true in part, however the opinions expressed in the survey were overarching and accusatory of those that don't hold the belief system they do.

 

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80,
South hire. Can't hold a LINE at LAX, and temporarily the same at SLC on first two AE of 2010 when we mixed the south/north bids. I'm satisfied with my current ability to commute, was trying to illustrate that had I instantly moved to base in the past, I would have been ousted from whatever base I chose as a decent line-holder, had I actually moved there, and been forced into commuting again.

I'm actually OK with current commuting ability, though it could and with 50% of pilots commuting SHOULD be better. It's just the foolish assumption of a simple choice being responsible for commuting that irks me.

When I consider the options and lifestyle for folks junior to me, 2007 and on hires who may be in my position or worse and worse seniority, it really makes me feel for them and shapes my opinions on commuting more strongly than my own situation.

What would I change for commuting?
1. short call increased credit to make it attractive to in-base.
2. Delta pilots being able to book JS on all DCI with at least equal priority as DCI pilots (first come first serve).
3. Better would be PS for commuting EQUAL in monetary value to parking spaces given to in-base folks. Difficult to argue against everyone getting the same $$ to get to sign-in, and using it as they desire.
4. Ability to put trips back to back more efficiently in PBS bidding, making first one "commutable up" and 2nd one "commutable home"... just a software filter tweak for that.
5. Application of the "Unable to Commute" policy so it was a good thing, as it sounds NWA had (could be wrong).

 

Of course you wouldn't want that to work both ways, would you? Some 48 year old DCI punk kid shows up and wants to jumpseat on YOUR metal, and he damn well better be lower priority than you, right?

 

HAAAHHAAAAAHEEEEEE (Think of Tom and Ray (Car Talk) rolling on the floor after a caller asks why you have to put air in your tires) whowhowho hehehe.
On a TOE last year, I got the pleasure of sitting next to the relief pilot who was younger than me but in the upper 10% in Altanta. The 2+ hours were spent on how certain things in our contract affect him. This included being besides himself as to why we give up negotiate a commuter policy (It's a choice don't you know?). He couldn't even stop long enough to ask my career progression in the last ten years.
You know, it wouldn't even had been worth it telling him about the 2 furloughs, the 5 different jobs in various regions of the country, sitting in the jumpseat on a 737 and counting it as rest on a 10 flight hour, 17 hour duty day, watching my "ALPA brothers and sisters" fly 90 hours a month while a bunch of us were on furlough. There is one person who is important in this world, just ask him.
Anyway, I run into these kinds of people all the time. And then I run into the most generous thoughtful people in the world. Sadly, there is more of the former than the latter.
What would Delta Air Lines and ALPA be like if everyone worked towards the good of ALL the individuals in the organization? I know, whacha been smoking Willis?

 

Everything that says "Delta" on it, and paid for by Delta, should be accessible for me to book the JS. I'm not expert enough in all the DCI contracts, who owns what jets, and relationships to have a perfectly valid opinion on this one, but believe my general statement above is valid. I would of course expect that everything I fly for Pinnacle under contract to them, Pinnacle pilots would get priority over me--the exact same relationship for all involved. And I wouldn't prioritize non-rev seats in back to Delta perhaps... only one single seat, the JS, to allow commuters to make full use of the "Delta System", and again, not with priority above DCI pilots, just allow me to compete for booking it and not getting bumped if I do.

Phuz, I'm a huge fan of the RJ pilots I've met, one and all. Swapped out of the JS to the last non-rev seat last month to get a Pinnacle guy on board, somehow my priority got me the seat and his wouldn't--on the ball gate agent there. Gave up a JS on Delta 5 weeks ago for a Skywest guy getting to work, as I had a BU on SWA that I knew was open and OK for my timing but not for his. And yes, I'd like every pilot flying a plane with "Delta Connection" on it to be on one list, somehow. Not a fan of totally seniority based systems at all, but a big fan of putting myself in the other guy's shoes and then doing the right thing... it's amazing how quickly karma tends to repay you. If nothing else, I made a friend.

 

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Interesting webpage for all of those who might be upside down in their house right now. This has nothing to do about moving and commuting, just something I saw on 60 minutes. I say if you can walk away, screw the banks, aren't they the ones that let the mortgage crisis happen and caused the value of homes to plummet anyway?
Foreclosure Help & Foreclosure Assistance Through The Foreclosure Process | You Walk Away - Strategic Default Help - Foreclosure Protection - Strategic Default Assistance

 

Exactly.

I was commuting out of Fargo some time ago on a Delta flight. Cockpit jumpseat came down to me and a US Air Express (PDT) pilot. I decided to give it to her, as I had a backup on a later flight.

Then the flight has a "no-show" at the last minute. (Someone checked-in online, but never made it to the gate.) The end result is the PDT pilot made it to work, and I had a first class seat on the flight as it was too late to upgrade anyone and put me in the back.

Karma works in mysterious ways sometimes.

GJ

 

No, they weren't. The reason housing prices collapsed is because banks lent money to people who promised to pay it back. Too many people didn't keep their promise and walked away. When they did so they didn't screw the banks, they screwed the rest of us who do pay their bills and keep their promises. Now you offer this website as an example of how to walk away from your mortgage. Is anyone surprised now that banks don't want to lend?

Carl