IT outage
07-21-2024, 05:38 PM
#102
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07-21-2024, 05:57 PM
#103
On Reserve
Joined APC: Nov 2010
Position: Airbus 320 / First Officer
Posts: 17
Nailed it
I disagree in part. Even on a normal day, Crew Scheduling and Tracking waste a tremendous amount of money with blown trip assignments, missed reserve calls and ridiculous decisions even when they’re not time constrained.
They miss calling a pilot on reserve, now no one on SC, now that trip has to go out as a GS or IA, or they RR other pilots, in some cases paying quadruple pay for their eff up.
They could fix this with better automation, but who are we kidding. If you’re in charge of making decisions that could cost the company thousands, or maybe tens of thousands of dollars in direct payroll costs, there shouldn’t be anything “low salary” about it. And we’re not even talking about the indirect costs.
Then you get the meltdown scenarios, and it’s a dumpster fire.
Scheduling and tracking have been exactly the same way, with the exact sub par performance, for as long as I’ve been here. They can never seem to fix what appears to be a systemic, silo driven problem, which is actually characteristic of a lot of issues.
They miss calling a pilot on reserve, now no one on SC, now that trip has to go out as a GS or IA, or they RR other pilots, in some cases paying quadruple pay for their eff up.
They could fix this with better automation, but who are we kidding. If you’re in charge of making decisions that could cost the company thousands, or maybe tens of thousands of dollars in direct payroll costs, there shouldn’t be anything “low salary” about it. And we’re not even talking about the indirect costs.
Then you get the meltdown scenarios, and it’s a dumpster fire.
Scheduling and tracking have been exactly the same way, with the exact sub par performance, for as long as I’ve been here. They can never seem to fix what appears to be a systemic, silo driven problem, which is actually characteristic of a lot of issues.
I hate say it but automated processes are the only true solution to these major issues we are having.
BTW, what ever happened to the Roll Call option on iCrew? Does anyone rember that?
07-21-2024, 06:00 PM
#104
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Joined APC: Nov 2020
Position: Enoch Powell Enthusiast
Posts: 2,280
Yeah, I somehow managed to disable spellchecker on APC. Can’t/don’t care about figuring out how to fix it.
(I don’t work for Delta IT. Not a boomer either. I swear.)
I just bought the Charlie Munger book as well.
(I don’t work for Delta IT. Not a boomer either. I swear.)
I just bought the Charlie Munger book as well.
Last edited by DeltaboundRedux; 07-21-2024 at 06:15 PM.
07-21-2024, 06:18 PM
#105
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,613
07-21-2024, 06:51 PM
#106
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Joined APC: Feb 2022
Posts: 655
you can ACARS dispatch or use flight family to get in touch with someone. There were willing pilots at the gate offering to work the flight to get home but could not get in touch with anyone through the phone.
07-21-2024, 07:00 PM
#108
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07-21-2024, 07:00 PM
#109
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Posts: 655
at least you tried. Some people just want to sit back and do nothing, hoping to get paid more at everyone else’s expense. That sums up ATL flying for you.
07-21-2024, 07:02 PM
#110
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Joined APC: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,200
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