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Originally Posted by FlyingViking
(Post 1016112)
Too funny, you obviously don't know me very well..... But that's OK, just join the number of guys on here that is doing their best to lower our standards. I just happen to look at the bigger picture.
I'm not trying to lower your standards. I'll happily see you paid more money to do your job. We actually agree on more than you think. Your ego and what you think being a Delta pilot means is irrelevant. You would have made more money and had a better quality of life if you went to another airline. The fact that you underestimate your competitions qualifications shows me a lot. The fact that you trumpet military service and Riddle finishes the story. You're qualifications are average ... Barely. Trust me. It's well after 5 PM, Cheers |
Originally Posted by FlyingViking
(Post 1016105)
You got that right, and not to mention when they call you at 04:00am to tell you that you now are on a 9 hour rest and will get another SC in 9 hours..... I can't remember hearing about any worse system anywhere as far as reserves are concerned. Just sayin....
After being told by a scheduler "I own your ..." my desire to push common sense to make the scheduling clerks happy has diminished. As a precaution, I did pull a history book off the shelf to ensure President Lincoln did emancipate all of us. |
Hey Sailing,
Yet another reported reference to a 400 airplane order. June 30 (Bloomberg) - - Delta Air Lines Inc. may reduce seating capacity after the peak summer travel season beyond a planned 4 percent as carriers including larger rival United Continental Holdings Inc. report slowing revenue growth. You continue to look and tweak it and make changes, Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson said in an interview today after the airline's annual meeting in New York. Delta will continue to match capacity to the demand curve, he said. Delta reiterated its 4 percent seat-cut plan target in a regulatory filing this week, saying most of the pullback would be through a 10 percent to 12 percent reduction on trans- Atlantic routes. That would reverse previous growth in the region for the Atlanta-based airline. A second-quarter gain of 10 percent in Delta's unit revenue was slightly softer than the unpublished estimate of Hunter Keay, a Wolfe Trahan & Co. analyst in New York, according to a note to clients. United said last week that its revenue for each seat flown a mile rose no more than 4 percent in June, trailing the 15 percent gain in May. AMR Corp.'s American Airlines said unit revenue rose about 5 percent in the quarter, lagging behind Keay's estimate of 7.6 percent. New-Jet Decision Anderson reiterated plans to make a decision on a narrow- body jet order before the end of this year, probably sometime between the Labor Day and Thanksgiving U.S. holidays. Delta has said it plans to order 100 to 200 planes, plus options for 200 more, with deliveries starting in 2013. The company's fleet had been mostly Boeing Co. airplanes until the 2008 purchase of Northwest Airlines added Airbus SAS jets. Delta rose 6 cents to $9.26 at 12:03 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have fallen 21 percent in the past year. Anderson said travel demand in the U.S., Latin America and China is strong and sales in Japan are recovering after the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. The weakness tends to be in Europe, he said. Yields, or the average fare for each mile flown, are rising by at least 10 percent, Anderson said. Corporate bookings also are up more than 10 percent from a year earlier, even as broader economic indicators such as gross domestic product forecasts aren't what you'd like them to be. Delta, the world's second-largest airline after Chicago- based United, plans to trim jobs as it lowers capacity, and has offered buyouts and early retirement to 55,000 employees in the U.S. Anderson said he expects to get a sizable number of takers, without providing a specific figure. Previous voluntary retirement and buyout offers have been successful at Delta. In June 2008, the company cut 4,000 jobs through similar methods, double the number it initially targeted, and more than 2,000 workers accepted buyouts in 2009. Previous voluntary retirement and buyout offers have been successful at Delta. In June 2008, the company cut 4,000 jobs through similar methods, double the number it initially targeted, and more than 2,000 workers accepted buyouts in 2009. - -With assistance from Will Daley in New York. Editors: James Langford, Ed Dufner |
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Originally Posted by RCD73
(Post 1016116)
I'm not trying to lower your standards. I'll happily see you paid more money to do your job. We actually agree on more than you think.
Your ego and what you think being a Delta pilot means is irrelevant. You would have made more money and had a better quality of life if you went to another airline. The fact that you underestimate your competitions qualifications shows me a lot. The fact that you trumpet military service and Riddle finishes the story. You're qualifications are average ... Barely. Trust me. It's well after 5 PM, Cheers edit: and we have to go through this in the interview: http://verydemotivational.files.word...-see-i-see.jpg |
Originally Posted by sailingfun
(Post 1016070)
I am not sure where some of the wild numbers being put out here come from. To match SWA in pay if you compare their 737 rate to ours at the amendable date of our contract will require about a 15 percent raise in direct pay rates.
That 195 is 85% of the $230,000 average that WN captains currently make (per the SWAPA letter to the AirTran pilots - but then, maybe SWAPA was lying about how much their captains make) |
Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
(Post 1016129)
The average Airtran pilot has far lower qualifications when hired by them when compared to DL...
btw - can we jump to pictures of hot girls a day early as to give all this hoo ha about SWA pay rates a break? SWA rates are not that great. They just did not take the McKinsey express to the basement like the rest of us did. |
Originally Posted by LandGreen2
(Post 1016107)
Are we sure this guy isn't actually working for DPA? If not, he sure is making a great case for DPA...especially those on the fence. Keep trying to manage our expectations lower...most of us have been around the block a few times in this career to know better!
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First: You failed to post a picture of Lizards doing a reach around, or a hot girl. Holiday weekend is starting now dammit.
Originally Posted by acl65pilot
(Post 1016134)
Sailing does not work for ALPA.
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Bar,
I agree SWA rates are not that great. UCAL will surpass them about the time we open. |
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