Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
04-20-2011 | 10:36 AM
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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!
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!
04-20-2011 | 10:43 AM
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04-20-2011 | 10:48 AM
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****ing Atlanta. < word i don't use by the way lightly
Delta Employees Attacked On MARTA Train
Posted: 6:50 am EDT April 20, 2011
Updated: 6:59 am EDT April 20, 2011
ATLANTA -- Two Delta Airlines employees were attacked on a MARTA train.
Violent Attack On MARTA Train Under Investigation
MARTA police said they were investigating the incident. A witness said he watched the violent attack unfold Sunday.
"We were intimidated. Everyone was terrified. People were trying to run, but there was nowhere to run," the man, who requested anonymity, told Channel 2's Erica Byfield.
Around midnight, a MARTA train pulled up to the Garnett Station in Downtown Atlanta, authorities said. The witness said up to 30 people boarded the southbound train.
"Once the doors opened, it was like a bum rush of people," he told Byfield. "The next thing you know, they started just beating him. There was blood everywhere. People were hollering and screaming," he said.
A MARTA police report identified two victims as Delta Airlines employees. The report said one victim had a soda can smashed in his face and his wallet stolen, while the other was punched repeatedly in his face.
The witness said the attackers were teens chanting "B. F. P. L."
"I don't know if that's a gang," the witness said.
By the time the train made it to West End stop, some riders were desperate to get off, but the car doors would not open, the witness said.
"So basically we were just trapped," he said.
The witness told Byfield he saw the teens exit the train at the Oakland City stop.
"For people to have to witness that it is ridiculous," he said.
Copyright 2011 by WSBTV.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Delta Employees Attacked On MARTA Train
Posted: 6:50 am EDT April 20, 2011
Updated: 6:59 am EDT April 20, 2011
ATLANTA -- Two Delta Airlines employees were attacked on a MARTA train.
Violent Attack On MARTA Train Under Investigation
MARTA police said they were investigating the incident. A witness said he watched the violent attack unfold Sunday.
"We were intimidated. Everyone was terrified. People were trying to run, but there was nowhere to run," the man, who requested anonymity, told Channel 2's Erica Byfield.
Around midnight, a MARTA train pulled up to the Garnett Station in Downtown Atlanta, authorities said. The witness said up to 30 people boarded the southbound train.
"Once the doors opened, it was like a bum rush of people," he told Byfield. "The next thing you know, they started just beating him. There was blood everywhere. People were hollering and screaming," he said.
A MARTA police report identified two victims as Delta Airlines employees. The report said one victim had a soda can smashed in his face and his wallet stolen, while the other was punched repeatedly in his face.
The witness said the attackers were teens chanting "B. F. P. L."
"I don't know if that's a gang," the witness said.
By the time the train made it to West End stop, some riders were desperate to get off, but the car doors would not open, the witness said.
"So basically we were just trapped," he said.
The witness told Byfield he saw the teens exit the train at the Oakland City stop.
"For people to have to witness that it is ridiculous," he said.
Copyright 2011 by WSBTV.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
04-20-2011 | 10:55 AM
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Lived in Atlanta a long time, it is getting ridiculous, nothing but shootings and car jackings in downtown lately. I hope somebody finds these pieces of **** and does something really bad to them. Don't ride MARTA through downtown, the way things are going lately you are just asking for trouble.
04-20-2011 | 10:56 AM
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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)
04-20-2011 | 10:59 AM
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This was on Yahoo. The Most Stressful Job in America for 2011
1. Commercial Airline Pilot
Stress score: 47.60
Average annual salary: $117,060
Hours per day: 9
The most stressful job of 2011 is a commercial airline pilot, according to CareerCast.com. Tony Lee points out that several recent events demonstrate how a pilot's job can be stressful, as it depends on factors out of their control. For instance, a pilot must rely heavily on equipment: the incident with the damaged Southwest 737 earlier this year revealed how this reliance can cause tension during a pilot's normal working day. In addition, a pilot's reliance on control tower operators also increases stress, especially after the revelations that air traffic controllers are falling asleep on the job, requiring planes to land without help.
Pilots also experience big swings in stress, says Tony Lee, going from "periods of extremely low stress when they're not flying, followed by periods of extremely high stress. And these stressful swings are not the best thing for your health." The profession has also been affected by the economy, he says, with layoffs, high oil prices, and cost cutting in the airline industry threatening pay raises and employment levels. For these reasons, being a commercial airline pilot is the most stressful job in America this year.
