It doesn't matter what any tax attorney does, as long as one never gets audited. Under the 'Physical Presence Test', the moment you go below the required 330 days out-of-country, you are liable to pay U.S. Federal Tax on all earned income (BTW, the exclusion is $95,100 for 2012). If you use a valid passport, the government knows exactly when you entered and when you left. Whether or not a tax attorney can make sure everything is above board, they can do nothing to affect when you log in and out of the country.

Everyone stays out of the country for the 330 days. Duh!

You take your leave here, and you take for seven day breaks somewhere else like Australia etc. :rolleyes:

Could someone please post the highlights of todays Atl Base meeting?

Thx

No, I am not management. Isn't your low doughnut light on steady?

I'll type it up.

The short version is that we're making tons of money and things are great, but we can't pay for (fill in the blank with what you want).

Longer version coming.

The most exciting "new" news is that they are going to develop the software to "page-nate" so we have "paigenation" which means we can use laser printers sometime in the next year, when the software gurus get around to it. There you have it ... the latest and greatest of Delta. The eventual retirement of dot matrix printers (I'm really not kidding)

Oh, and we will turn our first 737-900 back in to Boeing so they can use it to experiment with toilets. That's how excited we are about new airplane deliveries (not kidding about that either).

Boeing definitely needs to study the 737 toilet thing...they haven't figured it out yet (and I'm not kidding either).

That's not the upbeat, promising, hopeful news I was looking forward to hearing. Printers and toilets - not something I thought would be lounge-visit worthy.

The news on this thread lately is bumming me out. Reminds me of the time my parents made me ride the Sad-Go-Round when I was a chubby kid.

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2/14/12 Crew Room Brief
 

Tried to edit this so no sensitive information would be published. We are over staffed. A leave would be nice, getting fired would not. MODS IF YOU SEE ANYTHING HERE, FEEL FREE TO DELETE IT.

That pretty much takes the network comments off line. However, the whole world is doing very well. The network guy thinks he's doing a great job. Outsourcing is being flown by the "best of the worst." He clearly tried to play to a crowd that mostly was unimpressed with our outsourcing.*

No need for any airplanes outside of those we all know about. No bids on AA's lease returns. No merger news. The 737 will replace older 757's & 767's on the order of about 60% replacement and 40% upgrade of Airbus and Douglas equipment. No hiring. The trend will be displacement to staff the MD88's.

JG:

• More line checks
• Single Log Book
• Pagination for Laser printed flight plans
• No money for EFB. Perhaps an regulatory change allowing utilization of personal devices. Will require you to "containerize" your device. Very neat Special Airport data will be available. See MEX for example.
• N&S Flight Attendant integration in May. Already had merged crews fly together.

Crew Planning:

• 200 surplus pilots distributed throughout the system.
• FTDT reduces credit by 1% (I clarified, yes, 1% fewer pilots) depending on margins built in.
• Reducing capacity in 2012. Flat going forward.
• Next AE needs 40 MD88 A, 20 MD88 B in the near term. Had planned to get these from the DC-9, but the DC-9 might not go away. If the DC9 stays then pilots will have to be displaced into these positions. Over a year and half we will need about 200 pilots on the MD88 from the 777, 747 and 767. (see how that math works out?)
• Possible ATL DC9 base
• Not sure if the next bid will be a 12 month bid, or not. A lot hinges on the DC9 decision.
• No hiring planned

* Delta can't obtain a 100 seat jet while unsure of its operational cost.


BB Comment / Opinion: We have 255 100 seat jets in operation already. We are the World expert on the subject. Further, Bombardier will guarantee the cost of the airplanes and sustain performance guarantees. The uncertainty management has is who will fly those airplanes.

The scope gap will make upgauging LGA difficult. A 15% increase in capacity is "too much." Yet, upgauging from GoJets to Delta metal would be a 100% increase. Frankly, I just do not believe we will upgauge much of anything.

Roll your eyes as much as you want, but not everybody stays out of the country for 330 days...mostly they think they do, but many have been hit by the full tax burden. You would think everybody would learn the first time, but it is not easy to do when you would really like to be in the U.S. (Talking about every profession, not just pilots).

Doing my CQ CD.

Either that's one ugly pilot, or some one needs a haircut.

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