True, but there are both buckets and seniority for SC and flying.

If you're in a bucket, be it SC or flying, with a senior pilot you, the junior pilot will get the duty be it the SC or the rotation if the senior pilot didn't go out his way and ask for it.

SC bucket #2 starts once a pilot has started his 3rd SC. Not sure when bucket #3 starts (guessing #6, which would apply once we start doing 7 SCs). Not that it matters much these days...you're pretty much going to get the SC until the scheduler decides they might run the risk of running short of SC pilots at some point. Which doesn't make us that much different from SW reserve pilots when you think about it...you'll hear the counter about SW pay sometimes with, "Well, when they're on reserve they're on SC if they're not flying." That's about how it is here lately....we'll see if it keeps going this way after summer. Part of me suspects they may keep coming with the SCs even when not truly needed. Case in point, at the end of the month in June a lot of pilots were getting SC with 1 day availability if they weren't winchester on SCs already....some even with just 6 hrs of availability.

07-24-2012, 12:40 PM

#106102

iaflyer

seeing the large hubs...

Joined APC: Oct 2006

Position: 73N A

Posts: 3,747

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesse

6 SCs isn't enough...we can look forward to that increasing by 17% soon enough.

Yes, starting in 17 months, but for the international guys we'll get a 32% reduction in hours spent on SC. For one, I'm happy about that.

07-24-2012, 01:01 PM

#106103

hoserpilot

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Jan 2008

Position: maddoggy dog

Posts: 1,026

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesse

Horsepilot, It's probably your schedule that has my name at the bottom of it once or twice...not stalking you; was just curious why you weren't getting as many SCs as I sat here in ATL. Apparently, you can't sit as many SCs when they're flying your @rse off!

I kept looking for underboob but apparently Icrew doesn't allow you to post pretty pictures.

I've actually had a couple short calls pulled, turned into rest so they could add a trip 12 hours later.

Sent an email off to the Alpa gurus this morning. At least I'll learn more details of our contract.

07-24-2012, 02:14 PM

#106104

p3flteng

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: May 2011

Posts: 402

Quote:

Originally Posted by orvil

It's restricted stock. It's a one way street going out. You can place a limit order at a specified amount or you can put in a market order. You cannot purchase more. There are no tax consequences. It's held inside your 401(k).

The proceeds can go into the seperate brokerage link account (which requires a seperate set up) or into the mutual fund menu. You cannot purchase DAL stock in the brokerage link, either.

If you have more questions, you can call the folks at Fidelity in the 401(k) department. They will be happy to help. It's not hard to do, it's just you have never done it before.

Thanks Orvil

07-24-2012, 02:47 PM

#106105

Columbia

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Aug 2010

Posts: 2,530

R.I.P. to the guy who taught me how to dance!

07-24-2012, 05:25 PM

#106106

dalad

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Joined APC: Nov 2009

Position: C560XL/XLS/XLS+

Posts: 1,278

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoserpilot

Hoser, scheduling pulled a fast one on you, they can't fly you into your golden days without your consent. Period. You are owed a payback day and double pay no credit for the time you flew on your golden day.

07-24-2012, 08:51 PM

#106107

Eck4Life

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Joined APC: Oct 2008

Posts: 289

Quote:

Originally Posted by iaflyer

Yes, starting in 17 months, but for the international guys we'll get a 32% reduction in hours spent on SC. For one, I'm happy about that.

Would have happened anyway due to the new rest rules about to take affect. Hope you didn't vote yes based on that. If so, you should have stepped away from the NNPs.

Last edited by Eck4Life; 07-24-2012 at 09:01 PM.

07-24-2012, 09:45 PM

#106108

forgot to bid

veut gagner à la loterie

Joined APC: Apr 2008

Position: Light Chop

Posts: 23,286

Damnit man, no long winded canned PAs at 0030 with 25 min left in flight!!!

Especially if it causes fliight attendant to turn cabin lights on for 25 minutes... ..at 0030.

Hey, noticed the Connection has been dropped from DCi fA PAs, is that sop now or just one guy?

07-25-2012, 03:48 AM

#106109

acl65pilot

Happy to be here

Joined APC: Jun 2006

Position: A-320A

Posts: 18,563

Quote:

Originally Posted by forgot to bid

Probably one guy. Just watch and listen.

07-25-2012, 04:11 AM

#106110

forgot to bid

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Position: Light Chop

Posts: 23,286

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For an airline, the whole idea of fuel hedging is to protect against big run-ups in oil prices. It didn't work out that way for Delta Air Lines Inc.

Delta lost $168 million, or 20 cents per share, in the second quarter because bets on oil prices went the wrong way.

The airline lost $561 million on wrong oil price bets that haven't settled yet.

If not for special items like that, Delta would have earned $586 million for the quarter, or 69 cents per share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had been expecting net income of 68 cents per share.

Revenue rose 6 percent to $9.73 billion, better than analysts had expected.

Delta plans to cut third-quarter flying as much as 3 percent compared to the same period last year.