1. Commercial Airline Pilot
Stress score: 47.60
Average annual salary: $117,060
Hours per day: 9
The most stressful job of 2011 is a commercial airline pilot, according to CareerCast.com. Tony Lee points out that several recent events demonstrate how a pilot's job can be stressful, as it depends on factors out of their control. For instance, a pilot must rely heavily on equipment: the incident with the damaged Southwest 737 earlier this year revealed how this reliance can cause tension during a pilot's normal working day. In addition, a pilot's reliance on control tower operators also increases stress, especially after the revelations that air traffic controllers are falling asleep on the job, requiring planes to land without help.
Pilots also experience big swings in stress, says Tony Lee, going from "periods of extremely low stress when they're not flying, followed by periods of extremely high stress. And these stressful swings are not the best thing for your health." The profession has also been affected by the economy, he says, with layoffs, high oil prices, and cost cutting in the airline industry threatening pay raises and employment levels. For these reasons, being a commercial airline pilot is the most stressful job in America this year.
04-20-2011 | 11:00 AM
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04-20-2011 | 11:15 AM
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04-20-2011 | 11:20 AM
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That is absolutely true. There is no violation of our scope after the April 07, 2011 ruling from the NMB. For those who haven't read it: http://www.nmb.gov/representation/deter2011/38n039.pdf
But that's because the April 7th ruling was about a representation issue.
Now the NMB needs to be asked- is RAH a single transportation system? Not just when it comes to representation of pilots, but is it STS? What's wrong with asking?
Background:
But that's because the April 7th ruling was about a representation issue.
Now the NMB needs to be asked- is RAH a single transportation system? Not just when it comes to representation of pilots, but is it STS? What's wrong with asking?
Background:
On October 4, 2010, the IBT filed an application alleging a representation dispute involving the craft or class of Pilots.
The NMB says the issue was:Are RA, Shuttle, Chautauqua, Frontier, Lynx, and the former Midwest operating as a single transportation system? If so, what are the representation consequences?
The Board says: The Board finds a single transportation system only when there is substantial integration of operations, financial control, and labor and personnel functions. Further, the Board has noted that a substantial degree of overlapping ownership, senior management, and Boards of Directors is critical to finding a single transportation system.
(as to RAH):
Precedence: (as to RAH):
- All subsidiaries are wholly owned by RAH, but each holds its own FAA operating certificate.
- Management between the Carriers has already been integrated.
- The same Board of Directors and senior management team oversee all of the Carriers. For example, Bryan Bedford is the Chairman and CEO for all of the Carriers. He is also the President of RA, Shuttle, Chautauqua, and Frontier.
- ...labor relations are often indicia of single transportation systems. See Atlas Air, Inc./Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc., 35 NMB 259, 269 (2008) (single system found in spite of separate operating certificates due in part to substantial overlap among Boards of Directors and senior managers).
- There has been significant progress towards an operational merger for the craft or class of Pilots. RAH, on behalf of its subsidiaries Chautauqua, Shuttle, RA, Midwest, Frontier and Lynx, entered into an agreement with its Pilots’ representatives on November 3, 2009 to integrate the Pilots’ seniority.
- RAH exercises control over the management, labor relations, and human resources functions of all of its subsidiaries including Pilot recruitment.
- Further, RAH holds out to the public that the Carriers are part of a consolidated entity as shown at its website, Republic Airways.
- While RAH’s business model is one that includes both “fixed-fee” and “branded” operations, its operations are consolidated and “branded” operations are commonly-scheduled under the Frontier brand.
- For example, the route map available at Frontier and RAH’s websites provides that: “Flights are operated by Frontier, Lynx, Republic Airways, or Chautauqua Airlines.” In addition, RAH’s subsidiaries are presented on a consolidated basis for both financial reporting and operating performance. See Quarterly Financial Statement, August 9, 2010; September 2010 Press Release “Republic Airways Reports September 2010 Traffic."
- The subsidiaries are held out as one carrier on RAH’s website, and the employees are subject to the same operational policies and most labor relations policies (subject to differences until all employee crafts or classes are subject to the same CBAs).
- Prospective Chautauqua, RA, Shuttle, Frontier, and Lynx employees all apply to jobs through one universal forum, at RJET.com. While prospective employees can go to Frontier’s website, if they want to explore employment opportunities they are re-directed to RAH’s central job listing page.
