I wish!! But, didn't we get rolled into the Delta system right away? I blew it, should have used my 1800+ hours before the change. What I got from DPMA at my age didn't come anywhere near what the other hours were worth:mad:

Where does this info come from...we lost it all when we got rolled into the DAL system...if not 2200 wouldn't be to bad

not in Greenville or Vandalia area are ya?

D***it, you just can't trust what you hear on the line anymore before you post it online. But that was my best idea. any other ideas? why should DAL try and push DALN guys into a buyout right now? not that I'm against it, but I'm more of an equal opportunist and I think every pilot senior to me should be pushed into a buyout or pushed down the stairs. :D

And if you could do it, I heard on line but haven't seen it online that losing your hearing is the best way to go out on sick leave. :D See if that holds up online.

I hate trying to get on either Icrew or Ecrew at 6pm.

Out of Sync
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I've given up in Icrew during the day. It is much slower than Ecrew unless it is past midnight in Atlanta. I like the functionality better of Icrew, but they need to speed that sucker up just a bit.

DTW isn't that bad
 

Yeah, I don't know. I grew up on the beach in SoCal and still get there all the time. I have to admit I like Ann Arbor April through October. A great little college town with tons of restaurants, culture and girls (not like SoCal however), and clean air......Easy to get to DTW - I sit on reserve and spend a ton of time home; free enjoying 3 acres of peaceful living. Beats the rat race in the big cities......Winters are getting a little old but that's why we're airline people, right?

Nah, I actually put a little too much distance in there. It's more like 35, I live in O'Fallon near Scott AFB.

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines top two executives sought to prepare employees and investors Wednesday for what they will see when the world's largest airline operator files its proxy: Large total compensation figures for the leaders in 2008, a year in which the company posted a net loss of $8.9 billion.
Chief Executive Richard Anderson and President Ed Bastian took the unusual step of providing their W-2 earnings for last year in a memo to employees that also was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

They said the figures represent the actual value of their 2008 compensation as reported to the government, even though the total compensation that will show up in their proxy Thursday may show larger numbers.
The memo comes at a time when Americans are increasingly scrutinizing high executive pay amid massive job losses among rank-and-file employees in numerous industries due to the deep economic downturn in the U.S.

The Associated Press has its own compensation formula that is designed to isolate the value the company's board placed on the executive's total compensation package during the last fiscal year. It includes salary, bonus, performance-related bonuses, perks, above-market returns on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock options and awards granted during the year.
The calculations don't include changes in the present value of pension benefits, and they sometimes differ from the totals companies list in the summary compensation table of proxy statements filed with the SEC, which reflect the size of the accounting charge taken for the executive's compensation in the previous fiscal year.
The two Delta executives said their "ongoing" compensation is in the bottom third of U.S. corporations of similar size as Delta.
"However, it is still a considerable amount and we do not take it for granted," Anderson and Bastian said.
The executives said Anderson's W-2 earnings in 2008 were $2.5 million, while Bastian's was $5.2 million. They acknowledged that stock and option awards they were granted last year may cause total compensation figures in the proxy to be higher, but they stressed that much of that compensation is not available to them and has little to no current value because of Delta's current stock price.
They also noted that the numbers that will show up in the proxy were influenced by Atlanta-based Delta's emergence from bankruptcy in 2007 and its acquisition of Northwest Airlines in 2008.

The are in negotiations for the early out PERPS program, nothing more.

Details soon....~500