her bike to work.

 

That's not good. You long or short?

 

The only problem I had with running it on an apple is the fact I had to hide the dock. (option + command + d) Other than that it should run on an apple.

 

Apple strikes again?

Two security researchers have discovered that iPhones and 3G-equipped iPads regularly record and store location information to a hidden file that is backed up to iTunes and even transferred to new devices. While the information isn't necessarily accessible to remote hackers, the researchers noted that it does raise some important concerns about privacy.

 

What do you use on your 'droid to access Icrew? Thanks,

Denny

 

Hi,
Need some tech advice. Haven't bought a laptop in 10 years, or a new phone in almost 4 (Palm Treo). Coming back to the line after years away... Is there a consensus on what is the best computer/phone combination for airline pilot use right now? I don't have a good idea about these netbooks or the iPad.

I see folks posting about droid apps for the schedule, and about trying to do training on various laptops with problems...
-Looking for a system that will let me do Microsoft Outlook with seamless syncing to a phone, I use that for business a ton.
-I'd like a phone that lets me do most of my pilot stuff.
-I'd like a computer that's light, can watch a movie or do CD training stuff for upcoming Delta training, can run Outlook, and can browse web. Maybe read books. Don't need much else, nothing hi-powered I'd think needed.

Any good advice appreciated, need to buy within 2 weeks for training!