Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
03-02-2013, 09:21 AM
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03-02-2013, 09:54 AM
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195 and 215 credit actually.... I also got that briefing from scheduling, but that's also when there only were 26 schedulers total...
I've flown with that captain and he's actually a good guy – in fact he was among a group of pilots Delta sued unsuccessfully for not flying extra.
Cheers
George
I've flown with that captain and he's actually a good guy – in fact he was among a group of pilots Delta sued unsuccessfully for not flying extra.
Cheers
George
Either way, my issue is not with the pilots but rather cheering on Greenslippalooza as a good thing.
03-02-2013, 10:07 AM
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Can someone give the cliff note version of our jumpseat priority on DCI carriers? How do we stack up with our friends on Delta colored metal who kindly fly our passengers for us?
03-02-2013, 10:12 AM
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Disregard....I was thinking non rev. Not Jumpseat. Sorry.
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03-02-2013, 10:27 AM
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1. Operating companies pilots
2. Delta Pilots (1st come first on)
3. DCI pilots (1st come first on)
4. OAL pilots (1st come first serve)
With less than15 mins prior to departure it is a free for all...First there first on.
I did get jammed by a gate agent who put a JetBlue pilot on a mainline jumpseat instead of me (a DCI pilot). So not all gate agents know the priority, ask her to verify with the PIC if there is a question (She wouldn't check with the PIC or let me ask).
03-02-2013, 10:51 AM
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On CPZ, it goes CPZ pilots, DL pilots, DCI pilots, OAL pilots. It was the same at my last DCI carrier.
1. Operating companies pilots
2. Delta Pilots (1st come first on)
3. DCI pilots (1st come first on)
4. OAL pilots (1st come first serve)
With less than15 mins prior to departure it is a free for all...First there first on.
I did get jammed by a gate agent who put a JetBlue pilot on a mainline jumpseat instead of me (a DCI pilot). So not all gate agents know the priority, ask her to verify with the PIC if there is a question (She wouldn't check with the PIC or let me ask).
1. Operating companies pilots
2. Delta Pilots (1st come first on)
3. DCI pilots (1st come first on)
4. OAL pilots (1st come first serve)
With less than15 mins prior to departure it is a free for all...First there first on.
I did get jammed by a gate agent who put a JetBlue pilot on a mainline jumpseat instead of me (a DCI pilot). So not all gate agents know the priority, ask her to verify with the PIC if there is a question (She wouldn't check with the PIC or let me ask).
03-02-2013, 10:59 AM
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For Expressjet, mainline pilots and all other DCI pilots are the same priority FWIW.
03-02-2013, 11:04 AM
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Thx! I believe Pinnacle is as well, unless that changes under the new arrangements. MSA use to be like Compass priorities.
03-02-2013, 11:21 AM
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1. Pinnacle (time of check in)
2. Delta/DCI (time of check in)
3. OAL (time of check in)
03-02-2013, 11:47 AM
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Your argument sounds an awful like the stuff you hear from gun control zealots: "Why would you want an assault rifle unless you're going on a killing spree?"
I'm not worried about "getting mine;" I rarely call in sick. I'm not necessarily even worried about that stipulation now or in the immediate future. But "this is the way it's worked in the past" is a p!ss poor substitute for ironclad contractual protection (which, historically, we shouldn't expect from ALPA).
I'm concerned that future leadership administrations will use this to take hostages if things get heated in future contract talks, etc. (not that's even possible with ALPA on their side).
Have you seen what Smisek, Horton, Parker, Tilton, etc. have tried to pull? If you think Sleepy Ed or the next sociopath to run the company won't come after us with every loophole they can find if we start growing a spine, I guess I can't help you.
Wouldn't it be nice if ALPA thought a few moves ahead? Think of it as chess, not "go fish."
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