I've been told a furlough makes no sense unless it lasts at least 2 years due to training, etc. I'm at the bottom and I'm not concerned about it as the company makes huge profits and is facing huge potential retirements in the 60-65 age window. A lot can change in simply one quarter; the IATA forecasts a weak 2011 year of profits then later states, "Oops, we were off by 73%, the year is great, but 2012 will be bad...." The change occurs quicker than the forecasts can keep up.

 

I'm not even sure why you would think that a bunch of guys who have stepped up to the plate to represent and make efforts to improve the pay and working conditions of the pilots of Delta Air Lines would be doing anything OTHER than working to maximize the amount of compensation and benefits for the pilots of Delta!

Do you walk into the airport and start announcing to everyone around you that you are about to go fly a plane? NO. It's patently obvious that is what your intentions are, there isn't a need to parade around and rub it in people's faces*.

They ARE working towards improving our situation...every day!.... It's just that 15 months before a contract is amendable and the pilots have not been surveyed is not the appropriate time or place to go off and start beating your war drums. I have no doubt we will see the big guns come out, but they have to be unleashed at the right time for maximum effect. It's that "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" thing. I advocate staying informed, volunteering to help when able, setting up your strike fund, and most of all patience, Grasshopper.





*Unless of course you are that FO at CAL who used to stand in a major intersection in the EWR concourse with the Tom Cruise Ray-Bans and just let everyone know that he's a "real pilot".

 

Some time in the corner...might still be there; not quite sure.

Sounds like a brief to stay awake for!

 

I may be blind, but I cannot see anything pointing at a furlough.

I do wish china would quit flying those 90s and we finally had them all in the mod line. Scratch that, just on the line.

 

This is not your father's Delta. Delta's been making money, but has still taken the hatchet to our subsidiary, Comair, and there are at least 200 administrative employees who don't share your outlook.

My only point is, we are going into contract negotiations. I expect the wine & roses will be put away in favor of the lemon juice and salt.

 

Attention getting step, followed by three main points.

 

Ahhh, OTS. Its worked for me.

 

Welcome back.

In honor of your return:



Why don't you images.google.com ms Sofia Vergara, see if there is anything you see worth posting...

 

I hate to say it, but Ed O'Neil might be cooler than Bill Murray...

So if you honor her, you've got to honor THE MAN.

 

But does that require YSing?

Even if it didn't, you're on the ER. I think they'll run the higher paying jets thin and the lower ones fat if they're going to keep the fat around.