Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
12-11-2013, 12:16 PM
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So, news sources are reporting about a 2.6 billion profit for this year and debt well under 10 billion on the way to 7 billion. Time for ALPA to get us back to pay rates we have earned. Everyone here has dealt with pay cuts, pension losses, furloughs, etc. We've done our part in getting the company back to its strong financial position, now pay us! Forgive me for parroting you, Purple, but 4, 8.5, 3 and 3 will not cut it any more.
12-11-2013, 12:23 PM
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Historical note: Delta used to have a system for covering trips when they ran out of reserves that was even worse than GS/IA. It was called the "Dual Pool", and allowed volunteers to (barely) maintain currency in a higher seat (e.g. L1011B/DC-9A). If called out, the pilot was paid the monthly reserve guarantee for the higher seat. As you can imagine, it was not conducive to safety, especially when both guys were dual poolers. 
12-11-2013, 12:32 PM
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I see a reduction in whatever influence the "rotation" committee had on building trips.
12-11-2013, 12:50 PM
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We'll see how things go as people get a hang of 117.
12-11-2013, 12:53 PM
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The Daily Caller » Ryan-Murray budget deal hikes air travel security tax by 124 percent » Print
Ryan-Murray budget deal hikes air travel security tax by 124 percent
The newly-released budget deal between Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan will hike the aviation security fee paid by air travelers by 124 percent, if passed.
Murray and Ryan settled on an agreement that would hit air travelers with a fee of $5.60 per one-way flight — or $11.20 for a round-trip excursion.
That’s 60 cents higher than the $5.00 fee the Department of Homeland Security requested, and represents a huge jump up from the current $2.50 minimum security fee.
Ryan had reportedly backed a $5.00 maximum fee during the budget negotiations.
DHS has been desperate for a fee increase to cover what the agency feels is a massive budgetary shortfall for the Transportation Security Agency, with current security fees covering only about 25 percent — or $1.9 billion — of the TSA’s $7.5 billion annual costs.
But the Ryan-Murray deal doesn’t earmark the new revenue for TSA. Instead, the funds will be deposited into the “general fund of the Treasury,” where they are supposed to help partially rollback the sequester and offset the automatic spending cuts set to begin in January.
The newly-released budget deal between Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan will hike the aviation security fee paid by air travelers by 124 percent, if passed.
Murray and Ryan settled on an agreement that would hit air travelers with a fee of $5.60 per one-way flight — or $11.20 for a round-trip excursion.
That’s 60 cents higher than the $5.00 fee the Department of Homeland Security requested, and represents a huge jump up from the current $2.50 minimum security fee.
Ryan had reportedly backed a $5.00 maximum fee during the budget negotiations.
DHS has been desperate for a fee increase to cover what the agency feels is a massive budgetary shortfall for the Transportation Security Agency, with current security fees covering only about 25 percent — or $1.9 billion — of the TSA’s $7.5 billion annual costs.
But the Ryan-Murray deal doesn’t earmark the new revenue for TSA. Instead, the funds will be deposited into the “general fund of the Treasury,” where they are supposed to help partially rollback the sequester and offset the automatic spending cuts set to begin in January.
12-11-2013, 01:02 PM
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If your sick or tired (different than sick and tired) admit it and go get well or rested!
12-11-2013, 01:06 PM
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Plan on profit sharing being about 7.5 percent of your 2013 gross pay. Gross pay is not W2 pay. You need to look near the bottom right of the paystub to find gross which can be 30k or more then W2. You do have to back last years profit sharing out of the gross. That figure times 7.5 should be pretty close this year.
12-11-2013, 01:08 PM
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Right or wrong, I don't see many guys willing to put up with the harassment they will endure if they call in fatigued the day after a 30 hour layover.
12-11-2013, 01:26 PM
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Welcome to the club. In LAX they have ignored the RCC from day 1. Two months after they bragged how responsive they were to our inputs by putting more SNA trips - the SNA trips totally disappeared.
The funny thing about 117 rule changes - our trips (LAX 73) have been so bad, for so long, that there is really no difference. As a matter of fact our trips might even be a little better in January - probably due to the other bases trips getting worse.
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12-11-2013, 01:40 PM
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Any harassment on this should generate an ASAP and a union call. Even with a 48 hour layover, what if I simply didn't sleep well last night for whatever reason and I'm tired?
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