Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
04-19-2008, 08:17 AM
#1341
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Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: 757/767
Posts: 890
I started in the Dec class and have just finished training for the ER out of JFK. I'm on my first trip after completing TOE and am getting ready to go and meet some of the crew at the pub here in Shannon, Ireland 
The schedules for May are out and I am very happily surprised to see that eight of us from the Dec class have lines for May. I'll be sitting reserve for two weeks in Apr and then have a line. The schedule increases with the summer flying and there is another AE coming up next month so will see how long I can keep a line but for now I think the ER is great.
The schedules for May are out and I am very happily surprised to see that eight of us from the Dec class have lines for May. I'll be sitting reserve for two weeks in Apr and then have a line. The schedule increases with the summer flying and there is another AE coming up next month so will see how long I can keep a line but for now I think the ER is great.
04-19-2008, 11:08 PM
#1342
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Joined APC: Apr 2005
Position: 7ERA
Posts: 696
Thanks Deez. Glad to be here.
04-20-2008, 03:57 AM
#1343
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,599
Other airlines do this and the current line bid system is better for the line pilot. What happens when PBS does the reserve lines is that it builds the reserve schedule based on coverage AFTER the lineholders are awarded their schedules. What this does is basically guarantee that almost every reserve guy will work weekends. It also will schedule every reserve guy to work holidays. By letting the PBS system do the reserve lines, you cannot see how many weekends or holidays are available for reserve guys if there are any at all. This takes away the option of lineholders bidding down to reserve to get weekends and holidays off. If they had something that guaranteed a certain percentage of weekend/holidays off for reserve guys, then it might be ok, otherwise the current system we have is better.
04-21-2008, 03:27 PM
#1344
Mother’s finest
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: 73NB
Posts: 296
Anyone have info on the assignments for the 21 April DAL class?
04-21-2008, 05:07 PM
#1345
Doesn't Get Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,598
DALPA is very away of those type of problems. Right now when PBS finishes a run there is usually less then 3 trips in the pot for most categories for a entire month so PBS won't be able to focus on shortages. As far as weekends ect.. The company can do that with lines of time also unless you have rules on how many lines must offer weekends off ect.. You can have and we will have those same rules for PBS. A certain number of every day will have to be made available for bidding, exactly the same as with line of time bidding. All lines built on PBS are checked by ALPA. The company can't release a line to any pilot without ALPA agreeing that it is the best run and solution possible. We have forced the company to rerun category as many as 35 times to reduce unstacking and other bad aspects of PBS.
04-21-2008, 05:08 PM
#1346
Line Holder
Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 40
Here you go.
13 76ER JFK
5 MD-88 ATL
5 MD-88 NYC
1 MD-88/90 CVG
3 76/75 (LAX)
1 73 (LAX)
3 73 (CVG)
13 76ER JFK
5 MD-88 ATL
5 MD-88 NYC
1 MD-88/90 CVG
3 76/75 (LAX)
1 73 (LAX)
3 73 (CVG)
04-21-2008, 05:22 PM
#1347
Happy to be here
Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: A-320A
Posts: 18,563
not a bad mix
04-21-2008, 08:33 PM
#1348
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: DAL Pilot
Posts: 1,133
Just hit me with some LAX or SLC slots for the May 5th class!!
05-06-2008, 01:59 PM
#1350
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: Ugly
Posts: 57
AE Info?
Any word on the May AE?
About a month ago, post merger, one of my Assistant Chief Pilots told me 2nd week in May.
About a month ago, post merger, one of my Assistant Chief Pilots told me 2nd week in May.
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