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Back in my day, we didn't use your fancy quotes or provide a source. That was for sissy college boys. We took what we wanted and used it all up. And that's the way we liked it.
Anyone who was involved at the time will tell you that unionization had NOTHING to do with the failure of Zantop.
Agreed. I never flew there, but being in the "Willow Run Circle" I flew with plenty who did. The view that they gave was the the father gave the company over the the sons, who were more interested in the money than actually running an airline. So, they just ran it into the ground - Somehow they didn't see that DC-8s and Electra's were the fleet of the future.
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Any of you guys use the "fly confirmed" option in travel net? My daughter needs to get somewhere for college on a certain day, and there in no wiggle room in the schedule, she needs a confirmed seat. I looked 2 weeks ago and the rate was about 325 coast to coast. Now its just shy of 500! Talk about the company beating up its employees over a supposed benefit! The online travel sites: expedia, travelocity, ect have better numbers than that! It really kinda ****es me off that the price for our supposed "benefit" has gone up as the time gets closer to departure date. As the dates get closer the numbers get higher on the public sites, but I think its wrong to jack it up and do the same to us employees.
Fly confirmed and fly confirmed for less, equals a fail as a benefit.
Rant over.
Fly confirmed and fly confirmed for less, equals a fail as a benefit.
Rant over.
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Wait till you retire. It is next to impossible to non rev on a S3B. It is painful to see a 2013 hire get on before me. Not whining, I know the rules. It would be nice to get a few (4) trips a year using an S2 or 3 for vacation trips. Something to think about in the next contract. This would be a no cost item to the company. Just saying!
When I retire, I plan on buying tickets or being extremely flexible with flying as I'll be......retired.
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Wait till you retire. It is next to impossible to non rev on a S3B. It is painful to see a 2013 hire get on before me. Not whining, I know the rules. It would be nice to get a few (4) trips a year using an S2 or 3 for vacation trips. Something to think about in the next contract. This would be a no cost item to the company. Just saying!
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Wait till you retire. It is next to impossible to non rev on a S3B. It is painful to see a 2013 hire get on before me. Not whining, I know the rules. It would be nice to get a few (4) trips a year using an S2 or 3 for vacation trips. Something to think about in the next contract. This would be a no cost item to the company. Just saying!
ALPA, at that time, said it was a non starter. Maybe they like you better than me, but they were unwilling to even inquire about pilots being treated like every ramper, gate agent, or manager.
Just sayin'
You think it is fun watching a new hire go ahead of you ... how about a ramper with his kids in tow bumping you off a flight to work when he's been on the "property" a decade less than you have?
During happier times this would not be as great an issue, but with the number of pilots who have been displaced from base (including some pretty senior Captains) with more of the same coming as the 757's do fini flights, it really hinges on people getting to work. Many are commuting who never intended to do so.
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However, NWA's requirements were not identical to Delta's prior to the merger. Competitive at NWA might have included a degree, but it my understanding that a degree was not "required." That's why some do not have it.
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