Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-06-2014, 05:30 PM
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I also heard from a very good source that we are asking for door pay and an increase in ADG. Since I heard this I think its important for every pilot to back ALPA on this one. DO NOT acknowledge a trip until 3 hours prior and then ask for your FAR 117 mandated rest. That is how we can get some much needed leverage back
01-06-2014, 05:42 PM
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He wants Cabotage, here it comes.
What the writer fails to admit is, the reason the US Legacy service has been in a race to the bottom for the past 20 years is, guys like HIM don't want to pay for better service. He also fails to mention that the number one expense for any airline operating large jets is, FUEL. Look at what a gallon of Jet A costs today, vs. 20+ years ago, yet his ticket price is nearly identical to what it was 20 years ago.
Is there ANYTHING else in our economy that you can buy for the same price you paid 20 years ago?
He does mention, several times, that allowing foreign carriers to fly our domestic routes would lead to "...better service, at lower ticket prices."
So after 20 years of losing BILLIONS of dollars, and every major legacy going bankrupt, the legacies have -finally- figured out how to make money, he wants to let foreigners fly the US Domestic market, so he can keep paying $200 for a ticket to the west coast.
He wants it all, he wants it now, but he doesn't want to PAY for it.
I think we should allow foreigners (in China and India) to write for USA Today! We could get a better newspaper, for less, not that I've ever paid for a USA Today in the first place!
What the writer fails to admit is, the reason the US Legacy service has been in a race to the bottom for the past 20 years is, guys like HIM don't want to pay for better service. He also fails to mention that the number one expense for any airline operating large jets is, FUEL. Look at what a gallon of Jet A costs today, vs. 20+ years ago, yet his ticket price is nearly identical to what it was 20 years ago.
Is there ANYTHING else in our economy that you can buy for the same price you paid 20 years ago?
He does mention, several times, that allowing foreign carriers to fly our domestic routes would lead to "...better service, at lower ticket prices."
So after 20 years of losing BILLIONS of dollars, and every major legacy going bankrupt, the legacies have -finally- figured out how to make money, he wants to let foreigners fly the US Domestic market, so he can keep paying $200 for a ticket to the west coast.
He wants it all, he wants it now, but he doesn't want to PAY for it.
I think we should allow foreigners (in China and India) to write for USA Today! We could get a better newspaper, for less, not that I've ever paid for a USA Today in the first place!
01-06-2014, 05:44 PM
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I also heard from a very good source that we are asking for door pay and an increase in ADG. Since I heard this I think its important for every pilot to back ALPA on this one. DO NOT acknowledge a trip until 3 hours prior and then ask for your FAR 117 mandated rest. That is how we can get some much needed leverage back
01-06-2014, 05:47 PM
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Ohhhh Jamis!
War damn Eagle!
War damn Eagle!
01-06-2014, 05:50 PM
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Why do Heisman Trophy winners play so poorly in National Championship games?
01-06-2014, 05:54 PM
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It was a fairly strongly worded letter.
I thought the chairman struck just the right balance of stick and carrot...
Every day that goes on shows more and more how absurd the company's negotiating position of "117 is staffing neutral" is...
I wonder what it will take for them to fold.
Cheers
George
I thought the chairman struck just the right balance of stick and carrot...
Every day that goes on shows more and more how absurd the company's negotiating position of "117 is staffing neutral" is...
I wonder what it will take for them to fold.
Cheers
George
01-06-2014, 05:55 PM
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He wants Cabotage, here it comes.
What the writer fails to admit is, the reason the US Legacy service has been in a race to the bottom for the past 20 years is, guys like HIM don't want to pay for better service. He also fails to mention that the number one expense for any airline operating large jets is, FUEL. Look at what a gallon of Jet A costs today, vs. 20+ years ago, yet his ticket price is nearly identical to what it was 20 years ago.
Is there ANYTHING else in our economy that you can buy for the same price you paid 20 years ago?
He does mention, several times, that allowing foreign carriers to fly our domestic routes would lead to "...better service, at lower ticket prices."
So after 20 years of losing BILLIONS of dollars, and every major legacy going bankrupt, the legacies have -finally- figured out how to make money, he wants to let foreigners fly the US Domestic market, so he can keep paying $200 for a ticket to the west coast.
He wants it all, he wants it now, but he doesn't want to PAY for it.
I think we should allow foreigners (in China and India) to write for USA Today! We could get a better newspaper, for less, not that I've ever paid for a USA Today in the first place!
What the writer fails to admit is, the reason the US Legacy service has been in a race to the bottom for the past 20 years is, guys like HIM don't want to pay for better service. He also fails to mention that the number one expense for any airline operating large jets is, FUEL. Look at what a gallon of Jet A costs today, vs. 20+ years ago, yet his ticket price is nearly identical to what it was 20 years ago.
Is there ANYTHING else in our economy that you can buy for the same price you paid 20 years ago?
He does mention, several times, that allowing foreign carriers to fly our domestic routes would lead to "...better service, at lower ticket prices."
So after 20 years of losing BILLIONS of dollars, and every major legacy going bankrupt, the legacies have -finally- figured out how to make money, he wants to let foreigners fly the US Domestic market, so he can keep paying $200 for a ticket to the west coast.
He wants it all, he wants it now, but he doesn't want to PAY for it.
I think we should allow foreigners (in China and India) to write for USA Today! We could get a better newspaper, for less, not that I've ever paid for a USA Today in the first place!
The sense of entitlement in our society never ceases to amaze me.
I'm glad our industry is finally starting to get away with the price-the-competition-into-bankruptcy mentality that has hurt this industry so much over the past 10 years.
01-06-2014, 05:58 PM
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01-06-2014, 06:02 PM
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01-06-2014, 06:25 PM
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That and the "Over-dog" thing, where the over-dogs slack off and the underdogs work harder during the Christmas break. You saw how many underdogs won the bowl games this year. Ask Nick.
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