What was the date on that post, Bar?

Sometimes I wonder if I was just naive when I chose Delta. I didn't even know what scope was and had no idea things could turn around so quickly. But when you go look at those old posts, things WERE a lot more rosy back then. Lots more optimism and anticipation. I am glad we are making profits now, and I certainly hope there is a light at the end of the stagnation tunnel. I've stopped reccomending it to my AF buds, though. At least for now.

 

Woohoo! SC #4.

 

Yep being a jr reserve sucks! 3 sc in a row most points in the bucket for my grouping and oh by the way 3 day red eye just to make sure every day of my 9 days was used to the max before my one x day off then back at it! Oh yeah at least I have a job!

 

Problem is that all the airplanes on order are in lower paying categories..

 

bwaaa haaa haaaaaaaa I bELIieve you had the right idea.

 

Couple that with LGBP and you can choose what airplane you want to fly based on mission or QOL..

 

Interesting tidbit in the paper this morning. I had been wondering why we weren't keeping some widebody capacity flying for cargo. Now we know. Hummmm who flys lots of A380s.........

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Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A recovery in demand for cargo shipments is failing to lift prices as bigger passenger jets like the A380 superjumbo create a glut of belly space, crimping margins at Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Delta Air Lines Inc.

Air freight rose 0.2 percent in December, year-on-year, after shrinking most months since mid-2010, the International Air Transport Association said Feb. 1. Still, the load factor, a measure of cargo-hold utilization, was stuck at 48.1 percent.

"The more capacity is put into the market, the more profits will be under pressure," said Karl Ulrich Garnadt, cargo chief at Lufthansa, the biggest freight carrier among passenger airlines. "All wide-body planes have an impact."

The revival in cargo traffic, which generated sales of about $66 billion in 2011, was led by an order surge in the weeks before Christmas. Airlines need to turn the rebound into improved profitability amid slowing gains in passenger travel, which can lag cargo trends by months.

Shares of Cologne, Germany-based Lufthansa, Europe's second-largest airline, have advanced 22 percent so far this year after falling 44 percent in 2011. Delta is up 36 percent. Memphis-based FedEx Corp., the No. 1 cargo carrier, has gained almost 13 percent, while United Parcel Service Inc. of Atlanta, the largest package-delivery business, has climbed 5.2 percent.

Read more: Airlines Ponder Careful What's Wished for in A380 Glut: Freight

 

One thing we all have to understand is that we are dealing with this "current" management team. They are not our friends. THey are in place to make the shareholders happy and line their own pockets (sort of). It is what it is, lol.

Knowing that our contract is coming up and we want restoration, this management team will paint a "gray and ugly" picture. One that will make you (as the pilot) think this place is "sinking ship" or that jobs are at stake.

Hang in there. It will be a fun ride.

TEN

 

Be advised, I clicked on CNI's link and now Vocus advertisements keep popping up on my screen. I know CNI didn't do it on purpose. Not exactly a virus, but I still feel dirty.

I'm just glad I never clicked on Clamp and FTB's links. Ewww, she's so nasty...

 

There is rarely anything positive on the "news section" of intranet. It seems like lots of "gloom and doom" stories of trying to manage our expectations. Its always something like "XYZ airline declares bankruptcy".

I don't work for "XYZ" airline and don't really care. If we are always improving as a company and making profits believe we should share in that profit with higher payrates, better work rules and scope protection.