In Flagship Airlines, Inc., 22 NMB 331 (1995), a case with facts very similar to those present here, the Board found a single transportation system to exist primarily because of the significant degree of “common control” exercised by Eagle over its subsidiaries. Id. at 426. Eagle wholly-owned and centrally controlled the four subsidiaries; there existed interlocking boards of directors, common corporate officers, and common management; the carriers held themselves out to the public as a single carrier, and flight schedules and reservations were integrated; and while most employee groups were represented by separate organizations/CBAs, Eagle handled most other labor relations issues for the carriers. Id. at 426-30.
See also USAir, Inc. and Shuttle, Inc. d/b/a USAir Shuttle, 19 NMB 388 (1992) (single transportation system found where USAir did not own Shuttle but had a five year contract which gave extensive operational control over carriers management, labor relations, and marketing. There was no common Board or officers, but Shuttle’s officers consulted with USAir on all management decisions. Flight crews were not integrated).
There are a number of prior Board determinations finding a single transportation system in the absence of a single FAA operating certificate. In Atlas Air, Inc. and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc., 35 NMB 259, 269 (2008), the Board found a single transportation system even though the carriers had separate operating certificates and separate crews. Atlas and Polar did not combine their routes or schedules; and the carriers’ equipment did not have conformed markings, uniform insignia, or logos. Id. at 267.
However, there was substantial overlap among the carrier’s boards of directors, labor relations and operations were centralized, employees were cross-utilized, and there were plans in place for an integrated seniority list and CBA. Id. at 269. See also Continental Airlines/Continental Express, 20 NMB 326 (1993) (Board found a single system as a result of common control, common ownership, shared common officers, centralized management and labor relations; in spite of the fact the carriers had separate FAA operating certificates); Midway Airlines, Inc., 14 NMB 447 (1987) (two carriers which existed as separate corporate entities and operated under separate FAA operating certificates were nevertheless, based on their combined operations, found to be a single transportation system).
The National Mediation Board therein found: See also USAir, Inc. and Shuttle, Inc. d/b/a USAir Shuttle, 19 NMB 388 (1992) (single transportation system found where USAir did not own Shuttle but had a five year contract which gave extensive operational control over carriers management, labor relations, and marketing. There was no common Board or officers, but Shuttle’s officers consulted with USAir on all management decisions. Flight crews were not integrated).
There are a number of prior Board determinations finding a single transportation system in the absence of a single FAA operating certificate. In Atlas Air, Inc. and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc., 35 NMB 259, 269 (2008), the Board found a single transportation system even though the carriers had separate operating certificates and separate crews. Atlas and Polar did not combine their routes or schedules; and the carriers’ equipment did not have conformed markings, uniform insignia, or logos. Id. at 267.
However, there was substantial overlap among the carrier’s boards of directors, labor relations and operations were centralized, employees were cross-utilized, and there were plans in place for an integrated seniority list and CBA. Id. at 269. See also Continental Airlines/Continental Express, 20 NMB 326 (1993) (Board found a single system as a result of common control, common ownership, shared common officers, centralized management and labor relations; in spite of the fact the carriers had separate FAA operating certificates); Midway Airlines, Inc., 14 NMB 447 (1987) (two carriers which existed as separate corporate entities and operated under separate FAA operating certificates were nevertheless, based on their combined operations, found to be a single transportation system).
The Board finds that RAH exercises sufficient common control over its subsidiaries, Chautauqua, Shuttle, RA, Frontier, and Lynx to form a single transportation system for representation purposes.
Following the multi-step transaction that integrated the former Midwest into Frontier and RA, the Carriers all operate with individual operating certificates; however the other factors support a single system finding. Upon the effective date under the arbitrator’s award, all Pilots will be working under one seniority list. Management and Boards of Directors are overlapping, and RAH has total operational control over its subsidiaries’ operations. Further, Chautauqua, Shuttle, RA, Frontier, and Lynx are held out as a single carrier of affiliates on RAH’s website and presented on a consolidated basis for both financial reporting and operational performance.
Based upon the application of the principles cited above to the facts established by the investigation, the Board finds that the Carriers are operating as a single transportation system (Republic Airlines et al./Frontier) for the craft or class of Pilots.
The NMB Concluded: Following the multi-step transaction that integrated the former Midwest into Frontier and RA, the Carriers all operate with individual operating certificates; however the other factors support a single system finding. Upon the effective date under the arbitrator’s award, all Pilots will be working under one seniority list. Management and Boards of Directors are overlapping, and RAH has total operational control over its subsidiaries’ operations. Further, Chautauqua, Shuttle, RA, Frontier, and Lynx are held out as a single carrier of affiliates on RAH’s website and presented on a consolidated basis for both financial reporting and operational performance.
