Now that is a defeatist attitude.

Think if the Founding Forefathers though that way.

If you want the change you describe it has to start at the bottom, and web boards are only a tool.

 

You should seriously run for something electable by the line pilots where you can't be politically assassinated by the "contructivests"

 

You USED to be able to get a short call credit for this on your first day of reserve. That went away when we went from 8 to 6 short calls /month. No net gain, IMO.

 

I am already pushing him that way.

 

Agreed. My opinion is that when you sit six SC's in a month it is worse than flying 69 hrs. Normally I am luck to get three a month.

 

Lots of issues that still need to be resolved via specific DAL policy and frankly the 4th floor is operating at 110% capacity. To add another item literally tilts them. DAL has typically done baby steps to get where they want to be. But...the pace of technology has increased and now it is consumer driven verse being enterprise driven. This is an enormous issue for every large corporation since the worker bees/clients/consumers just do what they want and absent a corporate policy...they are free to go. The iPad is similar. It is a PED and as such, the FAA has no problem for its use above 10,000 by any pilot for the use of their duties (see MAR Flt INfO) and they also supplied the process for any POI to approve the iPad as an Class1 device.

In DAL's case they don't have a policy regarding the use (eg, can't plug in during flt, when it can be used and what apps to use). I'm betting DAL will have to buy the iPad and ensure you don't have email app on it (sole reason for them to purchase). Thirdly...they don't have a technology fix for updating the pubs. While there are several workarounds and also several companies they could outsource with, DAL is keenly attached to doing their own in-house technology fixes. Overall, these issues are difficult to resolve at a corporate level and rather than just let the prisoners run the prison---they say no, we're looking into it.

Frankly, it doesn't get us much in terms of cost savings and productivity so its pretty hard to make the business case. Just look at the airside kits. That case was a no-brainer but it took years and years to make it happen. Why? Because the 4th floor is pre-occupied with other issues and pilot pubs is pretty low on their list.

 

Great post, and I totally agree.

A EFB does not provide enough of an ROI versus air side kits. When you add a maintained and scheduling function the ROI goes though the roof. Because we are in the process of changing the backbones of these two systems, we will probably have to wait for them to develop the apps or software to get the functionality they want.

I am fine by that, because frankly I am not too sure I want a device attached to me that can reroute me at the stroke of "enter."

 

Then what's the purpose of the iPAds again? If I can't use it to fly an approach, I don't see the point in carrying a company "computer" that has the pubs that are already on board in paper form to begin with..

 

dis re gard'

 

First time poster, long time reader.
Kind of an off topic question. I doubt I am going to get anything awarded on this AE, most likely displaced if anything. But after I enter my AE preferences, it asks if I would like to retain my vacation or something along those lines. Also mentions something about pay protection.
What does this mean? Does it mean that if I choose to retain my vacation, I will NOT receive the award even though my seniority can hold it?
Or does it mean that someone junior to me may go to training before me?

I looked at the contract and couldn't find the information anywhere. Thanks for any info!