Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
08-27-2014, 09:32 AM
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I think I will as well (been here since summer 07). However, from 2010 to now we were really overstaffed and nobody really worked much on reserve. Summer 2011 I flew 3 2-day trips the ENTIRE summer! Now that we are not overstaffed most of us will fly more than we ever have on reserve, but so far I have not seen the ALV+15 come into play as far as my personal schedule goes. I watch some of the junior guys on reserve though and I'm sure the bottom few guys come up on ALV most months. The new system does not favor the junior guys at all.
08-27-2014, 09:34 AM
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Sitting across the table for C2015 negotiations:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-...144000612.html
Interesting. It's going to take a very open-minded person that looks at the value of our contribution to the enterprise's success, and delivers a commensurate contract that is fair to the company and the pilots.
If you look at the InFlight approach to management style, unions, contracts, and pilots, it seems like quite a transition to make. In our case, she's going to need to be smart and pragmatic, to deliver something that works. Anything else, and it's going to galvanize the group. My fear is egos getting in the way, and a narrow-minded, FA-centric approach, which would set everything back.
Let's see how smart she is at navigating this.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-...144000612.html
Interesting. It's going to take a very open-minded person that looks at the value of our contribution to the enterprise's success, and delivers a commensurate contract that is fair to the company and the pilots.
If you look at the InFlight approach to management style, unions, contracts, and pilots, it seems like quite a transition to make. In our case, she's going to need to be smart and pragmatic, to deliver something that works. Anything else, and it's going to galvanize the group. My fear is egos getting in the way, and a narrow-minded, FA-centric approach, which would set everything back.
Let's see how smart she is at navigating this.
08-27-2014, 09:35 AM
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Cleaning out the basement for a renovation and came across a bunch of flight manuals. I have Natops T34B, C9B, and C1A (going to keep the T28, A4 & A7 books) along with every Delta manual I ever had (727, 737-300G, 737-800, MD11, 777, 767, 757).
Going to toss them all. If any Delta pilot wants some/all, PM me... catch is you have to come to Newnan to get them.
Going to toss them all. If any Delta pilot wants some/all, PM me... catch is you have to come to Newnan to get them.
08-27-2014, 09:36 AM
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We also used to do tag ons to all nighters from the west coast. Always fun to fly all night from SFO to ATL and then sit for two hours and fly to TPA. Amazingly enough we had guys ***** when ALPA was able to stop that practice because now the trips paid less!
08-27-2014, 09:37 AM
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08-27-2014, 09:39 AM
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Cleaning out the basement for a renovation and came across a bunch of flight manuals. I have Natops T34B, C9B, and C1A (going to keep the T28, A4 & A7 books) along with every Delta manual I ever had (727, 737-300G, 737-800, MD11, 777, 767, 757).
Going to toss them all. If any Delta pilot wants some/all, PM me... catch is you have to come to Newnan to get them.
Going to toss them all. If any Delta pilot wants some/all, PM me... catch is you have to come to Newnan to get them.
08-27-2014, 09:42 AM
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08-27-2014, 09:46 AM
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Just to put some reality into the hours worked here are some numbers. The average Delta pilot flew in the 40 to 42 hour a month range from 200o to 2005. Post chapter 11 that jumped to 52 hours or almost 20 percent more. That number has slowly dropped as we incrementally gained improvements. In 2013 the number was 41.9 hours up slightly from 2012.
08-27-2014, 09:48 AM
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I have seen that percentage and that is bad enough. It's been said on here that Delta is in the business of selling passenger seat miles, and I still wonder what percent of the seat miles for sale are flown by mainline Delta pilots.
08-27-2014, 09:52 AM
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Just to put some reality into the hours worked here are some numbers. The average Delta pilot flew in the 40 to 42 hour a month range from 200o to 2005. Post chapter 11 that jumped to 52 hours or almost 20 percent more. That number has slowly dropped as we incrementally gained improvements. In 2013 the number was 41.9 hours up slightly from 2012.
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