Based upon the application of the principles cited above to the facts established by the investigation, the Board finds that the Carriers are operating as a single transportation system (Republic Airlines et al./Frontier) for the craft or class of Pilots.
The Board finds that Chautauqua, Shuttle, RA, Frontier, and Lynx are operating as a single transportation system (Republic Airlines et al./Frontier) for the craft or class of Pilots for representation purposes under the RLA.
Forgot to Bid asks: Am I crazy or does it just seem someone needs to apply to the NMB with the question: is Chautauqua, Shuttle, RA, Frontier and Lynx operating as a single transportation system. < period. ?
ALPA already was a part of this saying that Midwest needed to be included in the STS. But now when it comes to scope, oh no, totally different. That mutli-certificate thing works really well Mr. Keyboard Worrier.
I honestly want to hear what ALPA is going to say, but really, if 12,000 Delta pilots want DCI ended then Delta Air Line Pilots Association stance should be- end it.
If we see the warning signs of what RAH is up to as a precursor to others following suit as ma Delta attempts to change CPA's to higher risk contracts for the DCI's, then by all means, I want our union to apply to the NMB to find RAH an STS and have them kicked out of DCI.
ALPA already was a part of this saying that Midwest needed to be included in the STS. But now when it comes to scope, oh no, totally different. That mutli-certificate thing works really well Mr. Keyboard Worrier.
I honestly want to hear what ALPA is going to say, but really, if 12,000 Delta pilots want DCI ended then Delta Air Line Pilots Association stance should be- end it.
If we see the warning signs of what RAH is up to as a precursor to others following suit as ma Delta attempts to change CPA's to higher risk contracts for the DCI's, then by all means, I want our union to apply to the NMB to find RAH an STS and have them kicked out of DCI.
04-20-2011 | 11:22 AM
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This was on Yahoo. The Most Stressful Job in America for 2011
1. Commercial Airline Pilot
Stress score: 47.60
Average annual salary: $117,060
Hours per day: 9
The most stressful job of 2011 is a commercial airline pilot, according to CareerCast.com. Tony Lee points out that several recent events demonstrate how a pilot's job can be stressful, as it depends on factors out of their control. For instance, a pilot must rely heavily on equipment: the incident with the damaged Southwest 737 earlier this year revealed how this reliance can cause tension during a pilot's normal working day. In addition, a pilot's reliance on control tower operators also increases stress, especially after the revelations that air traffic controllers are falling asleep on the job, requiring planes to land without help.
Pilots also experience big swings in stress, says Tony Lee, going from "periods of extremely low stress when they're not flying, followed by periods of extremely high stress. And these stressful swings are not the best thing for your health." The profession has also been affected by the economy, he says, with layoffs, high oil prices, and cost cutting in the airline industry threatening pay raises and employment levels. For these reasons, being a commercial airline pilot is the most stressful job in America this year.
1. Commercial Airline Pilot
Stress score: 47.60
Average annual salary: $117,060
Hours per day: 9
The most stressful job of 2011 is a commercial airline pilot, according to CareerCast.com. Tony Lee points out that several recent events demonstrate how a pilot's job can be stressful, as it depends on factors out of their control. For instance, a pilot must rely heavily on equipment: the incident with the damaged Southwest 737 earlier this year revealed how this reliance can cause tension during a pilot's normal working day. In addition, a pilot's reliance on control tower operators also increases stress, especially after the revelations that air traffic controllers are falling asleep on the job, requiring planes to land without help.
Pilots also experience big swings in stress, says Tony Lee, going from "periods of extremely low stress when they're not flying, followed by periods of extremely high stress. And these stressful swings are not the best thing for your health." The profession has also been affected by the economy, he says, with layoffs, high oil prices, and cost cutting in the airline industry threatening pay raises and employment levels. For these reasons, being a commercial airline pilot is the most stressful job in America this year.
What they need to publish is 2010 pay, 2000 pay, 1990 pay, 1980 pay, 1970 pay and 1960 pay all adjusted for inflation.
That would drive home the point about the stress level because of the decline in pay quicker than Nick Fairley can drive a quarterback into the ground! Oh wait, wrong thread. Let me go back to my other thread.
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