Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
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I see your desire. I see the RJ (and RJDC) pilot's wishes. I just don't see Delta's impetus.
The economic forces to compel them obviously aren't there. It's still preferable to hire from a mixture of regional and military pilots on the market than to pursue corporate mergers with contract carriers. I don't see a "pilot shortage" changing that.
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No argument there. But in spite of recent changes, I just don't see the impetus for Delta to merge with any of these regional airlines.
I see your desire. I see the RJ (and RJDC) pilot's wishes. I just don't see Delta's impetus.
The economic forces to compel them obviously aren't there. It's still preferable to hire from a mixture of regional and military pilots on the market than to pursue corporate mergers with contract carriers. I don't see a "pilot shortage" changing that.
PMFJI
I see your desire. I see the RJ (and RJDC) pilot's wishes. I just don't see Delta's impetus.
The economic forces to compel them obviously aren't there. It's still preferable to hire from a mixture of regional and military pilots on the market than to pursue corporate mergers with contract carriers. I don't see a "pilot shortage" changing that.
PMFJI
So excuse me for saying this, but I think that maybe sometimes your generation forgets that although airline pilots are almost always union pilots, from many different unions even, the fact remains that the companies we fly for are not all about unity. They are in fierce competition with each other and would kill each other off at every legal opportunity. The history of airline failures and startup speaks for itself.
I think maybe the influence of guys like Dan Ford are behind some of this idea of "branding" where you think all ALPA pilots should be unified under a "brand". Or every pilot that flies a jet with a widget on it has to be unified under a "brand".
Kind of ignoring the predatory nature of our business that has always been a "tradition" which apparently my generation has an affinity for.
Yes, I admit it. I want to kill off all of Delta's competitors, or barring that, out compete every one of them. Including regional, contract, fee for service ones. Maybe especially them.
Quick question,
Has anyone done the SXM layover? Just looking for any info on whether it's spouse easy or not.
Thanks.
Has anyone done the SXM layover? Just looking for any info on whether it's spouse easy or not.
Thanks.
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BB I enjoy reading your posts particularly. I'm only here on this forum anyway to try and gain the perspective of other pilots. Even those, or maybe even especially those, of a different "generation" of pilots. Maybe we just look at economic forces differently.
So excuse me for saying this, but I think that maybe sometimes your generation forgets that although airline pilots are almost always union pilots, from many different unions even, the fact remains that the companies we fly for are not all about unity. They are in fierce competition with each other and would kill each other off at every legal opportunity. The history of airline failures and startup speaks for itself.
I think maybe the influence of guys like Dan Ford are behind some of this idea of "branding" where you think all ALPA pilots should be unified under a "brand". Or every pilot that flies a jet with a widget on it has to be unified under a "brand".
Kind of ignoring the predatory nature of our business that has always been a "tradition" which apparently my generation has an affinity for.
Yes, I admit it. I want to kill off all of Delta's competitors, or barring that, out compete every one of them. Including regional, contract, fee for service ones. Maybe especially them.
So excuse me for saying this, but I think that maybe sometimes your generation forgets that although airline pilots are almost always union pilots, from many different unions even, the fact remains that the companies we fly for are not all about unity. They are in fierce competition with each other and would kill each other off at every legal opportunity. The history of airline failures and startup speaks for itself.
I think maybe the influence of guys like Dan Ford are behind some of this idea of "branding" where you think all ALPA pilots should be unified under a "brand". Or every pilot that flies a jet with a widget on it has to be unified under a "brand".
Kind of ignoring the predatory nature of our business that has always been a "tradition" which apparently my generation has an affinity for.
Yes, I admit it. I want to kill off all of Delta's competitors, or barring that, out compete every one of them. Including regional, contract, fee for service ones. Maybe especially them.
Yesterday, I found out Endeavor is sitting on hundreds of qualified resumes of people they refuse to hire. I suspect that the pilot shortage isn't real, and that management is using the parking of the 50 seaters to staff the mainline size RJ's. When service gets cut to small cities, and the government gives management a blank check to solve the issue, what will it cost you?
Anybody have any idea why the company refuses to let us use an Ipad Air for Airwatch Secure Content? I just got off the phone with the Airwatch help desk - they tell me that Delta removed my Secure Content from my Ipad Air and will only authorize its' use on Ipad 2 or 3.
All my pubs are gone - unless I want to go buy a new Ipad 2. Is anyone else as upset as I am about this move?
All my pubs are gone - unless I want to go buy a new Ipad 2. Is anyone else as upset as I am about this move?
Iam annoyed that they took off the manuals too - why not leave the manuals and either get approval for the Air or just say it's not allowed for use airborne. Taking the manuals off kinda put a crimp in my studying for sim this week.
Southwest has a neat system, my friend told me about it last night - the company has a minimum requirement (32 gb ipad air with cellular) that costs $729 plus tax. Southwest reimburses you that amount, but you are free to get any larger sized ipad, you just pay the extra. Then, since they figure the battery last 3 years, in 3 years they give you money for the latest edition and you get to keep the one you had.
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It was an interesting mistake because those who lobbied for it seemed not to care that the application of their proposed rule would not have prevented either Comair 5191 or Colgan 3407.
Your average armchair shrink can listen to the CVR and come to the conclusion that what was a factor in both accidents was, outsourcing.
The Comair CVR was a discussion of job loss and displacements punctuated by a few checklists. The Colgan CVR was all about maintenance staffing problems, the FO's plans to get a job at Alaska because her pay did not allow her housing situation to keep up with the airline's movement. The Captain was also dreaming the whole flight about his future career ... not the task at hand.
Your average armchair shrink can listen to the CVR and come to the conclusion that what was a factor in both accidents was, outsourcing.
The Comair CVR was a discussion of job loss and displacements punctuated by a few checklists. The Colgan CVR was all about maintenance staffing problems, the FO's plans to get a job at Alaska because her pay did not allow her housing situation to keep up with the airline's movement. The Captain was also dreaming the whole flight about his future career ... not the task at hand.
so if a regional pilot uses the wrong runway, or pulls when he should have pushed, or bring the flaps up during the push, outsourcing caused it? What is the cause when a mainline pilot uses the wrong runway(taxiway), or forgets to set the flaps for takeoff because his mind was somewhere else? Not making this a regional vs mainline match but I am trying to connect your logic. What is the cause of overflying an airport while discussing bidding and schedules if a regional guy does that vs mainline? Silly me, I thought human factors could affect all pilots. It doesn't matter if it is a regional guy distracted by talking about updating his resume, or a mainline CA talking about what cabin cruiser he is going to buy....the outcome and causes for the outcome are the same, not blamed on outsourcing.
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