flyallnite

ALPA and DELTA are sending me emails to come to work, they need all hands on deck to recover from irops, etc...

After getting caught in the last snowstorm, and having to deal with reroute, no communications, no updated schedule, no hotel rooms available, no answers as to when I might actually get home, no crew transportation, NO EXTRA PAY ('beyond the company's control'), and basically no support from operations whatsoever, why in the world would I put myself in that mess voluntarily? Fix the system, PAY ME for my reroute, and I'll show up next time. Until then, I've got less important things to do...

PilotFrog

Anyone know where on the website we can get our W-2s?

TenYearsGone

Deltanet, Employee Info at top of welcome screen, scroll down and choose Self-Service, then log in and go to ESS, then tax info. Its the benefits side of the whole Extranet.

Good luck

TYG

rvr350

I was also told another reason DL loves ATL is that the cost of doing business with the ATL airport authority is about 10 fold lower than our competitors, i.e. AA at DFW among others.

NuGuy

The ALPA site is down as well. Good thing that's where all the phone numbers, contact stuff and whatnot are in case you need call someone during an IROP.


Nu

caddis

Found the link that had the previous ones on it but not 2010. Does anyone know when they will be available?

Flamer

What do you think would happen if next time they call you for something you put them on hold for 3 hours?

RockyBoy

You have until the 17th to enroll in the electronic delivery option so I would assume they won't be available until then. I think the last few years they have showed up a few days after we get the mid-month check. I'd bet sometime early next week they will be there.

gloopy

Agreed, and many are saying the upcoming one will be similar to the last one in that its nominal in numbers but mostly widebody positions. That drives a disproportionately larger amount of training events once the dust settles. I think pretty soon they will have to really start fat staffing the bigger planes, especially in the left seats. Retirement numbers coming up are huge in a few years, and its realistic that at least some statistically significant percentage will punch out earlier than the mandatory age for one reason or another.

sailingfun

I have posted in the past that I did not expect any new narrow body aircraft in the fleet prior to 2016 and more likely 2020. There is a interesting memo today that suggests some new aircraft as early as 2013. The timing is however interesting since it matches our new contract time frame. I expect to see the company once again try and play growth against getting a lower cost contract. This is straight out of their past contract playbooks. In some cases they followed up with the promised growth and in other cases especially regarding the 100 seat size aircraft they did not. Here is the memo.

January 13, 2011


Delta is beginning to plan for the future of its domestic mainline fleet and is accepting requests for proposals or RFPs to replace more than 200 narrowbody aircraft to provide long-term mainline domestic growth.

Late December, Delta sent a RFP to several major aircraft manufacturers for the eventual replacement of aircraft such as the Airbus A320, the DC9-50 and the Boeing 757-200, and to provide for long-term mainline domestic growth.

The proposal marks the next phase of Delta’s mainline fleet strategy, as older domestic mainline aircraft begin to approach retirement age, smaller regional jets and turboprop are phased out and the airline works to grow its domestic business.

During the past year, Delta has focused on combining the Delta and former Northwest fleets and investing in existing aircraft, with improvements including WiFi on all two-class domestic aircraft, interior upgrades and the installation of additional first class seats. Delta also has made some strategic aircraft acquisitions, including new and used aircraft, supplementing DC-9s and other aircraft that have retired from service.

Since 2007, Delta has invested in 60 mainline aircraft, including 10 Boeing 777-200LRs, 12 Boeing 737-700/800s, five used Boeing 757-200s and 33 used MD-90s.

At the same time, the airline has removed more than 70 50-seat regional jets and 25 Saab 340 turboprops from the fleet.

“Our strategy has worked well, with the improvements to our existing aircraft and the cost-efficient airplanes we’ve added to the domestic fleet,” said Nat Pieper, v.p.-Fleet Strategy and Transactions. “We’re now starting to plan for the long term, to ensure that we continue to maintain a flexible, cost-efficient fleet that meets our customers’ needs in the years to come, replace retiring airplanes and provide for domestic mainline growth.”

The RFP asks for proposals to deliver 100 to 200 firm aircraft, with an option for 200 more, starting in early 2013. It asks the manufacturers to consider large, medium and small narrowbody planes to be operated by Delta as mainline aircraft.

Nat said that Delta also continues to look for opportunities to purchase used aircraft.

He added that the request for proposals is a first step, and no decisions have been made regarding future aircraft purchases.

“We’ll evaluate all of our options,” he said.