johnso29

A few weeks ago we landed in ATL 20 minutes PRIOR to arrival time. We blocked in 16 minutes AFTER arrival time. Both gates they assigned us were occupied, even though upon assignment of the 2nd gate we were informed it was open. All of this after 2100 with no WX that day. It happens everywhere. I tend to have better experiences in DTW then anywhere else, but everywhere is hit & miss for me.

RockyBoy

Some nice things they have are LC is always done from home if you live in the U.S. If you have a period where you could not make it if an assignment comes available, you call scheduling and tell them. They won't call you for an assignment during that period and will move to the next person in line.

You are at the bottom of the list for conversion to SC if you are starting a block of reserve days and if they do need to assign someone SC who is starting a block of days they would give you a noon SC.

The bad stuff was you could get unlimited SC assignments and they would convert the whole list if an IROP was expected and if the coverage dropped below a certain threshold.

They would also offer what were called RSA days. A reserve or lineholder on days off could volunteer to sit SC and would get paid an additional 4:15. If they didn't use you, you got the pay and stayed home. If they used you, you got 4:15 or whatever credit you flew. Those days were offered when coverage dropped below a threshold % or IROP's were expected. It was a great way for local guys to make more money while supplementing SC reserves. The 4:15 for reserves went above guarantee.

Reserve guarantee 75 hours.
150% pay above 78 hours.
12 year CA pay $159 Delta $162
10 year FO Pay $104 Delta $108

johnso29

Typical TSA.......re-active instead of pro-active.

Shoe Bomber = shoes off through security.

Liquid bomb dry run = no liquids greater then 3.4 ounces

Underwear bomber = body scanners

Bombs shipped on UPS/FedEx = no printers/cartiridges weighing 16+ ounces.

Soon their lack of pro-action will cost lives. What a waste.

johnso29

I like a lot of that stuff. Especially the SC stuff(not the IROP) like bottom of the list for SC conversion coming off an X day & no earlier then noon if converted to SC. The LC is nice too for guys on reserve who can't hold weekends off & are dealing with a reduced flight schedule on the weekends making it tougher to sit LC at home. Often on the weekends I have to sit LC in base due to no FedEx/UPS service or flights to my domicile after 1530. Kind of defeats the advantage of LC.

NwaBusDriver

Can anyone tell me if HNL-LAX is considered an ocean crossing for DH?

80ktsClamp

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acl65pilot

167. “Ocean crossing” means a flight segment:
a. across the Atlantic Ocean, or
b. across the Pacific Ocean, as follows:
1) between the North American continent and the Hawaiian Islands,
2) between the Hawaiian Islands and any point west of the 160 degree meridian,
3) between the North American continent and a point west of the 160 degree
meridian,
4) between a Pacific Rim airport and Australia and/or New Zealand,
or,
c. to or from an airport in South America, as follows:
1) between the United States and any point further south of the equator than 3
degrees, 30 minutes south latitude on the South American continent, and
2) any flight segment scheduled for greater than eight hours to, within or from the
South American continentor,
d. to or from an airport in Europe that crosses latitude 36°N. and/or longitude 45°E.,
or,
e. to or from an airport in Africa, as follows:
1) between the United States and any point on the African continent, and
2) any flight segment scheduled for greater than eight hours to, within or from the
African continent,
or,
f. to or from an airport in Asia on a flight segment scheduled for greater than eight
hours to, within or from the Asian continent,
or,
g. across the Arctic Ocean, between the North American continent and the Asian
continent

NwaBusDriver

Thanks ACL

sinca3

I agree!! ATL makes DTW and MSP look like S^&t!! I've taken numerous delay's in and out of those two hubs waiting on...insert any and all services, especially those that are considered standard. ATL is a pleasure to fly into after that debacle.

sinca3

While I don't doubt you had to wait or were late in ATL, it wasn't b/c of station personnel. The power that be need to get a handle on the poor planning of dep and arr into the "busiest airport in the world!!"