Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
05-31-2013, 10:44 AM
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CQ question? I have 3 days of recurrent training next month and with the new contract it is not considered an "absence" against reserve days. Do they just pay you your 11:15 training pay on top of the months reserve guarentee and have you on reserve for the 18 days on call? Thanks in advance for any responses.
So you will have 15 days of reserve, 3 days of CQ.
Pay is more complicated without knowing the ALV for your cat. but:
Go onto deltanet and download the "PBS gouge" at the bottom of the crew resources and scheduling page.
A DALPA guy created a spreadsheet that you can plug all types of variables into and get your pay, days of work, x-days etc for reserve duty.
05-31-2013, 10:59 AM
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I'm very curious about an out of the blue AE 2-3 months earlier than advertised and dropped with no notice.
If its another staffing neutral "funding" then where exactly are the "excess" pilots coming from? After this last AE we're just not fat enough for another self funding AE anywhere unless its coming from accelerated parking or under-utilization somewhere else.
The 717 from the last bid still has unfilled positions because they couldn't draw down from other fleets. If this one is self funding it would have to be an extremely myopic targeted "one from here, two from there" and even then what's the reasoning behind the sudden accelerated no notice AE dropped on us 2-3 months before the one they were going to do anyway?
The timing of this one really makes it look like we're either going to hire soon or keep shrinking to profitability.
If its another staffing neutral "funding" then where exactly are the "excess" pilots coming from? After this last AE we're just not fat enough for another self funding AE anywhere unless its coming from accelerated parking or under-utilization somewhere else.
The 717 from the last bid still has unfilled positions because they couldn't draw down from other fleets. If this one is self funding it would have to be an extremely myopic targeted "one from here, two from there" and even then what's the reasoning behind the sudden accelerated no notice AE dropped on us 2-3 months before the one they were going to do anyway?
The timing of this one really makes it look like we're either going to hire soon or keep shrinking to profitability.
05-31-2013, 11:10 AM
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05-31-2013, 11:13 AM
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Imagine that awkward interview....
"So you want to work at Delta?"
Yes!
"I see you were hired at 9E in 2000."
Yes.
"Did you apply to Delta in the 2007 hiring cycle?"
No.
"Did you apply to Delta in the 2010 hiring cycle?"
No.
So why are you here today?"
I was told this was just a formality and the job is mine.
"Thank you for coming!". (points towards the exit door)
Oh. I'll see you in 6 months then. And as a reminder, you are contractually obligated to hire 12 of us per month no matter how good or bad the applicant may be. Bye and see you in 6 months for my contractually obligated 2nd-chance interview.
(I'm kidding, I'm kidding)
05-31-2013, 11:25 AM
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WARNING!!! WARNING!!!
[Pilot trying to figure out what management is going to do.]
But, here's a thought...
If you just made a decision to keep 320's and/or buy 321's, and 330's to arrive in short order, and you just had an AE where you displaced a lot of 320 and 330 pilots, why not put out a new AE with the quickness so those guy's & gal's can use their reinstatement rights don't have to go to training?
Disclaimer:
That thought only makes sense if a lot of the displaced pilots, from the last AE, haven't started training yet.
[Pilot trying to figure out what management is going to do.]
But, here's a thought...
If you just made a decision to keep 320's and/or buy 321's, and 330's to arrive in short order, and you just had an AE where you displaced a lot of 320 and 330 pilots, why not put out a new AE with the quickness so those guy's & gal's can use their reinstatement rights don't have to go to training?
Disclaimer:
That thought only makes sense if a lot of the displaced pilots, from the last AE, haven't started training yet.
However, would these 321s be new? Because it'd take a while to get here. We still don't have the 739s yet.
05-31-2013, 11:35 AM
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I parked at A74 in dtw today and there is a 321 parking line....why would they paint that at our terminal?
05-31-2013, 11:36 AM
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Prediction: MD's out of 717 categories BACK into 88's!!
You THOUGHT you'd get the summer off ...
05-31-2013, 11:39 AM
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Thanks for the heads up..I will bookmark that gouge section.
05-31-2013, 11:46 AM
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05-31-2013, 12:14 PM
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FWIW. Overheard conversation in Atl crew lounge between 2 fo's so it must be true
"Per 320 fleet capt. The first batch of 320s got life extension and are staying, greater than 50% chance of 321s, and 10 330s coming all growth, and hiring starting no later than late 2013". And the pool of pilots (due to the new 1500 hr rule) only enough for about 5 years of hiring at all the majors. Don't shoot the messenger.
"Per 320 fleet capt. The first batch of 320s got life extension and are staying, greater than 50% chance of 321s, and 10 330s coming all growth, and hiring starting no later than late 2013". And the pool of pilots (due to the new 1500 hr rule) only enough for about 5 years of hiring at all the majors. Don't shoot the messenger.
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