Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

Gotta love it, kid needs 4 stitches, urgent care says go to our ER because they'll have a plastics guy who can do better. Go to ER, no plastics guy. 2 hours later we leave.

Total bill $1400, total we owe after Delta insurance, $995.

I bring this up because remember where we were talking about how about being paid enough to afford our own product, as in airline tickets? I'd be happy if we could just afford to take our kid in for stitches on our company insurance without having to resort to making payment plans.

Hope your kid is doing better, gotta love our medical system... :roll eyes:

What you experienced is simply unacceptable. On so many levels.
I've been fortunate so far and The GOLD HRA plan seems to do it for my family.
I just have to fight with the billing people in the doctors office to have the deductible paid out of the savings plan, they don't seem to get that...

Cheers
George

georgetg

10-26-2011 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by CVG767A (Post 1075297)

Great post re pilot CASM, George!

Thanks man,

Exerpted from the other thread
a little perspective:

Delta 2010 numbers:

CASM ¢12.55
CASM ex Fuel ¢8.18
FUEL Portion of CASM ¢4.37
Pilot Portion of CASM ¢1.07

I'll never start the APU if that gets us a 50% raise...

Cheers
George

CVG767A

10-26-2011 08:42 AM

Delta will repay MSP bonds early, remains committed to Twin Cities

I saw this on Deltanet. Does this sound ominous to anyone other than me? It brings back memories of Delta "remaining committed" to (1) the DFW hub, (2) the PDX gateway to Asia, and, last but not least, (3) the CVG hub.

It seems to me that "remains committed" is the kiss of death in Deltaspeak.

iceman49

10-26-2011 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by CVG767A (Post 1075307)

Just another place for SWA to takeover.

iceman49

10-26-2011 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1075256)

First off, no to separate regular/reserve categories.
Second. As it is now, if I have 10 days of availability and I am most senior, and there is a 3 day trip in open time.. and I want it, it will go to a more junior pilot that only has 3 days of availability. Abrogation of seniority, pure and simple. Take these buckets/raw score/all the other crap restrictions they put on reserves out of the equation.

T, question...what do you have against the separate categories? Thanks

CVG767A

10-26-2011 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1075304)

Thanks man,

Exerpted from the other thread
a little perspective:

Delta 2010 numbers:

CASM $12.55
CASM ex Fuel $8.18
FUEL Portion of CASM $4.37
Pilot Portion of CASM $0.0107

I'll never start the APU if that gets us a 50% raise...

Cheers
George

Those figure are in cents, not dollars, right?

More great info! The more pilots that see and understand these numbers, the more unified we will be next year.

FmrFreightDog

10-26-2011 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by iceman49 (Post 1075311)

T, question...what do you have against the separate categories? Thanks

I realize you didn't ask me, but I like the ability to be able to bid down to reserve on months that I don't want to fly as much or absolutely need some specific days off. I'm former Northwest, and the only plus I saw to the separate category system was that if you happened to be on the bubble of lineholder vs. reserve and if you were a commuter (a very small percentage of the pilot group), you didn't have to wonder from month to month whether you were going to be a lineholder or need a place in base to sit reserve. Other than that one small benefit, it is a negative for the rest of the pilot group in terms of flexibility.

Sorry T. Didn't intend to answer for you.

johnso29

10-26-2011 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1075296)

First in first out is how some airlines do it.
No buckets just a list of names that can fly the trip in seniority order with the guys who have worked already on the bottom.

Cheers
George

Could work. Seems reserve usage could be less balanced this way. I wouldn't be sad of other guys wanted to work while I sat around. :D

scambo1

10-26-2011 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by iceman49 (Post 1075309)

Just another place for SWA to takeover.

or republic/midwest

contrails

10-26-2011 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by CVG767A (Post 1075307)

They're measuring and adjusting jetbridges and painting yellow lines all around C and G for CRJs, apparently. Not much of it has been done yet, but it is on the way, and soon. Gotta make room for them!

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