I too suspect we will grow out of MIA. Maybe smaller gauge like 757's to start ,but there is a strong market there. Just look at our MIA-LHR flight. It is such a success that they pulled some RJ feed off of MIA.

The creditors were not going to take pennies on the dollar and that is one of a few of AMR's problems.

Sailing, no one wants to be blindsided. Unfortunately, the only ones who will be in the "know" aren't currently in our circle of trust.

NDAs are great from a company perspective but how do we, the membership find out? It'll be after an LOA is signed and we'll be told to trust them, it was the best deal they could get.

Before you think I'm bashing ALPA, I do that frequently, but I have also applauded a lot of the recent gains.

So I don't think i've seen a white guy's butt on tv before. I get violated several times without warning for a nipple slip and this stays on here? no offense FTB i love your posts, but if the mods say whats on TV is ok and this doesn't get taken down? Hmm

I agree as well. If you're on reserve and see a trip you'd like to fly I think you should be able to YS for it. Cheers MES sched committee

PM me the post number and I will remove it.

I didn't realize until reading the recent update that there are only 3 reserve raw score categories. I thought it was going to be grouped in 10-20 point categories. Since it starts with 1-80, and in my category, people don't go over 80 very much, I think the senior reserves will have a LOT of time off if they want it. I'm not sure if I will like it or not, but I definitely like that a 1 point difference doesn't trump seniority, and I also definitely like that it will be easier to YS now.

Yeah I rarely see over 80 in my category except in the summer. This gives the power to a senior res person to YS a trip that they see in Open time, which I think is awesome. Finally gives seniority a little say in the reserve system, not that I'm senior but gives me something to look forward to

While on an FCF awhile back I overheard an interesting tidbit. Something about used 737-800's were picking up at a good price. The kicker was we were flying them straight to the desert to be used when the economy picks up. Has anyone else heard this?

Maybe they were pulling my chain to see if what they said ended up on APC.

I think it's working out great.

Delta is going to pay profit sharing this year. Final numbers will be announced January 25, but preliminary shows 4.5% of your salary from 2011.

The slot swap should increase Delta's revenues by $200 million. While the initial number of mainline flights was disappointing I think we're far better off long term having those slots rather than LUV, jetBlue or another competitor having them. If you'd like to return them let me know how that works out for you.

Oh, Delta pilot compensation increased another $100 million January 1. That's in addition to profit sharing. I want more, but whining won't get it for you.