sinca3

You posted an add for a AUTOMATIC Supra TT, that's sacrilegious!! Had a lightly modded B7 S4 way back, but went more subdued after marriage.
Recently got the itch again for "boost" and found a cheap 335 that I've massaged another 100rwhp and 100rwtq out of. Fun car especially b/c no one expects it. Currently in the market for a more reliable fun car!

sinca3

This! While I'm sure we all are in agreement here we nor DALPA has any say on the hiring practices of DAL. That being said I'm still miffed that I can't get an answer out of my reps as to why DALPA wasn't involved with or even consulted on this Pinnacle debacle. What kind of precedent did ALPA just set?

Columbia

Those who have the gold, make the rules.

80ktsClamp

Here's the thing- the bridge program specifically requires that to be eligible to get the expedited process they must meet DL's hiring requirements, and having a degree is one of them.

This "vault" letter sidesteps that.

So, Lee Moak and Wychor sidestepped DALPA in negotiating this whole deal (in doing so whistling right by our Section 1), and then Wychor went one step further and sidestepped Moak with this deal to get around DL hiring requirements.

vprMatrix

Quick question.

My flight pay for the January 15 pay period is identical to both of December flight pay amounts. Isn't the flight pay supposed to reflect the new January pay rates for the past two weeks? Or, is the new pay rate not reflected until the end of the month?

Vpr

Elvis90

I was always under the impression that a paycheck was for work that was completed 2 weeks ago, i.e., a 15 Jan 2013 check reflected work from 16-31 Dec 2012.

Sink r8

With the exception of the occasional genius that drops out to go create a new multinational in their early twenties, where do you ever see a person in any position of any authority anywhere that doesn't have a college degree?

I can only think of a two explanations for a working airline pilot doesn't have this most basic of requirements:
1: Couldn't
2: Wouldn't

I don't mean to be snobbish: I'm not talking about Ivy League stuff here. I'm talking about "I went there and now I can make complete sentences when dealing with a conflict, or a HVC, and I got a little logic, and statistics, so I have a grasp of risk analysis, a I got a little extra algebra, and geometry, and the physics that high school kids no longer get, so that I could later grasp basic concepts in aerodynamics, energy management, and so now I can manage not to single-handedly drill a perfectly good airplanes into the ground through the deliberate application ignorance" kinds of places.

Elvis90

That's for retirees living more than 40 miles from a military base. They will have to switch to Tricare Standard and pay 25% of the costs out of pocket, plus $300 deductible per family. The military expects to save $55M annually. But yes, I agree, step 1.

171,000 Retirees Likely To Lose Tricare Prime

NuGuy

What do you guys think Bar has been hooting and hollering about the last two weeks? Think he does it for his health?

Nu

Sink r8

I've been reading Bar's stuff carefully, but I missed the degree part (despite having one).

Perhaps it's a good thing we'll be too terrified to be angry at these guys? I guess we'll learn to pee in a bottle, and save the FA's from the aggravation of setting up for potty breaks. More efficient that way, I guess.