He'll be all better when he goes to SWA.

 

Boys...I'm gonna get it. I can just "feel" it. Oh yea...it's coming, the big slap around, the big shake-down, the golden beebee. Just like Mike Tyson and the tiger in Vegas. It's coming in the air tonight; and she's gonna post. www.AngryPilotWife.blog

 

Truth, lolwut.... truth.

 

Exactly, ftb. Guys I fly with keep floating how much "seniority they lost" in the merger, and then when I ask them what their relative % did, it in nearly all cases increased upwards of 3%. That is a significant increase in actual seniority!

Besides, the Delta list wasn't date of hire pre-merger anyways. That really bakes their noodle.

 

Here's a better post since I learned something today:

Have a yellow slip in and I am in bucket 2, 4 people are in bucket one for tomorrow. 2 rotations have been handed out to bucket one guys on regular long call. I call the schedulers and one explains that even though I have a yellow slip in they are looking at bucket 1 people first. So has the RUO of using reserve pilots changed from the original PWA with respect to <12hrs vs >12hrs?

 

President Obama signs bill authorizing new air traffic control system
February 15, 2012

President Barack Obama signed a long-term funding bill Tuesday that will modernize the nation's air traffic control system, switching it from antiquated radar to GPS-based technology known as Next Gen, the Washington Post reported.

The law authorizes $63.4 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration for four years, and should quicken the pace of progress toward a new $42 billion system that could revolutionize air travel, experts say.

“This critical effort to shift from our antiquated air traffic control technology to a GPS-based system will improve air traffic efficiency and safety, reduce fuel burn and pollution from aircraft, and bring costs down for consumers," said Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) the chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association also praised the new law.

"This new technology will help reduce delays, give controllers better tools with which to perform their jobs even more efficiently and provide a platform for further technological and safety enhancements," said Paul Rinaldi, president of the NATCA.

The new bill also provides funding for retraining air traffic controllers in a system far different than the 60-year-old one now in use.

Airlines are expected to invest up to $10 billion of their own in the complex Next Gen. system.

NextGen is seen as essential in keeping the U.S. industry competitive with its foreign counterparts and preparing for a projected huge increase in air travel in the next four decades, the story said.

 

Compliments of lolwut:

 

The one thing about senior pilots bidding reserve for time off... you don't know what the buckets will be and they dont have to say until the last day of the previous month. I can assure you the union will fight for as high as possible, at least from what I've gathered in emails, so if you like that great if not... I guess that's who is calling resources complaining.

I'll be interested to see what happens with the buckets this next time around.

 

FYI: I just got off the phone with CPSC, Chief Pilot & Crew Skeds. I keep getting Robo calls about changes to my trip tonight. It was a good deal and I answered at 8:05 am this morning, then logged into I-crew and printed the new pattern. The problem is the system keeps calling me every few hours, after the forth call, I called in. They had to manually put it into the system that I answered the call. If you keep getting Robo calls, call in. They are working on it.

 

Flights by U.S. airlines hit 10-year low

Reuters – 20 hours ago


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines in 2011 operated the fewest number of flights since the hijack attacks on New York and Washington depressed air travel and accelerated the industry's worst-ever financial downturn, government figures on Tuesday showed.
The Transportation Department said major airlines, their chief low-cost competitors and the biggest regional carriers, recorded 6.08 million departures last year. Takeoffs were not that low since 2002, when they totaled 5.27 million.
Reduced operations and good summer weather, especially in the East, helped airlines post a 79 percent on-time rating in 2011, unchanged from the previous two years.
The overall number of flights by U.S. airlines have steadily declined since 2008 when the recession dampened travel demand. Most recently, stubbornly high fuel prices have prompted airlines to further cut capacity to reduce costs and maintain higher fares.
The industry operating figures were released as President Barack Obama signed into law $63 billion legislation authorizing guaranteed funding of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through 2015.
The FAA oversees U.S. air traffic operations at more than 400 airports.
The measure approved by Congress last week also includes funding for the next steps in transforming the air traffic network from a radar-based system to one relying on satellites.
Proponents say the change will allow for more flights, better routing and fewer delays.
(Reporting By John Crawley; Editing by Bernard Orr)