Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
02-04-2016, 03:07 AM
Looking for a laugh
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02-04-2016, 03:09 AM
Looking for a laugh
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02-04-2016, 03:52 AM
Gets Weekends Off
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Yes and no. You can also thank you're pilot and flight attendant brothers and sisters for ********** it up. They had so many people going through with their badges while non-revving that it became a rampant problem. On a daily basis. It was our pilots and flight attendants that did it so many times the CPO offices just said enough.
02-04-2016, 04:59 AM
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This is one opinion out of a possible 13,000 or so, but it's a bad situation gone worse. RA was a good politician but was guided by the same Wall St mentality that governs EB. Neither guy is truly a friend of the pilot group but now the pilot -management relationship will be more overtly adversarial. If you search back through some of the other threads on APC regarding EB, he's made some cringe-worthy public comments regarding his disdain for the pilot group. If I were a DAL poolie right now, I'd be a bit nervous about that option. Take a look at our current fleet and future fleet plans compared to the other legacies, then look at our outsourcing of premium international flying. Couple those things with what is shaping up to be a very adversarial relationship with management and that should give you an idea where we seem to be headed. I hope I'm proven wrong, but do think very carefully about your options if you're in the pool.
02-04-2016, 05:07 AM
Gets Weekends Off
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The regs have changed since 1980. The 737 already has the sight picture of a Sherman tank. They could have put longer gear on it years ago, instead of mashing the engine cowls and putting a tailskid on the back. I just hope the FAA doesn't give them a pass on that.
02-04-2016, 05:14 AM
Runs with scissors
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I agree with you. I had a choice when I was hired and picked DAL, if I was in the same position but with today's circumstances and knowing what I know now, I'd pick UAL. All this really goes to show is how cyclic the industry is and it would take somebody one hell of a lot smarter than me to truly make an educated decision when they're hired about which airline they should choose.
02-04-2016, 05:22 AM
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That's the problem, the only thing constant is change. Things can look great for going to one airline today, but a CEO or two down the road can turn things to crap. All you can do is make the best decision for yourself with the best information available today, and hope tomorrow remains somewhat the same, but it rarely does.
02-04-2016, 05:26 AM
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The question is, how does our reserve system compare to others systems? While not perfect I would say our reserve system is pretty good in the aggregate. I am top third of the category but bid reserve on purpose occasionally. Sometimes it is great, sometimes I ask "what were you thinking?" But I wouldn't have even considered it if it weren't worth it. I'm not sure that I would even consider bidding reserve at other airlines...or earlier eras here at DAL.
02-04-2016, 05:58 AM
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If I had gone to American instead of Delta 30 years ago, I'd still have a retirement plan, a lot more 777's and both BOS and MIA to fly out of, rather than commuting to ATL for the past 19 years. But at that time, AA had the never ending B scale.
You just never know what's going to happen tomorrow.
02-04-2016, 06:52 AM
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Being senior as a line holder is a reasonably good deal! Junior? Not so much
Being senior while bidding vacation is a reasonably good deal! Junior? Not so much
Being senior while bidding on AE's is a reasonably good deal! Junior? Not so much
IMO our reserve system seems as balanced as possible, and I'm relatively junior in category.
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