Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
02-17-2010, 07:26 PM
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A buddy of mine's dad was a DAL guy and he took the early retirement.
He was on the 777, doing just a couple of trips a month. After he retired, he told me he liked it so much he'd go back and do the job for free. In the end, it was the fear of losing the pension that made him take the early out.
There a definately those types out there. Maybe if we started chapters of OFAPA, we could get them to see that there is life after the airlines, and 12 short steps could get them to recovery.
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02-17-2010, 07:39 PM
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It's not that you want only one day off (because that is allowed) but it sounds like you are trying to create a new "Day off block" in the March bid period. You could move a whole block of days from another part of your schedule (say you have Mar 5-6 off) - you can move Mar 5-6 to Mar 2-3. That would work (depending on your max days on for your aircraft).
Or, if you had a single day off elsewhere in Mar (which would be a day off block) you could move that to Mar 2.
But, trying to move 1 day from a group to Mar 2 would make a new block of days off, which isn't allowed.
The scheduling ALPA committee puts out "Moving X Days" which describes all that goes on.
Or, if you had a single day off elsewhere in Mar (which would be a day off block) you could move that to Mar 2.
But, trying to move 1 day from a group to Mar 2 would make a new block of days off, which isn't allowed.
The scheduling ALPA committee puts out "Moving X Days" which describes all that goes on.
02-17-2010, 08:10 PM
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Just a little more perspective on early retirement. I took the PIRP package and said goodbye back in September. Before I left, I talked with as many retirees from Delta as I could. A lot of them had left just before BK and were on the young side to retire.
Without exception, every pilot I spoke with said that he didn't miss the flying one bit (and these were guys that loved the job). As a matter of fact, most said that they had wished they had left sooner. Their health, demeanor and general mental outlook was all much better a few months after they hung it up. It is amazing how much this job takes it out of you. I guess you get used to feeling tired and beat up all the time.
The first few months, you seem to check your portfolio a bit more than normal, but soon you loosen up a bit when it becomes apparent that you will be okay on the money side of things.
As for me, I couldn't be happier sitting on the sidelines. When a line of storms rolls through NYC, its nice to not have to worry about it at all. Let it rain.
My advice to anyone on the fence is to go as soon as you have the money. You won't look back, I promise.
Flying for Delta was a lot of fun and the guys there were all great. Life after flying the line is a lot more fun though.
Without exception, every pilot I spoke with said that he didn't miss the flying one bit (and these were guys that loved the job). As a matter of fact, most said that they had wished they had left sooner. Their health, demeanor and general mental outlook was all much better a few months after they hung it up. It is amazing how much this job takes it out of you. I guess you get used to feeling tired and beat up all the time.
The first few months, you seem to check your portfolio a bit more than normal, but soon you loosen up a bit when it becomes apparent that you will be okay on the money side of things.
As for me, I couldn't be happier sitting on the sidelines. When a line of storms rolls through NYC, its nice to not have to worry about it at all. Let it rain.
My advice to anyone on the fence is to go as soon as you have the money. You won't look back, I promise.
Flying for Delta was a lot of fun and the guys there were all great. Life after flying the line is a lot more fun though.
Thanks for sharing! I know a guy that lives near me that took the early out also and he said with the way things stood had he stayed he'd basically be breaking even and there wasnt any chance he'd work for free so he bailed. He seems to be enjoying himself alot now! Again congrats on retirement
02-18-2010, 04:10 AM
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Bitten me more than a few times.
02-18-2010, 04:12 AM
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Thanks for sharing! I know a guy that lives near me that took the early out also and he said with the way things stood had he stayed he'd basically be breaking even and there wasnt any chance he'd work for free so he bailed. He seems to be enjoying himself alot now! Again congrats on retirement
1) Out of bed before noon
2) Shower before dark.
3) Read the paper sometime during the day before it is used in the fire.
It is amazing how some love the slower pace and others cannot deal with it.
02-18-2010, 05:06 AM
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It's not that you want only one day off (because that is allowed) but it sounds like you are trying to create a new "Day off block" in the March bid period. You could move a whole block of days from another part of your schedule (say you have Mar 5-6 off) - you can move Mar 5-6 to Mar 2-3. That would work (depending on your max days on for your aircraft).
Or, if you had a single day off elsewhere in Mar (which would be a day off block) you could move that to Mar 2.
But, trying to move 1 day from a group to Mar 2 would make a new block of days off, which isn't allowed.
The scheduling ALPA committee puts out "Moving X Days" which describes all that goes on.
Or, if you had a single day off elsewhere in Mar (which would be a day off block) you could move that to Mar 2.
But, trying to move 1 day from a group to Mar 2 would make a new block of days off, which isn't allowed.
The scheduling ALPA committee puts out "Moving X Days" which describes all that goes on.
Here is my suggestion: think in steps. I think the program is poorly designed, and as a result it often prevents you from making a perfectly legal schedule. But if you list four or five choices that get you close, then you can move things around for the next PCS run. I had great luck with the system, but only when I thought in steps. It's pretty easy. All you have to do is live on the computer, trying for four or five hours to force choices into the computer that it could recognize, then bite your nails through the PCS run. You'd get your fourth choice, and a single day would move. And you'd plot your strategy again.
Rinse, lather, repeat.
By the 29th of the preceding month, I usually had my perfect schedule. I had, of course, become a sunlight-averse, vitamin defficient wreck. My skin was pale, my gums bled, and I trembled violently as I tried in vain to drag my myself up the stairs for a shower and a meal. But, hey, I lost 75 pounds that way once! True, there was a little marital tension, but my sixth wife finally installed a computer in the basement, near the furnace, and she would kindly send the pool-boy to uncuff me and give me leftovers once in a while.
Oh, I miss reserve so!
02-18-2010, 05:11 AM
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02-18-2010, 05:49 AM
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02-18-2010, 06:05 AM
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For the record, taking mil leave over a holiday is not abuse. If Uncle Sugar needs you, he needs you. The calendar day is irrelevant.
02-18-2010, 06:16 AM
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