orvil

You will also need additional planning documents to do the job properly. The will is just the start. You will need a power of attorney and an advanced directive. Not only do you need documents to take care of things after you untimely demise, you need the appropriate documents to take care of things if you become ill or incapacitated.

Delta only pays for the will, which is great, but it shouldn't cost much to complete the remainder of the documents. If you are married, your wife needs them, too. If you have minor children, a trust will be needed.

If you are doing this for you parents, consult with NAELA.org, the National Association of Eldercare Attorneys. I used them to find an attorney for my parents out of state. I looked like a hero to my family when my mother passed and my incapacitated father needed care. It was worth every penny and more to have made the effort to find a specialist.

For myself, I did not take advantage of Delta's service. Rather, I used Hurley Elder Care Law in Atlanta. In and out in a jiffy. Everything was done to my satisfaction. I did have to pay for the will, but I got all of the other stuff done, too.

LeineLodge

It seems like it's gotten worse in the last 12 months. They used to put the GS on your line, and immediately update the PB/Bank days. Lately it seems like they are so busy/behind that it gets scribbled on a post-it to be taken care of later. Unfortunately, if the don't ever "catch up" it tends to fall off the desk.

This is yet another thing that could/should be fixed pretty simply by IT - less work for the schedulers, and less auditing for us.

FIIGMO

Any fellow APC'ers in CA & WA in need of estate planning attorney PM me. My wife has a friends and family discount avail and I may be able to convince her that this is really a cool group of pilots

Details are important, recent unfortunate events with a client who decided a few days too late to take action had an entire estate turned over to the state of California because of no power of attorney for an elderly parent with Alzheimer's. Delta deal is good but finer points need professional attention. My kids are not happy with the conditions of their inheritance but we know what's best.....right?

FIIG

Purple Drank

Thanks guys!

Humboldt

"This is a public service announcement (with guitars)."

If you happen to be a senior FO at LAX, just imagine for a moment, all the extra $$$$ you can put in your backpack if you bid CAPT in DTW or ATL now!

There are 5 direct flights each day, including a red-eye to DTW and 10 flights to ATL, including 2 red-eyes.

All this and more, could be yours, the price IS right.

And while we are at it, senior CAPT's in L.A., just imagine yourself behind the wheel of a large airplane. The 747 and 777 are calling your name.

Just think about it, you'll be thanking me later.

gloopy

That's an interesting concept, but I wouldn't say its completely "without penalty" to the company, as they have to break up more trips and use a lot of DH credit…in many cases burning multipile reserves for the same "day" of a trip, as well as using given reserves for more days than the footprint they are covering due to front or back end DH only positioning, to simply "cover out of base". What you say still has merit, but I'd expect that to be "backed out" of any actual attempt to do what you are saying.

sinca3

Welp....once again I get burned on a reroute!! This place is unfrigin believable. I get screwed out of a long overnight in city I bid to hangout with both my sister their families and meet my new (2 weeks old) niece, but am now string elsewhere bc some FO ran into a 60-168 issue. So I get his trip and he gets mine.
Once again our RR and scheduling section need to be addressed ASAP.

FL370

I love this PSA - would even mow laws, wash cars, or hang Christmas lights if it would make the switch easier for those considering such an option

poostain

Seems like they should have covered it with a reserve not a reroute. Agree it sounds b.s.

tsquare

1) Bank them.
2) Use them as additional vacation when the ALV is low.
3) Bid reserve in that month.
4) Get paid more, work less.

You're welcome.