Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
11-30-2010, 03:35 PM
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I love stories like this.
Phone: Ring ring
Me: Hullo?
CS: Hello Mr. Nuguy, we're showing you on the involuntary call out list today (the IC list was made up of the bottom %10 of the blockholders in each category, no fewer than 5, but no more than 10, that were actually subject to junior manning, everyone else could answer their phone safely and tell CS to buzz off).
Me: Uh, OK.
CS: We have a trip for you.
Me: Uh, OK
CS: Its a 4 day trip and leaves in a hour. How soon can you get to the airport?
Me: MSP? Errr, it might be a bit.
CS: Ummm, I just called you at home, right? (home is 1,200nm away from MSP)
Me: Yup
CS: And you're home right now?
Me: ????
CS: {heavy sigh} well, never mind. Have a nice day.
Me: ><
Me: Returns to the Barc-a-lounger.
Nu
Phone: Ring ring
Me: Hullo?
CS: Hello Mr. Nuguy, we're showing you on the involuntary call out list today (the IC list was made up of the bottom %10 of the blockholders in each category, no fewer than 5, but no more than 10, that were actually subject to junior manning, everyone else could answer their phone safely and tell CS to buzz off).
Me: Uh, OK.
CS: We have a trip for you.
Me: Uh, OK
CS: Its a 4 day trip and leaves in a hour. How soon can you get to the airport?
Me: MSP? Errr, it might be a bit.
CS: Ummm, I just called you at home, right? (home is 1,200nm away from MSP)
Me: Yup
CS: And you're home right now?
Me: ????
CS: {heavy sigh} well, never mind. Have a nice day.
Me: ><
Me: Returns to the Barc-a-lounger.
Nu
Crew Scheduling: I have a 3 day for you. It's a XXXX report.
Me: Ummmmm......that's in 6.5 hours. A long call guy gets 12.
Crew Scheduling: Well, you're not on long call. You're time available away from base.
Me: Ummmmmm.........well it's going to be 12 hours minimum.
Crew Scheduling: Sigh. Ok, nevermind.
11-30-2010, 04:15 PM
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Joined APC: Jan 2010
Position: DTW744B
Posts: 61
That reminds me of the time I was time available due to a PBS error (pre-merger NW).
Scheduling: I've got a trip for you. It leaves DTW in an hour and a half. You deadhead to IND to pick up a plane and fly it back to DTW.
Me: You know I'm time available at home don't you? (Alabama)
Scheduling: You can catch a flight from ATL to IND.
Me: Does NW have a scheduled direct flight to IND from ATL?
Scheduling: No, but you can get an offline jumpseat.
Me: It'll be a minimum of 2 hours to ATL where I'll catch a NW flight to DTW then to IND that will take another 4-6 hrs depending on whether there's a flight available in ATL.
Scheduling: Ummmmmmmmmm.......nevermind. I'll get a reserve in DTW.
Scheduling: I've got a trip for you. It leaves DTW in an hour and a half. You deadhead to IND to pick up a plane and fly it back to DTW.
Me: You know I'm time available at home don't you? (Alabama)
Scheduling: You can catch a flight from ATL to IND.
Me: Does NW have a scheduled direct flight to IND from ATL?
Scheduling: No, but you can get an offline jumpseat.
Me: It'll be a minimum of 2 hours to ATL where I'll catch a NW flight to DTW then to IND that will take another 4-6 hrs depending on whether there's a flight available in ATL.
Scheduling: Ummmmmmmmmm.......nevermind. I'll get a reserve in DTW.
11-30-2010, 04:18 PM
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Posts: 3,907
Reminds of being Blockholder without a Block.
Crew Scheduling: I have a 3 day for you. It's a XXXX report.
Me: Ummmmm......that's in 6.5 hours. A long call guy gets 12.
Crew Scheduling: Well, you're not on long call. You're time available away from base.
Me: Ummmmmm.........well it's going to be 12 hours minimum.
Crew Scheduling: Sigh. Ok, nevermind.
Crew Scheduling: I have a 3 day for you. It's a XXXX report.
Me: Ummmmm......that's in 6.5 hours. A long call guy gets 12.
Crew Scheduling: Well, you're not on long call. You're time available away from base.
Me: Ummmmmm.........well it's going to be 12 hours minimum.
Crew Scheduling: Sigh. Ok, nevermind.
I wish we had it back. Heck, 68 hours to sit reserve at home? Phew, where do I sign up?
Just be sure to take something away from Pineapple Guy to give it to us.
Nu
11-30-2010, 05:08 PM
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Position: Space Shuttle PIC
Posts: 2,007
How about more rumors? What is everyone hearing out there?
I had an MD88 Linecheck guy tell me that there COULD be 750-850 newhires next year, and every MD88 and MD90 will be modernized in the cockpit to look like 717 style cockpits.
Anyone got anything else?
I had an MD88 Linecheck guy tell me that there COULD be 750-850 newhires next year, and every MD88 and MD90 will be modernized in the cockpit to look like 717 style cockpits.
Anyone got anything else?
11-30-2010, 05:17 PM
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Position: B757/767
Posts: 13,088
Crew scheds pullled some wacky stuff when I was on 5 months of TAAB, but they always came through with the positive space when they really needed me without so much as a peep from them.
I wish we had it back. Heck, 68 hours to sit reserve at home? Phew, where do I sign up?
Just be sure to take something away from Pineapple Guy to give it to us.
Nu
I wish we had it back. Heck, 68 hours to sit reserve at home? Phew, where do I sign up?
Just be sure to take something away from Pineapple Guy to give it to us.
Nu
Nu,
I LOVED TAAB! 68 hours to sit a home and fly maybe 1 Four day or 3 day a month. I miss it a lot.
11-30-2010, 05:56 PM
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Posts: 1,057
11-30-2010, 06:25 PM
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Joined APC: Nov 2005
Position: Driving to work & Looking Left @ the Surf!!
Posts: 727
Anyone using a Droid X with Verizon out there? The old Treo 650 isn't cutting in nowadays and I'm thinking of upgrading after 6 years. Wondering how it works with I-crew and Delta Net. Also got tons of I-tunes stuff and heard it's kind of a pain to get them all working on a Droid.
Anyone else have any Android issues w/ iCrew??
Baja.
11-30-2010, 06:30 PM
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
Posts: 17,473
6 months on the FLUF now and I've finally figured out where the bags are usually hidden. We had NW bags on the plane the other day... man do I miss those things. Two jepp revisions and it still had plenty of room to spare...
11-30-2010, 07:44 PM
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11-30-2010, 09:54 PM
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
Posts: 17,473
This is what over controlling a 757 and getting into PIO's look like:
If you find yourself completely out of phase with your control inputs to aircraft movement, you might be doing something wrong... and might end up as the second most viewed picture on airliners.net!
If you find yourself completely out of phase with your control inputs to aircraft movement, you might be doing something wrong... and might end up as the second most viewed picture on airliners.net!
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