I live just over the NJ/PA line near Allentown PA. Besides rush hour traffic, the drive is 2 hours and 15 minutes to JFK. My question is does anyone else do this? I understand I will have to get a crash pad because I'm just outside the call out for reserve and I don't want to drive that everyday. But how bad is the drive? I already have a CJO at Endeavor and I am also considering Piedmont (1.2 hours from PHL). Current 135 guy here and never did 121.

 

That would be on par with what the union thinks of the reserve pilots (no control over getting over 75 hours a month) Work the most, and take a bit of a pay cut so senior guys can make some extra..

 

From my understanding the $18-20/ hour figure was chosen because total compensation would go up approximately $23K per year. Something about 401K contribution and a lower withholding rate (although that wouldn't change much because we are refunded that money at the end of the year). Id expect we will see a proposal by the end of this year

 

Wow dude. Shoulder meet chip I guess.

So you had "a" Dl guy say something about how to operate whatever that means. OK. I guess. What was it? What was the context? Did you brief "please speak up if you have a concern about anything"? And how many DL jumpers have you had, and what percentage of those is this one guy?

Anyway, no one was saying Endeavor pilots were literally pretending to be DL pilots. What I think you are referring to is a response to *some* implying that since DL talks about "the entire DL family" etc that DL can't ever get anything (like the reward PS passes) without everyone else getting it, otherwise flagrant hypocrisy and malicious contempt all around.

In any case, I've been on both ends of the jumpseat with pretty much every single airline out there, and its been my experience that its pretty much the same everywhere. If you're having a significantly different experience, maybe you're a far side of the bell curve statistical outlier, or maybe you have a chip on your shoulder, who knows. Either way, if you need a ride, welcome. Seriously.

Oh, and if you see something, say something. I'd rather you do so frivolously than to sit on something that could end up being a thing.

 

Absolutely. My point is that whatever percentage the outliers are, they're about the same percent across the board. I'm not just defending my posse or whatever, I literally have seen zero difference, despite the hilarious stereotypes of various pilot groups that abound in crew room banter etc.

 

I think the only guys pretending to be mainline is maybe the CP or anyone who wears the hat lol.........pot stirred all better now!!!

 

This is about right^^^^^^^ zero reguard for RSV pilots or rules!

 

We have minimum oxygen requirements and it wasn't even barely below. I didn't care about a miner delay to help someone out. He was trying to say don't worry about it but why even say anything? Some people have been denied a Jumpseat due to oxygen.
When one company buys out another company and is so in control of it and invited to attend company block parties it can get confusing to us small folks. Sorry my bad but I/we know our place now and thank you.

 

Serious question: what would you look for in improving reserve rules?

A few things I can think of:
- Min days off increase - at least for CA's since reserve is much longer (forever at MSP)
- Long call reserve
- Hybrid lines
- Aggressive pickup of OT
- Ready reserve/reserve grid utilization

 

I drive from Philadelphia. I usually bid late shows so I end up leaving at like 10-11 so I miss most traffic. Takes me about 2:15-2:30 to parking lot. Then the air train and the long walk to the terminal. It's ok considering it's only a few times per month. You can fly from Philadelphia but there are only a few flights a day because it's so close.