GBU-24

Does anyone still have the email on when the DC plan folds? Did you have to say where the funds were to go? or did I miss it...

Dirtdiver

Hockey is correct. From the Nov Flight Ops News:

The short layover hotel for JFK
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New York was recently rebranded from the JFK DoubleTree to the
XXX
Hotel
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JFK Airport
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ll other information including phone numbers and amenities remain unchanged

Name redacted

vprMatrix

So, the big change after years of writing up the old hotel is that we no longer get cookies. Yes!

Check Essential

I've had this on my sked. It means OK NO FLY.
They've never said a word to me but here's what somebody told me is going on:

Are you a captain that has not flown for 30 days or more?

I think OKNF is a code generated by the chief pilot. Skeds has a red flag pop-up and checks with the chief pilot or duty pilot to see if its OK to fly you or if you need a couple legs of "warm-up". You generally do not need anything if you've been on the airplane for awhile. If there's no other issues and you're just a reserve who hasn't flown -- you just get automatic OKNF.

If you are a new captain or new on the airplane or if there is something else going on with you I think they might give you a call and have a chat. They might offer you a warm-up with a check airman if you want one. Its not a check ride. If its been 60 days or something then maybe they require a warm-up. I'm not sure what the exact policy is.

DAL 88 Driver

Contributions stop Jan 1 and go into DPSP instead. Other than that, the DC Plan stays as is until it goes to one of the options you choose for it (sometime in 2nd quarter 2014 I think). Haven't seen anything yet on how/when to make that choice.

orvil

Thanks,

I did reserve last month and did not fly so that is probably why I had it show up.

acl65pilot

If you are referring to the JFK short it should be a new hotel that just got done being remodeled. Its next door to the old one but I believe its a new property for us.

Seeing the other comments, I guess we have not moved, yet....

gloopy

That's an interesting inrerpretation but I doubt it would stand the tests of the courts if anyone went through the hassle of pressing to test it. Can a CBA ratified by the majority force you into a religion? Can it permit racial discrimination? Just because you work under a CBA doesn't mean that CBA superceedes federal/state/etc law.

If a pilot stuck to his/her principles and HIPPA rights and refused to waive them, the FAR's/IMSAFE requirements would easily be more than enough to steamroll any company bullying in the long run, even if they decided to go nuclear and take pilots hostage over it for the short term. What would be even more interesting than that would be for a pilot to actually waive their HIPPA rights, allow a medical doctor (particularly a "company doctor" but any doctor really) and have that doctor write a "ops check normal, could not duplicate" letter, then have the pilot get in trouble over it. The legal and financial remedies available against the company and that doctor would be massive, and fully backed by the FAR's.

The only thing more flagrant than a doctor putting his/her name to something saying a pilot absolutely did not have a stomach ache/feel nautious/have ultra low viscosity emmissions/etc would be for an employer to financially harm said pilot because of a worthless opinion letter like it in the first place. A doctor can say you are sick, but they can't say you're not and they really can't say you weren't sick a few days ago. Some pilot is going to get very rich off of that kind of pilot pushing safety infringement eventually, or at the very least get a nice fully paid vacation.

MoonShot

Don't know what is posted there, but looking at the Jan 13 and Dec 13 seniority lists, it looks like the current plug is 162 numbers higher. Interestingly enough, the bottom 4 guys on the list in Jan 13, don't appear on the Dec 13 list. So, some retirements, some furlough guys dropping off the list, and some guys leaving for other opportunities I guess.

johnso29

I was told we will be changing to a completely different building starting in January.