Viper33

The application goes to the top of the list or the reference goes to the top of the reference list? I have several internal references but they all used their hotmail/gmail/yahoo emails instead of their delta.com email. Is this a problem? Can somone validate that delta.com email refernces have an advantage over other email addresses from Delta pilots?

Timbo

Well...I must be the most hated Capt. on the 777!

Last month I had about 19 days off in a row, never once got a call asking to park a trip, and it was 'legal' then! I've been off for a week already this month, never got a call. In fact, I've been on it 6 years and have never been called by anyone wanting to park a trip on my line. Not once. And my phone numbers are in DBMS.

I have only heard one other Capt. even mention trip parking, once, in general conversation, not as a request. I had no idea what it was, until an F/O educated me.

I think the Capt.s are just to lazy to think of this stuff, but those F/O's are smart, you have to watch them every minute, and NEVER step off the sidewalk, or go down an escalator in front of one!

Timbo

So...why would the MEC allow us to fly more...? What would motivate them to allow that? Hummm....let me think...

Who gets paid "The Average Line Holder" pay?

Minus reserves, of course, we wouldn't want that 70 number dragging down the average, now would we?

What was the last "Average Line Holder" number they used, about 87 hours per month, or was it 92??

That's why they have no problem with YOU flying more, they get more, and NEVER have to fly the 92.

usmc-sgt

Had a few scared customers who feared geese after the hudson. I always assured them that with 13'6" of 6 bladed prop on each wing that we were the predators, not the prey.

LeineLodge

This is true. You need to make sure your recs are being sent via delta.com email addresses if at all possible. This will ensure you get max credit for an internal rec. The system they use simply filters out by the delta.com email extension. No human eyes see it (yet) to notice that you have internal recs. That's why it is so important.

shiznit

It is 87 presently, and though it is line holder average, it is a "pay-hour" average for the preceding 12 months, not necessarily a "line value average"

Btw, there is room to change it to include reserves... To start the process, you have to show up at an LEC meeting and present a resolution. I'm sure if you had one or two friends around the system who presented a similar resolution at their next LEC meeting there would be a high likelihood of the calculation method changing when brought to the MEC...

ilinipilot

Also once it goes into the open time pot won't senior guys get it who have put in a generic white slip?
thanks

tsquare

If SEA is gonna be the new NYC, that means that the international flying there is gonna get whacked mercilessly. Just sayin'

scambo1

Timbo;
I'll take you at your word, but my last trip, we overlapped with the other crew in the lobby.

One Capt to the other: "my line is your line."

The 2 Capts on my trip talked about it in briefing, prior to break splitup, on the crew van, etc.

I said, why dont you guys just greenslip and not touch the open time.

My Capt: "PPPfffffttt! that way I'd never get over 75 hours."

And yes I've been coldcalled frequently. My standard response is: "I'm trying to swap something into that hole."

flyallnite

I'm sure he meant to say the old JFK

They've been saying for some time that the 7ER will be the Pacific plane... I guess they really meant it. Did you know, for instance that it's a 7ER from NRT to PEK? There's all sorts of ER flying now that's 'off the radar' in terms of what we normally see. They are going to use a 7ER between JFK and SEA too I see.

I've given up trying to predict what airplane will go where, I've been fence sitting on a bid and probably the only people more confused than I am is crew resources. I mean, what widebody can you reasonably count on being stable? They shift flying all over the place now.

I wonder too if the days of point to point Europe flying are over for good, or just on hiatus until the economy picks up again. And when it does, what sort of airplanes will we have flying it? The older ER's are about 1991 vintage, so they've got about 10 years left in them.

JFK is extremely important though. I think we'll see DL flying bigger metal to the business markets for now, and trying to steal some customers from UCal and AA. But when you see markets like IST just vaporize, it's pretty disconcerting.

That Haneda slot time out of SEA looks pretty painful... who are we connecting over here at 6PM Pacific time? The slot times need improvement or that route will fail too. PVG... no idea. I hope it's a winner, and they bump it up to a 330 or a 777.