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02-28-2014, 06:21 AM

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Cogf16

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Originally Posted by tsquare

Not from what I heard with my own ears. I was questioned as to how the captain could answer "complete" because he personally did not do the walkaround. That is the kind of rigidity that is not needed. It is ridiculous and parochial.

Reminds me of a Kinks lyric, "Paranoia the Destroyer"

The FAA, F/A's, rampers, mechanics, other pilots, CP guys and Mother Delta et al aren't trying to get you.

02-28-2014, 06:32 AM

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PilotFrog

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This Delta's way of opposing the pre clearance facility? Just don't clear customs, ha!

Delta Passengers Disembark International Flight at JFK, Skip Passport Control | Frequent Business Traveler

02-28-2014, 06:33 AM

#150273

RockyBoy

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Originally Posted by EdGrimley

Hey guys, if working less hours was the objective (got some family issues requiring more time at home) what airplane would be easiest to give away time to reduce schedule to say 50 hours or less a month in the Salt Lake Base? A320, 737 or 7ER?

Ed,

I'm a little junior to you and on the 320 in SLC. On the 320 with your seniority you will get 5-day trips and they are next to impossible to dump or get rid of on the swap board. My lines consist of mostly 5-days or 30 hour layover 3 days. I attempt to do the same thing you are trying and have better luck bidding reserve then personal dropping reserve days than I do dumping the trips I get.

02-28-2014, 06:36 AM

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shiznit

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Originally Posted by PilotFrog

This Delta's way of opposing the pre clearance facility? Just don't clear customs, ha!

Delta Passengers Disembark International Flight at JFK, Skip Passport Control | Frequent Business Traveler

The forthcoming fine will probably take a healthy bite out of the 14Q1 profit!

CBP doesn't take anything lightly... Ouch.

Still funny as hell, IMHO. A little ironic that LHR doesn't have Pre-Clearance and Abu Dhabi does....

02-28-2014, 06:38 AM

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Reroute

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

So again, Delta decides to go all A350 on us and not take the 788s, are they not allowed to make such a change in say 2018 because they made an SEC filing in 2012 saying they had 787 commitments?

Or should I just actually read what Delta says in the 8-K you posted...

Of course they can change their business plan. As a publicly traded corporation they would announce such a change. Have you seen such an announcement? The only one I've seen is the announced addition of 10 A330s and 30 A321 to the growth projection from the 2012 plan. So far the aircraft are arriving as planned, the mainline fleet is growing as planned, as we reclaim flying from DCI as a result of our improved scope language, we are hiring, we have AE after AE with no surpluses, just advancement opportunities which hundreds of pilots are taking advantage of, including hundreds of new captain positions.

02-28-2014, 06:44 AM

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DogWhisperer

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02-28-2014, 06:46 AM

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HVYinRESERVE

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Originally Posted by shiznit

So the Company deliberately awarded pilots positions on the previous AE that won't even go to training until after summer, and now the current AE is going to award even more 7ER slots that wouldn't train until late fall?

They are going to waste usable line pilots that they really NEED on the narrowbody fleet now just to fill seats that they will empty before they even get online to generate revenue?

So are you saying the same Company that delayed hiring just to squeeze an extra million out of 2103 Q1 profit is going to waste hundreds of thousands (maybe a million?) just to displace?

That math doesn't work.

The AE that was just awarded was mostly reinstatements for the ER. They are using us for the summer in our former positions and then sending us back to whatever we got trained in from our displacement from last summer, so it won't cost the company much at all.

I wish it weren't true but it is. I was optimistic when I asked the question to SD/network because someday I would like to quit commuting, but got an answer that none of us want, but it is also what they said in the Crew Resources newsletter a couple months ago. They are doing "just in time" training right now (their words), where they have just enough people to do the ER schedule for the summer, but will then need those people back in the 73N/320, etc for the fall/winter schedule.

02-28-2014, 06:54 AM

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forgot to bid

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Originally Posted by Reroute

Of course they can change their business plan.

02-28-2014, 06:55 AM

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forgot to bid

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Originally Posted by DogWhisperer

Where is the "operated by..." sticker?

02-28-2014, 06:58 AM

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Razorback one

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A350

Since we are talking about the A350. And my "I stepped through the attic into the hallway repair project" has come to a standstill, interesting article from Businessweek.

How Airbus Is Debugging the A350 - Businessweek