Ferd149

Hey Denny............going to be in NRT this month?

forgot to bid

Looks like fun.


NMB: Delta Flight Attendants, you will continue to vote until you get your vote right. Thank you.

Let me guess, the vote will be 2 to 1 and the former head of the AFA who is now on the NMB will write the opinion that because Delta allowed FA's to wear red dresses, and red dresses equals communism, then Delta was saying if you vote for the AFA you are a communist, or something. And oh yes, DALPA pilots are scabs, especially the former NWA FA's that went a long with the merger and didn't strike, or something.

Okay, that's tongue in cheek and hearsay so nobody flame me because I don't want to hear anyone say "pilot to copilot, we're going down in flames!"



But wouldn't this end up in court though or can you not sue to the NMB?

Denny Crane

Ferd,

Check your PM's. A long winded reply that, at some point answers your question!!

Denny

johnso29

It's not THE worst, but it's pretty bad.

Nosmo King

Will be testing this with iCrew shortly...

Mozilla has released a new beta of Firefox 4 for Mobile. The new version resolves several long-standing problems with the Android port, finally making it viable for day-to-day use. The new version also brings a minor theming refresh that improves the application's look and feel.

In previous versions of Firefox for Android, the installed application used over 40MB of storage space and couldn't be permanently moved to the SD card in its entirety due to the manner in which Android loads native libraries. Mozilla has done a lot of work to address this issue, including making a custom dynamic linker that can load the native libraries directly from the compressed APK file. In the new beta, Firefox for Android requires only 17MB of storage capacity and can optionally run entirely from an SD card.

The browser's performance has also improved considerably. Page scrolling is consistently responsive, even while pages are loading—an area where it used to struggle in previous versions. The user interface is also smoother, with virtually no lag when navigating between the various settings panels. Features like the AwesomeBar work exceptionally well and no longer suffer from any sluggishness. Due to Mozilla's aggressive JavaScript optimization efforts, the browser's JavaScript performance is now fully competitive with that of Google's native Android browser. Firefox even comes out ahead in some benchmarks.

The user interface on Android has been refined and slimmed down a little bit. It still doesn't adopt the platform's native look and feel, but it doesn't look out of place. The theming choices that Mozilla has made in the new design are good and will likely be a good fit with the broad spectrum of custom Android styles that are used by various handset makers. The whole user experience feels a bit less cluttered.

Carl Spackler

Just keep remembering this when you hear some guys here trying to lower everyone's expectations for significant improvements...2 years from now!

Carl

Scoop

I am also thinking about bidding reserve in December since I have training, vacation, and already put in for 3 days of MIL.

Here is my question - Is there any thing in the contract that requires a certain number or percentage of reserve Pilots to have a certain day off? In other words, can they schedule every single reserve pilot to be on call on Christmas and even deny the senior most reserve Pilot his request of "Prefer off 25 December?"

I guess you could remedy this with a "Else start next" and bid for a line, but I remember someone saying that not one LAX 73N FO had off on July 4th after the initial bid awards - can anyone verify this?

Also - How far up the food chain do yo have to be to be safe from unstacking?


Thanks Scoop

forgot to bid

Interesting, if not already reported, Comair has shrunk to a size so small that starting in 2011 it is no longer required to report its statistics for on-time flights to the government. Which is good, Comair comes in last of 18 carriers with a 72% arrival performance.

Pinnacle will stop voluntarily reporting it's on-time statistics.

RockyBoy

Scoop,

I'm not sure what the formula is, but ALPA requires that a certain number of reserves will get holidays off. That was one hangup with moving reserve bidding to PBS is that it would not award any holidays off for reserves unless it was forced to do so. With line bidding you could see exactly how many lines had the holiday off and bid to be one of those people or go to a line. You can do the same thing with PBS, you just don't know how many lines will end up with the holiday off, but a certain number must have the holidays off.

From what I've seen since we've moved to reserve bidding in PBS, the same number of people on reserve end up with holidays off as they did with the old system, you just can't see how many that will be. You just use an "else start next" line to make sure if you don't get it off on a reserve line that you go back to asking for a line.

A little tip for those bidding reserve to get holidays off.....bid to start a string of at least 5 days starting on the holiday. Ex. bid to work Dec 24-28. That way you will be able to move the 24th and 25th from the front of the block to somewhere else if coverage allows. If you don't do that, PBS will award you with reserve on 24-26 which will require you to move the entire block not just two days.

forgot to bid

Passengers on some Delta Air Lines international flights might be able to buy a bit more legroom without paying business-class fares if the carrier launches a premium coach section to compete with some rivals.

Delta has reportedly posted information on an internal website about plans to launch premium economy class next year on planes that fly long international routes.

"We are always evaluating product offerings and look forward to improving the customer experience, but we have made no announcements at this time," said Delta spokesman Kent Landers.

The concept of offering a few rows of premium coach seating -- with more legroom, early boarding or other perks -- has kicked around the industry for years. One carrier currently offering it is United Airlines, which just surpassed Delta as the world's largest carrier after its merger with Continental Airlines.

United has a section called Economy Plus, for domestic as well as overseas flights, that offers about five inches more legroom than regular economy class seats. United allows its elite frequent fliers to sit in the section at regular coach fares, while other passengers can pay anywhere from $9 to $159 to upgrade, depending on the flight.

United also sells packages, such as its premiere package, which starts at $47 and includes an Economy Plus upgrade along with two checked bags, use of a premiere check-in area and security line where available and early boarding. .

If Delta adds a premium economy section, ""It's a smart move, it really is," said Henry Harteveldt, a travel analyst with Forrester Research. It "allows Delta to narrow the competitive gap."

Through its acquisition of Continental, United now has a massive hub in Newark that competes with Delta's Kennedy International hub for lucrative international passengers.

Premium economy seats would enable Delta to bring in more revenue and make customers more loyal, Harteveldt said. A number of international carriers also offer premium economy sections on long-haul flights, including Delta joint venture partners Air France and KLM.

"As Delta looks at the competitive landscape, they see United coming in," Harteveldt said. "They need to take this move as a way to defend their position," and as an offensive move to steal market share from other carriers such as American, he said.