Easter Meltdown
04-04-2021, 09:13 AM
#72
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Joined APC: Aug 2011
Position: Hoping for any position
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Yes....and they divided their group into thirds. The top third took a 10% ALV cut, the middle third a 20% ALV cut and the bottom third a 50% cut all in an attempt to eliminate furloughs(lots of other moving parts in there) But still, I stand by the assertion that most Delta posters opining about their deal were uniformly negative and expressed a sentiment of "UAL sold us (Delta) down the river".
When does reading the tea leaves properly constitute being astute and when does it just become "luck"?
When does reading the tea leaves properly constitute being astute and when does it just become "luck"?
We are now behind the training curve and will just play whack a mole for then next 2-3+ years. Or lose market share. It’s just that simple.
04-04-2021, 09:17 AM
#73
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Joined APC: Dec 2013
Posts: 2,318
Maybe in years past when there were pilots who did GS on holidays have finally eliminated their goodwill to the company. Delta has attempted at every turn of the Pandemic to scam us. And this staffing issue has been going on for the last 4 months. Who the hell makes a schedule knowing full well they don’t have the minimum number of pilots? And frankly if I have to turn down another ****ty turkey sandwich, I’m going to puke. I literally Blocked Delta’s number that they use to make inverse assignment calls because I have been getting them for the last 3 months pretty regularly up to 3 times a day on my days off. This isn’t vaccine problems. And evening I did schedule the vaccine of days off it’s sort of hard to fly with the required 48:00 waiting period when my f’ing schedule was built with 72 hours off in between the majority of my rotations. That memo was ridiculous. Maybe Laughter could help out and come fly a rotation...oh wait a minute...
04-04-2021, 09:24 AM
#74
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Joined APC: Sep 2013
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It’s obvious that management’s guess that this would be a 5 year recovery was a bit pessimistic. We overreacted. We “over-indexed.”
Let the premium pay flow like chocolate from a fountain at a hotel Easter buffet (for the next few years.)
Let the premium pay flow like chocolate from a fountain at a hotel Easter buffet (for the next few years.)
04-04-2021, 09:31 AM
#75
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Joined APC: Sep 2014
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Management desire to thrust pilots into the useless and highly inefficient UNA status is what I believe caused each of our numerous meltdowns. To my knowledge, no other carrier used this “novel” technique to save pennies on the dollar. You get what you pay for.
04-04-2021, 09:54 AM
#76
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: Slingin' Gear and Drinkin' Beer
Posts: 598
Exactly right. They may have saved $5000/mo per pilot by displacments and UNA but the $50,000+ sim cost to switch jets quickly eats up that savings, notwithstanding the cost of the current personnel crisis. They were trying to stick it to the pilot group.
04-04-2021, 09:55 AM
#77
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Joined APC: Apr 2018
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04-04-2021, 10:15 AM
#78
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Joined APC: Oct 2009
Position: Pilot
Posts: 3,891
More like figuring out our A student (Ed) was a D- student all along but was making A’s only because he was copying Richard’s answers. Once he lost his cheat sheet the true grades came through...
04-04-2021, 11:37 AM
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“Delta teams have been working through various factors, including staffing, large numbers of employee vaccinations and pilots returning to active status. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and the majority have been rebooked for the same travel day.”
-Delta PR
-Delta PR
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