Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
03-18-2014, 11:28 AM
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
Posts: 12,037
03-18-2014, 11:53 AM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: Capt
Posts: 2,049
03-18-2014, 12:15 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2009
Posts: 5,113
Really? The vast majority of 737 A's in ATL and NYC were fine, when I was on it. The % of certifiable tools in ATL was a low number, maybe around 8-10%, but the % of tool-adjacent Captains was maybe another 8-10%. These were the guys forcing themselves to act like human beings, but you could tell it was a hell of a personal struggle. One angry passenger, one picture of a cat, one clap of thunder, and it was like watching the hulk get angry, except tools usually don't go white to green, more like yellow, to pink, to red.
By comparison, those % were maybe 5% and 3%, respectively, in NYC.
I'm speaking from memory. I'd have to consult my notes for more precise numbers. As a very junior ATL 73N F/O on reserve, I was flying with the same 20% a lot. My own personal hell, it was.
By comparison, those % were maybe 5% and 3%, respectively, in NYC.
I'm speaking from memory. I'd have to consult my notes for more precise numbers. As a very junior ATL 73N F/O on reserve, I was flying with the same 20% a lot. My own personal hell, it was.
03-18-2014, 12:17 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2009
Posts: 5,113
03-18-2014, 12:48 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: Capt
Posts: 2,049
I wish, he was griping about fnwa guys and the merger, then edited it. JUst giving him $j&t. Something about the fNWA guys on the 73A in ATL. Seeing as, at a minimum, they are on year 19, I think they are entitled to complain a bit about stuff, as are most hired after 1990.
03-18-2014, 12:57 PM
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
Posts: 12,037
I wish, he was griping about fnwa guys and the merger, then edited it. JUst giving him $j&t. Something about the fNWA guys on the 73A in ATL. Seeing as, at a minimum, they are on year 19, I think they are entitled to complain a bit about stuff, as are most hired after 1990.
Is that a slam, or just an observation? They moved up, the other side moved down. That was the intent of the award and capacity reductions forced the matter.
I pulled the post because I really like a couple of the new Captains and it is not TO TD material. They just haven't realized what the other side's perspective was. In my group the merger was a 5 year set back. Then again Delta might have gone bankrupt without the merger, who knows? I don't.
Last edited by Bucking Bar; 03-18-2014 at 01:12 PM.
03-18-2014, 02:25 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: Capt
Posts: 2,049
Just an observation that the new Captains complain about getting screwed in the merger, while they bid up to 73A.
Is that a slam, or just an observation? They moved up, the other side moved down. That was the intent of the award and capacity reductions forced the matter.
I pulled the post because I really like a couple of the new Captains and it is not TO TD material. They just haven't realized what the other side's perspective was. In my group the merger was a 5 year set back. Then again Delta might have gone bankrupt without the merger, who knows? I don't.
Is that a slam, or just an observation? They moved up, the other side moved down. That was the intent of the award and capacity reductions forced the matter.
I pulled the post because I really like a couple of the new Captains and it is not TO TD material. They just haven't realized what the other side's perspective was. In my group the merger was a 5 year set back. Then again Delta might have gone bankrupt without the merger, who knows? I don't.
03-18-2014, 03:07 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: "Prof" button manipulator
Posts: 1,685
Any Windows 8 experts able to help with a question? My MacBook finally 'let go of the rope'. In order to continue uninterrupted with my military PME, I purchased a Dell (Windows 8) laptop to get me through until the next Apple announcement.
Anyway, when I select the "email app" tile, it brings me to my gmail/yahoo accounts, but hasn't allowed my contacts to be synced to the tile (accessed) page. When I access my email via the desktop internet explorer icon, I have full functionality of each email, but again, would like to access the same functionality via the tile/app, on the windows 8 screen.
Thanks for any advice,
GJ
Anyway, when I select the "email app" tile, it brings me to my gmail/yahoo accounts, but hasn't allowed my contacts to be synced to the tile (accessed) page. When I access my email via the desktop internet explorer icon, I have full functionality of each email, but again, would like to access the same functionality via the tile/app, on the windows 8 screen.
Thanks for any advice,
GJ
03-18-2014, 04:01 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: ATL717A
Posts: 890
Really? The vast majority of 737 A's in ATL and NYC were fine, when I was on it. The % of certifiable tools in ATL was a low number, maybe around 8-10%, but the % of tool-adjacent Captains was maybe another 8-10%. These were the guys forcing themselves to act like human beings, but you could tell it was a hell of a personal struggle. One angry passenger, one picture of a cat, one clap of thunder, and it was like watching the hulk get angry, except tools usually don't go white to green, more like yellow, to pink, to red.
By comparison, those % were maybe 5% and 3%, respectively, in NYC.
I'm speaking from memory. I'd have to consult my notes for more precise numbers. As a very junior ATL 73N F/O on reserve, I was flying with the same 20% a lot. My own personal hell, it was.
By comparison, those % were maybe 5% and 3%, respectively, in NYC.
I'm speaking from memory. I'd have to consult my notes for more precise numbers. As a very junior ATL 73N F/O on reserve, I was flying with the same 20% a lot. My own personal hell, it was.
Think I have some anger issues when I think about that jackass?!
03-18-2014, 04:11 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2009
Position: C560XL/XLS/XLS+
Posts: 1,278
Yep. There were 4 or 5 guys on that plane that everyone avoided (avoids) like the plague. Made for a miserable trip, and probably why I am where I am today. I told one LCA wannabe the rest of the legs were his after day 1. This was after he poked his lip out because I wouldn't play his "here's how I want the air conditioning system run" speech/handout, and I told him I'd run the packs the way Delta trained me to, and like I'd been doing it for the last 9 effing years.
Think I have some anger issues when I think about that jackass?!
Think I have some anger issues when I think about that jackass?!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
