Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
03-02-2012 | 04:38 AM
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03-02-2012 | 04:40 AM
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The HK offer is just for the .40 USP compact, and is open to any airline pilot, not just FFDOs (company ID required). The offer is mail-in only and the price goes up every year.
The Glock discount is on any Glock handgun, and is open to any commercial pilot (pilot certificate required). The offer can be redeemed at any participating gun dealer.
There is a S&W pilot deal, but I have no details.
Also check out Bud's Guns in Lexington (The LEO website, not the public website) They have good "Law Enforcement" deals for anyone with a commercial pilot certificate. Note that the prices are already discounted and include free shipping to your hometown FFL. Discount Guns for Law Enforcement by Buds Gun Shop (budsgunshop.com)
That should get you started anyway.
The Glock discount is on any Glock handgun, and is open to any commercial pilot (pilot certificate required). The offer can be redeemed at any participating gun dealer.
There is a S&W pilot deal, but I have no details.
Also check out Bud's Guns in Lexington (The LEO website, not the public website) They have good "Law Enforcement" deals for anyone with a commercial pilot certificate. Note that the prices are already discounted and include free shipping to your hometown FFL. Discount Guns for Law Enforcement by Buds Gun Shop (budsgunshop.com)
That should get you started anyway.
03-02-2012 | 04:45 AM
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First of all, and I don't pretend to speak for Sailing, but I don't get that he is trying to justify a 4% raise forever kind of thing. If I were industrious enough, I am sure I could find many posts where he has said that he wants a much bigger raise than many talk about here.. but that is for him to defend or not..
I do not argue the point about the other employee groups being back to where they were and management being overly compensated. That is a corporate America phenomina, nothing unique to DAL. Tim Cook got 1,000,000 shares of AAPL before he even signed his name on the oath of office... I mean... his personal net worth has gone up over $200M since he took the job.. is he worth it? Again.. I digress..
You bring up again.. the point about why I am so passionate about LGBP or at the very least banded pay... I am not going to rehash it again.. (The crowd goes wild). You have to make your own decision about that, but what we have does not work for the vast majority of guys...
And I will say again... I am waiting for someone to convince me that productivity has any place in this discussion...
I do not argue the point about the other employee groups being back to where they were and management being overly compensated. That is a corporate America phenomina, nothing unique to DAL. Tim Cook got 1,000,000 shares of AAPL before he even signed his name on the oath of office... I mean... his personal net worth has gone up over $200M since he took the job.. is he worth it? Again.. I digress..
You bring up again.. the point about why I am so passionate about LGBP or at the very least banded pay... I am not going to rehash it again.. (The crowd goes wild). You have to make your own decision about that, but what we have does not work for the vast majority of guys...
And I will say again... I am waiting for someone to convince me that productivity has any place in this discussion...
T;
The truth, from at least my perspective, is that I don't really understand why (full on) banded pay is so good. It isn't really a debate item for me. I just don't get why it is better than "productivity" pay.
Maybe I am just thick, or am stockholm syndromed by our current system. I just haven't had anyone turn the lightbulb on for me and give me that aha moment for banded pay.
I am however, a 3 banana monkey. So, maybe that has something to do with it.
03-02-2012 | 04:54 AM
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The cover ad from the Costa Rica surf institute is on my ad popup on this site. I think it should be our permanent ad.
03-02-2012 | 04:54 AM
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T;
The truth, from at least my perspective, is that I don't really understand why (full on) banded pay is so good. It isn't really a debate item for me. I just don't get why it is better than "productivity" pay.
Maybe I am just thick, or am stockholm syndromed by our current system. I just haven't had anyone turn the lightbulb on for me and give me that aha moment for banded pay.
I am however, a 3 banana monkey. So, maybe that has something to do with it.
The truth, from at least my perspective, is that I don't really understand why (full on) banded pay is so good. It isn't really a debate item for me. I just don't get why it is better than "productivity" pay.
Maybe I am just thick, or am stockholm syndromed by our current system. I just haven't had anyone turn the lightbulb on for me and give me that aha moment for banded pay.
I am however, a 3 banana monkey. So, maybe that has something to do with it.
-Biggest pays most under current system. Fine. That would be great if we had 50 of each of them.. we don't. we have 16 and 18.
-Management chooses which airplanes we fly, we negotiate how much we will be paid to fly whatever they buy.
-All we have done, and all we are going to be doing for the foreseeable future is buying smaller gauge airframes than those CURRENTLY on the property.
-net result is less pay for the entire pilot group over the course of a career.
-the net result of THAT is that we have less $ in our retirement and investment plans, because the DB plan no longer exists and we have to fund our own retirement...
-That seems like we are continuing to shoot the group as a whole in the foot just to keep guys like Carl paid the most...
-The net result is less pay AND as a bonus, a crappier QOL over the course of a career to keep this same system because if you want to maximize your retirement, you have to either a)fly more, or b) bid an airplane where you have no seniority.. Hobson's choice. they both suck, and it is so unnecessary.
03-02-2012 | 05:15 AM
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03-02-2012 | 05:23 AM
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Scambo,
A+ for timely comment. This happened yesterday:
Police identify intruder killed in Springville home invasion | ksl.com
03-02-2012 | 05:26 AM
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I'll give you the bullet points.
-Biggest pays most under current system. Fine. That would be great if we had 50 of each of them.. we don't. we have 16 and 18.
-Management chooses which airplanes we fly, we negotiate how much we will be paid to fly whatever they buy.
-All we have done, and all we are going to be doing for the foreseeable future is buying smaller gauge airframes than those CURRENTLY on the property.
-net result is less pay for the entire pilot group over the course of a career.
-the net result of THAT is that we have less $ in our retirement and investment plans, because the DB plan no longer exists and we have to fund our own retirement...
-That seems like we are continuing to shoot the group as a whole in the foot just to keep guys like Carl paid the most...
-The net result is less pay AND as a bonus, a crappier QOL over the course of a career to keep this same system because if you want to maximize your retirement, you have to either a)fly more, or b) bid an airplane where you have no seniority.. Hobson's choice. they both suck, and it is so unnecessary.
-Biggest pays most under current system. Fine. That would be great if we had 50 of each of them.. we don't. we have 16 and 18.
-Management chooses which airplanes we fly, we negotiate how much we will be paid to fly whatever they buy.
-All we have done, and all we are going to be doing for the foreseeable future is buying smaller gauge airframes than those CURRENTLY on the property.
-net result is less pay for the entire pilot group over the course of a career.
-the net result of THAT is that we have less $ in our retirement and investment plans, because the DB plan no longer exists and we have to fund our own retirement...
-That seems like we are continuing to shoot the group as a whole in the foot just to keep guys like Carl paid the most...
-The net result is less pay AND as a bonus, a crappier QOL over the course of a career to keep this same system because if you want to maximize your retirement, you have to either a)fly more, or b) bid an airplane where you have no seniority.. Hobson's choice. they both suck, and it is so unnecessary.
03-02-2012 | 05:45 AM
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Scambo,
A+ for timely comment. This happened yesterday:
Police identify intruder killed in Springville home invasion | ksl.com
A+ for timely comment. This happened yesterday:
Police identify intruder killed in Springville home invasion | ksl.com
I like this one:
No Charges For Oklahoma Mom Sarah McKinley, Who Shot Intruder To Protect Baby
03-02-2012 | 06:02 AM
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