More signs that hell has frozen over:

8.) 80 says something good about the 737-800.
9.) Ferd announces that he hates Asia flying.
10.) finis actually bids the DC-9 in ATL

[QUOTE=tsquare;1150435]In the summer when things are busy out of base white slips are possible. Normally if you get one it will be the day prior or the morning of the trip when someone sicks out. Now and then some winter trips show up but in the 1113 contract out of base WS moved below reserves in base. Big change. Hopefully it will go back the other way in the new contract.

Oh hell no... why do you continually want to screw the reserves?
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Tsquare, I invite you to read every single post that I have made on this forum. Find any where I have tried to screw the reserves. In the pre 1113 contract a out of base WS went before reserves only if no reserve pilot requested the trip. I know you know that unless you really were that uninformed about the contract you worked under with the awards run that way for at least 10 years. No reserves was screwed. In fact it was the opposite. A reserve got to stay home instead of being given a trip he did not want.
The current system leaves it up to the scheduler. He can award it to a reserve in base or to the out of base WS. They look at their coverage and play the game to suit crew scheduling. The old system was much better for everyone involved. In addition a out of base WS award verses in base to a reserve increases jobs overall. I have talked over an over again about the effect of the work rule changes on jobs. I guess you want to give up more jobs to the company.
In June of 2007 Delta had about the same amount of total pilot block hours as we had in June of 2001. We were however flying the schedule with 2500 fewer pilots. Why? Hundreds of little changes like this to the work rules. They need to be fixed in the next contract.

LMAO! Especially about 80 and the -800.:D

Yes, 80. We get it. The 320 is great and the -800 sucks. Until an AE rolls around, then its the opposite. :D

Don't break a hip. :D

Hey Newk, I actually flew the DC-9 as an F/O in MSY, finished my OE's and then got canceled. If Delta paid by work load DC-9 F/O would be the highest paid position.

Yeah those 42 days a year extra off (even assuming their vacation system sucks as bad as ours does especially for reserves) sure does suck.

This of course has nothing to do with why you chose to insult me by marginalizing my strike experiences. When you do something that juvenile, you have no other choice but to change the subject...and hope nobody notices.

You made a mistake and you should apologize, instead of continuing to dig.

Carl

They had Comair fly it on an econ profile, starting in 2006 or so. For us, .77 was fast to begin with, the profiles had us slow down to .65 or .62. ATC really loved it, especially in the NE corridor. The brain trust told us to fly the speeds faithfully, and we were happy to comply, especially since the block times hadn't been increased to compensate. Early on, it was good for an extra 20 minutes per leg. As with everything at Comair, a good idea applied with no common sense whatsoever to the operation.

You gonna stick with that? really? So I guess that reserve pilots don't rate QOL then according to you. Great. Be sure to let me know what is important to you so I can try and torpedo that too as unimportant.