tsquare

It ain't a Delta airplane until it's sitting on the ramp with a widget on the tail. It ain't a Delta job until there is a bid saying so. You and I aren't gonna live long enough to see 330A, my friend. And Ill betcha the 74 guys won't leave until they turn 65....

At least reserve is better than is used to be.

tsquare

I'm not willing to pay for it. Are you?

casual observer

If RA wants relief, he needs to compensate everyone. Not just 747 captains with a pension.

True dat.

Clowns on Fire

I'm urging everyone I fly with to order Captain Happy name tags.

tsquare

Really Drank? It's pretty obvious who you are. Welcome back anyway... I guess.

Clowns on Fire

honey, I'm home! Did you miss me?

No sense hiding. Smart guys (and you) were bound to figure it out.

casual observer

Who's Purple Drank? : )

gloopy

Good points over all. But its critical to acknowledge in that particular instance the incredible arrogance of the ASA/CMR leaderships. While they feigned innocence about "the integrity of the process" that very thing was their thinly veiled cover to "go for it" with a blatant seniority grab. Once green lighted, a staple would have been the floor, so why not take a chance at more? That is one reason why it was so vehemently (and justifiably) opposed.

There can never, ever, be any step toward "unity" with regional airlines that give even a theoretical chance at arbitration or anything greater than a staple. Ironically, under almost every scenario, even a pre-agreed upon staple gives them that chance because once you're in you're in and can then sue for more.

The solution needs to be 100% from the mainline side to recapture at the bottom end at this point. Even PCL wend behind our backs and negotiated directly with DL management for DAL scope and hiring preferences up to and including top secret "vault letters" and that can not be rewarded or treated as leverage. We need to reduce large RJ's at regionals bring that lift here unilaterally at this point. We have already given a lot to DCI that has no leverage and is imploding as it is. I'm in favor of hiring an equivalent number of pilots to the large RJ's we re-insource, but we're basically doing that anyway.

newKnow

I'm already planning for my displacement to the -800.

There are worse things than flying back and forth to islands in the Caribbean.

80ktsClamp

So reading between the lines on the update, the 333IGWs are the 744 replacement. No mention of sailing's ever talked about delivery delay on them.