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Old 01-27-2015 | 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by JoeyMeatballs
Why? How the hell does Expresjet have a more robust IT department than a company with a $5,000,000,000.00 market cap. WHAT THE FU--K
I don't think its an issue of the IT department. I think its perfectly capable, I think its more an issue of control. I directly asked a scheduler about it, and he told me flat out that they manually process ALL open time requests. Some of the process will auto deny, for example, requests that are within 2 days, or other "Legality" issues.
Old 01-27-2015 | 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Kingjay
I don't think its an issue of the IT department. I think its perfectly capable, I think its more an issue of control. I directly asked a scheduler about it, and he told me flat out that they manually process ALL open time requests. Some of the process will auto deny, for example, requests that are within 2 days, or other "Legality" issues.
Doesn't make any sense. It's pretty black & white. It either violates the contract or FAR and it's denied, or it doesn't and its not.
Old 01-27-2015 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Kingjay
The processing times are so long because our "automatic" trip trade/open time system is done manually.
As far as I know it's float vacation and trade board done manually but when someone drops for float all open time stops until a scheduler gets back from their smoke break in 2 hrs
Old 01-27-2015 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Kingjay
The processing times are so long because our "automatic" trip trade/open time system is done manually.
We could just imagine how the EFB / DL is gonna work...
Old 01-27-2015 | 06:35 AM
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All this open time talk has me wondering why I don't even see a tab for February. Are the rest of you able to see February open time and you're complaint is the processing times, or is it not even there? Perhaps I should check whether I'm still employed.
Old 01-27-2015 | 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ShopVac
You union guys should stop playing politics, stop your CYA games, and do your job. Pole etty is only interested in covering for his proxy the Negotiator. The negotiator wrote a bad LOA. DP knows it.

If this LOA was a good deal, you union'rs would've signed it into law. It's a loser and you guys know it DP's quoted statement proves it. Nothing else needed fo be quoted. He said it all with that one sentence.
Who is Pole Etty? I don't see anyone close to that on my Alpa list of people
Old 01-27-2015 | 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot
Who is Pole Etty? I don't see anyone close to that on my Alpa list of people
Hahahhaha, it's D Poletti
Old 01-27-2015 | 07:23 AM
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I just got an email from the fund raiser for the new hire that last month was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Apparently the DB that set up the fund raiser, Christopher Wharton, transferred the money into his personal account. He's transferred $23k after many requests, but still holding over $6k in donated money. After a little searching, it appears he's an Envoy pilot, same place Danny came from. This low life needs an education!
Old 01-27-2015 | 07:37 AM
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^ this is criminal
Old 01-27-2015 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Columbusohio
Spirit Airlines | Audries Aircraft Analysis

Acording this website it says a guy like me hired in 2016 wont upgrade until ....."beyond 2030"

Considering my age, probably should relook going to Spirit
That website doesn't look very accurate. They estimate staffing based on aircraft instead of block hours. They also don't count our mandatory retirements. The unknown variable is attrition.

I've always found it odd that pilots look at pilots per aircraft when pilot staffing is really driven by block hours. APC says that Allegiant has 76 aircraft and 515 pilots, and Spirit has 65 aircraft and 1086 pilots. The difference is obviously that Spirit keeps the airplanes flying as much as possible because we have higher fixed costs and lower variable costs due to our new airplanes (when compared to Allegiant)
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