johnso29

Yes. That's exactly how I interpret it.

sailingfun

I stated it was rumor only but it only takes one complaint to force action on the part of the company. Someone could follow up with a lawsuit. You are allowed 5 years of military leave on non exempt orders. Most mil leaves over the last few years have at least some of that time period on exempt orders. Personally I think any set of orders where its not voluntary should be exempt. I know some reservists for instance who were ordered to active duty when the did not want those orders. There is a decent sized group furloughed after 911 who had 10 to 12 years of active service prior. They are mostly now coming back since they have their 20 and the companies new program will have little effect on them unless the company demands orders showing status on their return. Many of these pilots begged to get any job keeping them on active duty rather then come back to Delta. I don't blame them and would have done the same thing. The benefits are enormous. You get a immediate retirement check and you are also made whole on retirement from Delta. Now if your a junior pilot who worked for Delta the last 12 years and finallly about to see some movement and 250 retiring military guys show up ahead of you you might not feel the same.
Mil leave as mentioned in the above post is certainly abused and abused more then many know. I saw it all the time before I retired. A pilot would go into a closed squadron to do a few hours of paperwork on 24 Dec to drop his 4 day trip over Christmas. I know one ER pilot in JFK back when the shortest trip we had was a 3 day who bid lines with 5 day blocks on call and put a Mil Leave day in the middle of every 5 day block. He then GS's like crazy on his scheduled off days. He did that for years. I even know one pilot who got hired while still on active duty then claimed he was recalled and departed after doing 3 weeks of ground school. He was actually on regular leave. He was a smart man who is very well situated today.
I have seen dozens of other mil leave scams. Its kind of sad because it eventually makes it more difficult for those who are serving their country and applying the mil leave rules as intended. Its not a easy life working for Delta and flying for a high tempo reserve squadron. Most of the abusers I saw were in very easy reserve jobs where their participation was when they wanted to schedule a drill and they only worked a few days a month. The guys in squadrons or billets demanding 8 to 10 days a month or more seemed to follow the intent of the rules.
It appears from SD letter that Delta is going to enforce the non exempt ruling only going forward so its really not likely to have much effect. I doubt the circumstances of the last 12 years will ever repeat themselves again and it simply wont be a issue.

capncrunch

How do we find out if we're above 20%?

iaflyer

There is a chart in the bid packages, maybe 5-10 pages in, listing each category and position and whether there is an extra X day or not.

tsquare

You're very welcome sir.

YEAH! What he^ said.

DogWhisperer

You mean like her...?

Bucking Bar

We're all waiting for the answer ... .

TeddyKGB

That chart shows x days in relation to ALV. What we are curious about is the 20% coverage which the chart doesn't reflect.

iaflyer

Sure it does - page 20 or so of the bid package.

At the bottom it says "The extra X day is added to the 12.N.2 tables when reserve coverage
is projected to be at least 20%."

TeddyKGB

You aren't getting it and what you quoted leaves our question unanswered. Where does it say if we are at the 20% threshold or wont we know until the final lines are published? We know that 20% reserve means the extra X day, where does it say whether or not we are at the 20% mark?