Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
04-15-2015, 09:04 AM
Runs with scissors
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If they do another buyout, I want to see concrete timelines for those who take it to leave the airline. In the past, and currently, there are pilots who took buyouts, then remained on the line earning a salary, because we were 'short staffed'. How did that help me again?
Net movement for you up the pay scale = zero.
BUT...it will keep those guys from displacing down on top of you, if they retire, vs. stay.
04-15-2015, 09:09 AM
Gets Weekends Off
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Well, that's my point. They offer the buyout, and guys on other equipment take it, and get asked to 'stick around' because they are LCA's or they are just short of captains in that category. OR the 747's 'stick around' longer than planned. How many times did that happen with the DC9? It does affect everyone because they didn't staff for that position with a non-buyout pilot, at least until they guy leaves. I'm just saying, if there's a buyout, then there needs to be a 'drop dead' date after which you're out the door. There are people who took the last buyout who are still here, flying trips.
04-15-2015, 09:11 AM
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I just backdoored my B, and she liked it!
04-15-2015, 09:13 AM
Runs with scissors
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Well, that's my point. They offer the buyout, and guys on other equipment take it, and get asked to 'stick around' because they are LCA's or they are just short of captains in that category. OR the 747's 'stick around' longer than planned. How many times did that happen with the DC9? It does affect everyone because they didn't staff for that position with a non-buyout pilot, at least until they guy leaves. I'm just saying, if there's a buyout, then there needs to be a 'drop dead' date after which you're out the door. There are people who took the last buyout who are still here, flying trips.
04-15-2015, 09:40 AM
meh
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Backdoor B's are out.
WS question for end of month: my NOTIONAL BACKDOOR sched has a trip in early May. If I put in a WS for a carryout trip in Apr right now, it WILL conflict with the May trip--which is good; I can select "yes even if it conflicts with next month", and I should get the Apr trip and it should auto DROP the May trip right?
Question-- since scheds haven't been loaded into DBMS as "firm", is there a risk they will re-run May after I do this and I'll just get assigned a different trip? Or are these backdoor scheds essentially done, and this move will result in me dumping first trip in May?
Thx
WS question for end of month: my NOTIONAL BACKDOOR sched has a trip in early May. If I put in a WS for a carryout trip in Apr right now, it WILL conflict with the May trip--which is good; I can select "yes even if it conflicts with next month", and I should get the Apr trip and it should auto DROP the May trip right?
Question-- since scheds haven't been loaded into DBMS as "firm", is there a risk they will re-run May after I do this and I'll just get assigned a different trip? Or are these backdoor scheds essentially done, and this move will result in me dumping first trip in May?
Thx
04-15-2015, 09:51 AM
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04-15-2015, 10:15 AM
Gets Weekends Off
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Backdoor B's are out.
WS question for end of month: my NOTIONAL BACKDOOR sched has a trip in early May. If I put in a WS for a carryout trip in Apr right now, it WILL conflict with the May trip--which is good; I can select "yes even if it conflicts with next month", and I should get the Apr trip and it should auto DROP the May trip right?
Question-- since scheds haven't been loaded into DBMS as "firm", is there a risk they will re-run May after I do this and I'll just get assigned a different trip? Or are these backdoor scheds essentially done, and this move will result in me dumping first trip in May?
Thx
WS question for end of month: my NOTIONAL BACKDOOR sched has a trip in early May. If I put in a WS for a carryout trip in Apr right now, it WILL conflict with the May trip--which is good; I can select "yes even if it conflicts with next month", and I should get the Apr trip and it should auto DROP the May trip right?
Question-- since scheds haven't been loaded into DBMS as "firm", is there a risk they will re-run May after I do this and I'll just get assigned a different trip? Or are these backdoor scheds essentially done, and this move will result in me dumping first trip in May?
Thx
04-15-2015, 11:17 AM
looking for underboob
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04-15-2015, 11:18 AM
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04-15-2015, 11:19 AM
Straight QOL, homie
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Man, another step backwards in hotels. The Chicago downtown layover went from a Hilton to Holiday Inn with a far inferior location. ugh.
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