Oh, they're not in the office. They're at home, dialing in with their 14.4 baud modem (also seen on War Games) and their company-provided Commodore 64 computer. This is Delta. Possessing post-1987 technology is grounds for termination.

01-13-2012 | 03:53 PM

#85732

Erdude32

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From: One with wings

Anyone know when the new payrates will hit our checks? My pay today was still the old rate.

01-13-2012 | 03:54 PM

#85733

johnso29

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From: B757/767

Quote:

Originally Posted by capncrunch

According to the ALPA insiders, the average line pilot gets 85 hrs of pay each month. If that was actually true, then it wouldn't be lower.

Guess ALPA ignores all those 65 hour lines PBS awards. No surprise.

01-13-2012 | 03:59 PM

#85734

johnso29

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From: B757/767

Quote:

Originally Posted by PilotFrog

Oct- 2 day trip
Nov - 2 day trip
Dec- 2 day, 3 day
I'm scared we are a little overmanned.

They don't have a choice. Age 65 is an unknown. RA wants to have the seats available to provide ASAP, just like 2009 when DAL didn't furlough.

01-13-2012 | 04:01 PM

#85735

johnso29

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From: B757/767

Quote:

Originally Posted by sailingfun

The first 7 aircraft to be converted are the 767T's. They are all done however they were supposed to be done last June for the summer. They still say they plan to have half the fleet converted by 1 June. I have not however flown a single non T with the new interior. You would think a few would be hitting the line by now.

Thanks for sharing.

01-13-2012 | 04:16 PM

#85736

gloopy

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From: window seat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boomer

I saw what you did there...

Piggy underboob. Sure it's PG-13, but is it the right thing to do?

Don't mod me bro.

01-13-2012 | 04:43 PM

#85737

bigbusdriver

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DAL73n

How is the average line pilot getting 85 hours of pay a month with our rules. ALVs in the 70s, not a whole lot of open time, working 15+ days a month just to hit ALV (at least with the trips out west). Now if we had SWA rules with 6.0 hours min credit/DAY (means only 12 days of work for 72 hours) I could certainly see earning a lot more. Not to mention how do you make up for only 3:15/day of vacation/training. When I was hired I was told you could figure your pay by multiplying your pay rate by 1000 (in other words 1000 credit hours/year). BUT, that was back in the line of time days, trips touching for vacation (one week of vacation could turn in to three weeks off and could then pick up even more money if you wanted by picking up some more trips). Would love to know where the average line pilot is getting 85 hours (certainly not in the LAX base).

There's an ER FO in LAX that got 300+ hours in one month last year. Not helping. Not helping at all.

01-13-2012 | 05:36 PM

#85738

johnso29

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From: B757/767

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigbusdriver

There's an ER FO in LAX that got 300+ hours in one month last year. Not helping. Not helping at all.

Don't forget trip parking.

01-13-2012 | 05:39 PM

#85739

buzzpat

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From: Urban chicken rancher.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigbusdriver

There's an ER FO in LAX that got 300+ hours in one month last year. Not helping. Not helping at all.

That's news to me...and I know a lot of those guys. If so, you're right. That's an abuse. If so, I also wonder what he/she did the rest of the year? He might have taken a few months off after that kind of month.