Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-10-2015, 02:16 PM
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With the ruble drop a Delta pilot might actually be able to afford Night Flight again in SVO!
01-10-2015, 03:44 PM
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People get used to flying with nothing but experienced FO's for years and years and years. Especially when they themselves are high time in seat. We're hypnotically trained to call the airport or (any) traffic in sight ASAP. Immediately. Now. Do it. Do it now. Even at night in terrain. Call the visual! Do the break maneuver! What are you waiting for?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Its intimidating to be a new hire in that environment, particularly a low time (in general) one flying with an ultra high time in seat CA that never calls for checklists and and knows how to (and expects) flight idle from descent to 500' on every approach, etc.
No training program can produce pilots with 20 hours in type that are as proficient as pilots with 10,000 in type. Its not the biggest deal in the world. Its just one, of many, CRM threats that's all.
WRT this discussion, the moral of the story is we probably shouldn't be writing up most new hires or snaking them on their probie reports because they're not as awesome as the pilots some may be used to flying with for many, many years. And we should never snake someone behind their backs after shaking their hands after the trip like nothing happened.
Its intimidating to be a new hire in that environment, particularly a low time (in general) one flying with an ultra high time in seat CA that never calls for checklists and and knows how to (and expects) flight idle from descent to 500' on every approach, etc.
No training program can produce pilots with 20 hours in type that are as proficient as pilots with 10,000 in type. Its not the biggest deal in the world. Its just one, of many, CRM threats that's all.
WRT this discussion, the moral of the story is we probably shouldn't be writing up most new hires or snaking them on their probie reports because they're not as awesome as the pilots some may be used to flying with for many, many years. And we should never snake someone behind their backs after shaking their hands after the trip like nothing happened.
01-10-2015, 03:55 PM
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Don't know what the RECOG is but the profit sharing check received in October was the company's best guess at what 5% of your flight pay would be for the year. Mine is off too. When added to the October check, I expect the February check to total approximately 15-16% of my flight pay plus flight advance.
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01-10-2015, 04:24 PM
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Just finished 757 OE an hour ago. They gave me a week off after training and then the domestic three day. Depending on if you are a new hire or not, you will have a certain number of hours domestic. I have one day off and then 4 day TOE followed by three days off with a four day TOE after that...should give you the general idea....I know word came down from RA that he didn't want anyone just sitting around for weeks waiting to finish so be ready just in case. PM me with any questions and I'll tell you a few more tricks that may have worked in my favor....DW
01-10-2015, 04:40 PM
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Not sure I follow you here but, PS for the year is estimated to be 15-16%. So your check in Feb won't be 15-16%. It might be more than 10% because they just guessed on the 5%, but it won't be 15-16%. Just take your flight pay plus your flight advance and multiply that by 15-16% then subtract out what you already got. That for me comes out at 11% on the Feb check. That is a good guess until we see the final % they come up with for the payout.
He said "when added to the October check", he was expecting 15-16%.
01-10-2015, 05:20 PM
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Nuclear Power Turns To Salt - Forbes
Delta should start looking at investing in a nuclear synfuel plant. By selling electricity to the locals in the process, in 15-20 years DAL's fuel costs would be near zero.
Delta should start looking at investing in a nuclear synfuel plant. By selling electricity to the locals in the process, in 15-20 years DAL's fuel costs would be near zero.
01-10-2015, 06:29 PM
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Bidding Golden Days during CQ month...
I just watched the youtube video on CQ bidding. I get the hows/whys/whens of bidding certain patterns (famous las words), but...
What's the point with Training Golden Days? Unpaid days, right?
Any suggestions to protect the paycheck ref bidding CQ in the same month I have 11 days vacation, as in avoid it or not?
What's the point with Training Golden Days? Unpaid days, right?
Any suggestions to protect the paycheck ref bidding CQ in the same month I have 11 days vacation, as in avoid it or not?
01-10-2015, 06:52 PM
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Just finished 757 OE an hour ago. They gave me a week off after training and then the domestic three day. Depending on if you are a new hire or not, you will have a certain number of hours domestic. I have one day off and then 4 day TOE followed by three days off with a four day TOE after that...should give you the general idea....I know word came down from RA that he didn't want anyone just sitting around for weeks waiting to finish so be ready just in case. PM me with any questions and I'll tell you a few more tricks that may have worked in my favor....DW
Oh, and congratulations, welcome to the good life!
That twitch should go away in about a year or so...
01-10-2015, 07:06 PM
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Config by 1000 speed by 500. Some guys get good enough to nail it every single time. Great, more power to them. I personally like a bit more margin. But the point is the ultra proficient high time fast paced CA that's used to flying with high time fast paced proficient FO's and when they get a newbie for the first time in a decade they might "write them up" for being bad pilots. We need to have eachother's backs and help new hires whenever we can.
Obvious safety issues are one thing. But the TOTD that beagged about being as critical as possible on every new hire's report is not something we should emulate IMO.
01-10-2015, 07:14 PM
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Completely agree with the TOTD status of the guy being ultra critical of the new hires.
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