Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
05-09-2012, 06:03 AM
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Anyone else heard some rumblings about early outs associated with the new TA?
05-09-2012, 06:04 AM
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05-09-2012, 06:11 AM
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I would say it's concessionary due to a pilot having to give up their vacation to hold a line that they could have held otherwise. It is not the pilots fault that we have some very small categories with mostly long trips in them and the pilot should not be required to give up planning their vacation in advance in order to not get stuck on RES.
05-09-2012, 06:19 AM
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There's an idea for a 'secret handshake' right there!
Instead of the Sting movie, nose flick, just hold one hand out, palm up, in a cupped shape, as if you were going to lift a massive underboob, maybe flex the fingers and thumb toward each other, quickly, like you're squeezing a boobie to see if it's 'real'!
When caught staring, my wife will say to me, "Those are Fake!"
To which I'll reply, "Yeah...but the're real on the outside!"
Instead of the Sting movie, nose flick, just hold one hand out, palm up, in a cupped shape, as if you were going to lift a massive underboob, maybe flex the fingers and thumb toward each other, quickly, like you're squeezing a boobie to see if it's 'real'!
When caught staring, my wife will say to me, "Those are Fake!"
To which I'll reply, "Yeah...but the're real on the outside!"
As for spouses calling out fake boobs, I interpret that as a cry for help. She's being as passive/agressive as she can trying to tell you that she's interested in that and wants to share the experience with you and is calling on you to use your skills, which she fell for and therefore assumes every woman will, to make it happen. It is to that which I say:
05-09-2012, 06:23 AM
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I'm with gloopy on the vacation pay. Every working professional I know in other industries with our level of skill/experience in their respective field has about 3 to 4 times more vacation and personal time available to use at their discretion.
05-09-2012, 06:23 AM
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We already have a form of "vacatin sellback" right now, because after the bid run, the Vacation credit goes away, and you can then white slip more time, to 'sell' your vacation time back, by picking up those 21 hours.
Make Vacation and everything else we do worth 6 hours a day, with no pickup to replace the vacation time, after bid runs.
Make Vacation and everything else we do worth 6 hours a day, with no pickup to replace the vacation time, after bid runs.
05-09-2012, 06:38 AM
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Only in this industry does a guy in his late 30s with a family only get to possibly select September or October for years on end.
05-09-2012, 06:41 AM
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I completely agree with personal days. Every one of my family members has fairly liberal use of personal days. I think they take a hit on sick pay or vacation when they use one, but the flexibility is a huge increase to QOL. When it comes to vacation, especially being junior, it seems like something that is forced down my throat. I could better use those days spaced out through the year.
05-09-2012, 07:04 AM
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This gets to the core of the issue. Our vacation sucks. Badly. 3 hours a day is INSANE. It needs to be at least 5 hours a day. That would at least give a 35 hour block of pay and credit on your line. 2 weeks would/should be 70 hours and done, at pilot's option of course unless someone wanted up to ALV credit by adding another trip if possible, which is only fair to allow.
05-09-2012, 07:10 AM
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