dalad

Agreed, I am still on the fence because of the pay and retirement. 5 10 5 and 5 would have worked for me, with a little more to the DC plan. Why we had to give up a third of the profit sharing is beyond me.
Who put out the 2-2.5 billion number on re-engining the RJ's? It seems high to me at 10-12.5 million per airframe.

tsquare

It's more bull dung from Mettler.

nwaf16dude

His letter was pretty well written, but unless someone else can verify the info, I'd be very hesitant to make any decisions based on it. Never met the guy, but he puts some seriously goofy stuff on the DALPA boards.

tsquare

I wouldn't give his garbage one single ounce of consideration when making a decision on this TA. His numbers are suspect, his conclusions are the worst kind of tripe, etc etc etc.. (I wish I knew the quote from Ghostbusters)... because it applies here.

dalad

The only time he voted yes was when he came out of the womb.

scambo1

But T;
There were ghosts and they put them in the grid containment system...just because you disagree, it doesn't make him wrong.

Many shoves and zules will be roasted in the depths of the slore that day I can tell you.

Superpilot92

Vinz Clortho the Keymaster

Elvis90

[evaluating a site for their business]
Dr. Peter Venkman: What do you think, Egon?
Dr. Egon Spengler: I think this building should be condemned. There's serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the wiring is substandard, it's completely inadequate for our power needs, and the neighborhood is like a demilitarized zone.
Dr Ray Stantz: Hey. Does this pole still work?
[slides down a fireman's pole]
Dr Ray Stantz: Wow. This place is great. When can we move in? You gotta try this pole. I'm gonna get my stuff. Hey. We should stay here. Tonight. Sleep here. You know, to try it out.
[Venkman looks at Spengler. Spengler slowly shakes his head. Venkman turns to the real estate agent]
Dr. Peter Venkman: I think we'll take it.

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[evaluating the TA]
FIIGMO: What do you think, Carl?
Carl Spackler: I think this TA should be condemned. There's serious scope fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the pay is substandard, it's completely inadequate for our staffing needs, and sitting reserve is like being in a demilitarized zone.
Bill Lumberg: Hey. Does this pole still work?
[slides down a fireman's pole]
Bill Lumberg: Wow. This TA is great. When can we vote yes? You gotta try this pole. I'm gonna get my stuff. Hey. We vote now. Tonight. Start here. You know, to try it out.
[FIIGMO looks at Carl. Carl slowly shakes his head. FIIGMO turns to the company lawyers]
FIIGMO: I think we'll take it.

Witzend

This has nothing to do with S2 passes but it does deal with non-rev standby in general. In another thread about non-rev standby dc10guy says "Watch all the HK that will show up the day of. The problem will be the return flight. "

I remember reading on L&G last year a series of messages about non-reving and the dreaded HKs that show up the day of flight to ruin your chances of getting on your flight.

I am a retired Delta agent and it has been about 15 years since I last worked as a gate agent. Gate agents today have some really good IT tools to work the flight with but when I did last work a flight we had on average 2 adjacent rows of seats that were blocked and could only be assigned at the gate. This was done to solve seating problems like families traveling with small children. As a result of the blocked seats, a confirmed passenger could check in at the ticket counter and there would be no available seat to assign. In earlier days they were just told to check with the gate agent for a seat and this added more to the workload of the gate agent. Then IT came up with the standby code of HK. It stood for (H)olds (K)onfirmed and it allowed the gate agent to assign them seats as easily as they could clear a non-rev.

HKs are confirmed passengers without a seat assignment. They are included in the count when you look at an availability display on DeltaNet. They are -not- mystery passengers that show up as extra folks just to mess up your non-rev experience.

I know that all messages these days in L&G must mention the TA, so there ya go...

Witzend

crewdawg52

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