Originally Posted by FIIGMO (Post 1085348)

That will do! I figured the monkey thing would not make it past the censors anyway!

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 1085383)

How about Hawaiian, they are hiring 25% of their list in one year alone.

Bar, there was talk about offering leaves, but last I heard it was not approved on a greater scale. If you want, call your CP and as them. They would be your best source.

There are a few decent corporate jobs too that are looking for pilots.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1085371)

Anyone havea feel for whether Delta will approve long term leave for three years, or longer? Sure Dubai is not a first choice, but it might be a reasonable alternative.

Originally Posted by LeineLodge (Post 1085303)

It doesn't explain it very well on the HELP screen, but this is how you do it:

Insert an 'i' as the first letter of the base, for the line you are trying to bump down. If you want more than one blank space, enter 'i#' as the first two characters of the base, where # = the number of new spaces you want.

For example, you want to insert a new line above your third pref which is ATL 777 A. You would input iTL 777 A, and then hit enter. It would bump everything down one line, and leave you a blank space to enter a new preference. If you want 3 new blanks above ATL 777 A, then you would enter i3L 777 A and hit enter.

I don't think it works if you delete all of ATL and just put 'i' or 'i3', etc. You have to overwrite the current base info or you will get the error msg you received.

Good luck

Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 1085385)

Just so FTB doesn't have to do all the work around here.


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Carl

Originally Posted by Mike Hancho (Post 1085402)

Worked great. Thanks for the quick reply Leine

Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 1085397)

Bar,

Sadly, the company will not approve a leave of absence if it is for the purpose of another flying job. So Emirates or another carrier would not be an option.

If I wasn't so close to retirement, I'd apply at SWA or any other carrier that actually wants to run an airline, then I'd quit Delta as soon as I got the offer. IMO, you shouldn't necessarily always look for the highest pay and QOL, you should look for a company that actually wants to fly aircraft and for you to fly them. For those of us who work for the Delta Ticket Brokerage company, you're better off working at Priceline.com. It's a ticket brokerage outfit too, but at least you understand that's what you're working for, and the stock plan is incredible.

Plus you might get to meet DennyCrane!

Carl

Originally Posted by FIIGMO (Post 1085418)

Personally, I have often thought of another company, ( I may just be bouncing along the bottom for an entire career here at DAL) I am just not sold on any airline being able to offer a prosperous career for pilots for the longterm. The goofs in guberment and funded by wall street (getting my sign ready for the local "occupy wall street":D) are in an outsource, share holder first mantra that is key to killing our careers. SWA is not as shinny as it once was, ALK looks good for the moment and have a good product but in time will show wear of serving too many masters (and I am curious if AMR saber rattling about further increases in Code Share may push DAL to make a move??) so is it really any better anywhere else for the long term? Never sure I guess!