Originally Posted by hoserpilot (Post 1184414)

Alright, this has got to be Herman's wife posting as Dalfa. Hey guys, if we're not nice to her she may stop posting pics like this AND she may cancel Herman's cable. No more military channel while sitting reserve for him. Proper CRM says we adopt a cat and name it Dalfa. I think I know where to get some milk for the kitten......

Originally Posted by Herman (Post 1185851)

Hi boys! Herman's wife here... AKA angrypilotwife.com. Bless your heart! While I am all knowing, and all powerful, I have NOT been posting underboob pics for you. Clearly an oversight on my part.:D Perhaps we can make "Underboob Mondays" a regular addition to AngryPilotWife.com. I'll work on that for ya'll. BTW, some shapes do NOT occur in nature. As for APW, "They are real, and they are spectacular".

Originally Posted by Herman (Post 1185851)

Hi boys! Herman's wife here... AKA angrypilotwife.com. Bless your heart! While I am all knowing, and all powerful, I have NOT been posting underboob pics for you. Clearly an oversight on my part.:D Perhaps we can make "Underboob Mondays" a regular addition to AngryPilotWife.com. I'll work on that for ya'll. BTW, some shapes do NOT occur in nature. As for APW, "They are real, and they are spectacular".

Originally Posted by Jack Bauer (Post 1185833)

I agree. I know some guys who don't fly much on reserve right now that love it (one option currently available...especially in the winter... to spend time with family and get things done at home for a minor pay cut) and some who are chompin at the bit to fly more.

The latter group will be happy with the ALV+15, the former will find it to be hell. Even the guys wanting to fly right now may find themselves working more than they like and health declining, etc. I think it would be a big mistake to allow more forced flying. Also, you know the company will manipulate the numbers to get the staffing as short as possible and guys to go to the ALV + 15 as often as possible. They have shown time and again they will push as far as any system allows them to.



I might be misunderstanding you but not sure where you get the notion what has been proposed in the NNP increases staffing? I see just the opposite, which btw = more stagnation.

Originally Posted by Tomcat (Post 1185785)

I completely agree with you Carl. I'm in a demographic that has seen long stagnation. I've lost my pension, so the only way to recover from my furlough and the loss of my pension is to get my career earnings up. How do I do that? Move to the left seat! It's quite simple and I'm not going to make it more complicated than it needs to be. Anything that delays my upgrade is a no vote from me. Things are going to start moving very fast around here and I don't want to feel in a couple of years that we left something on the table.

Leadership. Last decade was terrible for the legacy pilots. Now the regional pilots are getting hammered. Let's restore our contract and get this scope issue straightened out. It all has to play out. There will be winners and losers. There are pilots at the regionals that have no ambition to move onto the Majors and that's fine, but I'm not going to have a hand in larger or more RJ's winding up at regionals. What I would like to see when I walk out the door of Delta Air Lines is that in some small part we all helped restore this career. If I'm going to belong to a National Union, I want a better vision of what an Airline Pilots career should look like. I had a ALPA LEC tell me last year that is not ALPA's job. Well, I disagree and if we can't do a better job, then perhaps we shouldn't belong to a National Union. This is ALPA's chance to set thing right.

So Carl, I've shown my hand. I look at life through my John Lennon rose colored glasses because I chose to. I told you, I'm a lover, not a fighter.... but I'm no dove and not afraid to pull my sword out of it's scabbard when needed, and certainly not afraid to vote down an unacceptable TA.

TC

Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 1185856)

Sorry, I must not have been clear. You are right the NNP definitely does NOT increase staffing. What I was trying to say is that the gains in staffing the company is making in the NNP should be more than offset by gains for the pilot group in other areas such as more vacation weeks/pay.

Denny

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1185829)

We are negotiating Richard Anderson's "cost neutral" contract.

Originally Posted by DALFA (Post 1185870)

Delta Air Announces $2 Billion Investment Plans For Ghana etc | OMG! Ghana

"Delta Air Lines, a U.S. global airline has announced that it will spend $2 billion on its facilities across the globe. The company hopes to develop a Global Position Satellite (GPS) in Liberian airspace, launch energy and mining desks, deepens partnership with Air Nigeria, Kenya Air and consolidates its footprint in Africa."

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 1185842)

Great points as usual. There are many willing to lead, but it requires an unconventional path in the day and age. Out of the box thinking if you will. I believe that you are willing to support pilots willing to better our careers by whatever means necessary.