Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
04-08-2010, 09:15 AM
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04-08-2010, 09:17 AM
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04-08-2010, 09:19 AM
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I wore a blue pin stripped suit, burgundy belt and shoes, and a tie that was blue, grey, and dark purple. I stood out like a pilot strolling through the mall on a layover. I guess I didn't read the part of the gouge that stated you must wear an FBI uniform to the interview, but still made it for some crazy reason.
04-08-2010, 09:21 AM
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Did you wear one like that for your first day of class as well?
04-08-2010, 09:22 AM
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When I was at my AMR interview, we all looked like clones except for 2 guys. One guy was wearing cowboy boots and neither had red ties. When we were all in a big room waiting for what was next, an important looking guy stuck his head in the room and said sort of laughingly, "No red ties, you two won't be getting hired," chuckled and walked out. We all thought that was strange. Neither one was hired. True story.
Similar episode for my DAL interview. 30+ clones and one US Army fixed-wing guy in a slate blue, three-piece suit and brown Earth shoes.
04-08-2010, 09:28 AM
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This was NOT a Delta flight, but given that this stuff just keeps happening at the "vendors" you'd think it would be relevant to our outsourcing discussions.
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...022/439435.pdf
IMHO, airlines should stop assuming "Safety is a given"
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...022/439435.pdf
IMHO, airlines should stop assuming "Safety is a given"
04-08-2010, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by TANSTAAFL
And what point do you stop aiding the company for cutting corners elsewhere to rely on your professionalism? I'm all for doing the best job I can, not making up for the deliberate failure to perform of others.
By our very nature that is what we do and how we are wired.
I do not know at what point you stop, I guess it depends on the environment.
ACL,
You are right - we are wired that way but we have to fight it. I ruined a shirt trying to correct a totally jacked up air conditioning hose. I know better and should have just started the APU - I am now through with that. If the company hires personnel and does not train them properly or they don't care because they make $9/hour and plan on quitting at the next major holiday that is not my problem.
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Originally Posted by TANSTAAFL
And what point do you stop aiding the company for cutting corners elsewhere to rely on your professionalism? I'm all for doing the best job I can, not making up for the deliberate failure to perform of others.
By our very nature that is what we do and how we are wired.
I do not know at what point you stop, I guess it depends on the environment.
ACL,
You are right - we are wired that way but we have to fight it. I ruined a shirt trying to correct a totally jacked up air conditioning hose. I know better and should have just started the APU - I am now through with that. If the company hires personnel and does not train them properly or they don't care because they make $9/hour and plan on quitting at the next major holiday that is not my problem.
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04-08-2010, 09:45 AM
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04-08-2010, 09:51 AM
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My cousin is a UPS van driver. He was part time for 10 years before a full time position opened up. During that 10 years there were no bennies at all. 60 hrs a week and part time. Once he got his full time gig, he got free health care, free uniforms, tons of time off ect.
He makes about North of 100K a year depending on the overtime at Christmas. Pretty darn good for a guy that barley graduated high school. (And yes, he laughs at what we make)
He makes about North of 100K a year depending on the overtime at Christmas. Pretty darn good for a guy that barley graduated high school. (And yes, he laughs at what we make)
04-08-2010, 10:15 AM
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Does it have something to do with a clock spring? Hmm, no that would be "tension." Pension, hmmmm, nope, still not coming to me. 
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