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08-30-2011 | 03:19 PM

#74771

johnso29

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SWA whining about the slot swap again? Big surprise there. Tough poop SWA. It's a DE-regulated market. Deal with it.

08-30-2011 | 03:25 PM

#74772

Ferd149

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You're absolutely correct about staffing per base, and not just on reserves. For example, ALL ER relief pilots in Asia are ATL guys. Saw some NYC guys early on but now ALL ATL. Why aren't the west coast bases manned enough to pull our own relief pilot legs?

Ferd

08-30-2011 | 03:28 PM

#74773

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Originally Posted by johnso29

SWA whining about the slot swap again? Big surprise there. Tough poop SWA. It's a DE-regulated market. Deal with it.

I think tomorrow is the end of the mandatory 30 day public comment period. No surprises in those comments. Should see the final ruling soon.

08-30-2011 | 03:32 PM

#74774

Scoop

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From: DAL 330

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Originally Posted by scambo1

The spillover time adjusts his reserve hours flown and adjusts the raw score

Yeah - I think its basically pro-bono if he does not break the guarantee.

Scoop

08-30-2011 | 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

You guys really like the word germain (or is it germane?) lately.

Perhaps Octoberfest on the mind?

Nice German head right there.

08-30-2011 | 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by NuGuy

Wow, that's some kind of spin there. I'm dizzy.

The resulting contract was going to be the DAL contract, and that was made clear at the outset.

The language isn't there because the fDAL NC/MEC didn't want it to be there.

Bygones are bygones, but some screw ups you shouldn't let be forgotten.

Nu

I have been busy and missed most of this. From the way I read the old NWA contract, NWA had to keep 50+% of Compass unless they had at least 10 77-110 seat aircraft. If they didn't, then the limit for 76 seat aircraft would go down to 55 instead of 90. In the JCBA, the joint negotiators adopted a limit of 255 total for 51-76 seat aircraft. If you look at the old limits of 200 from the Delta contract and then adopt the lower limit from the NWA contract you get 255. So, it seems to me that the 255 limit that was permanently adopted essentially complied with the former NWA contract's limit if Compass was spun off. I just looked at it for the first time so I am sure I missed something. What did I miss?

08-30-2011 | 05:08 PM

#74777

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From: 737 ATL

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Originally Posted by alfaromeo

I just looked at it for the first time so I am sure I missed something. What did I miss?

The loss of several thousand mainline jobs?

08-30-2011 | 05:49 PM

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From: A-320A

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Originally Posted by NuGuy

I would consider any press-releases at this point in time to be suspect.

You need to consider the environment, and everything that has to do with AT and SWA is potentially negotiating-in-the-press for the SLI.

Nu

It also is a good time and opportunity for the real plans to surface.

08-30-2011 | 05:53 PM

#74779

scambo1

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From: 777B

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Originally Posted by Ferd149

As an intersting tag along, many atl 777 rotations begin with a deadhead to dtw.

Personally as a commuter, I wish every 777 rotation started and ended with a deadhead. Can we get a carveout for that in our next contract?