Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
05-01-2011, 04:40 PM
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When you say making out, just in case I've missed something on like the DPA thread or something, do you mean, making out?
Because if you're making out with ALPA, well, that just reminds me of something a Alba... Gawga Dog fan might know a thing or two about...
Go Dogs, sick em', arf arf arf.... OH @#%*! Is that Nick Fairley? RUN!
Yeap. Tar and feather me. Or do an images.google.com search for "making out", there's stuff there that will make up for this fish thing.
05-01-2011, 04:48 PM
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Only an Auburn guy would have access to photos of bestiality. Did you take those after the Sigma Nu party your freshman year?
05-01-2011, 05:13 PM
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We can keep those fights where they belong, in hijacked SWA/AAI threads.
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05-01-2011, 05:47 PM
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Speaking of Alabama and Tuscaloosa, here's pics of the tornado's track from Friday. I circled the stadium to show the proximity to the campus which makes you think about what would've happened if a place with a population density like that of a campus dorm or classroom had been hit directly by a mile wide tornado how much worse this 300+ killer storm day could've been.
Same without the box...
Same without the box...
05-01-2011, 05:55 PM
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I distinctly remember starting to write Alabama and stopping to scribble out the University of Gawga because we don't need to bring this fight into the halls of Any Latest and Greatest About Delta?
We can keep those fights where they belong, in hijacked SWA/AAI threads.
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We can keep those fights where they belong, in hijacked SWA/AAI threads.
Sincerely,
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05-01-2011, 06:09 PM
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ACL, you know I love you, but here's the deal: perception is reality. If our union leaders are staying in nicer places and eating/drinking at amounts tantamount to much more then we are as line pilots, that's a foul. As a former COO of a large multi-million dollar corporation (during my furlough days), I understand full well the requirements of holding conferences and meetings and the associated costs.
But here's the rub, we are paying them to represent us. No right-thinking airline pilot would spend $175 a day to fly the line. Here's what I propose: I support ALPA but based on what I know so far with their expenditures, this is not good. I don't begrudge a guy having a few drinks and staying in a nice hotel. But, their constituents are staying in lesser hotels and living on $30 a day. That's my issue. It's the perception. Might not be the reality, but its the perception. And based on what I read on the financials, it stinks.
But here's the rub, we are paying them to represent us. No right-thinking airline pilot would spend $175 a day to fly the line. Here's what I propose: I support ALPA but based on what I know so far with their expenditures, this is not good. I don't begrudge a guy having a few drinks and staying in a nice hotel. But, their constituents are staying in lesser hotels and living on $30 a day. That's my issue. It's the perception. Might not be the reality, but its the perception. And based on what I read on the financials, it stinks.
Perception does become reality when it is not refuted, and we both agree that preception on many fronts seems to be the reality that the line pilot sees. I agree ALPA (National and DALPA) need to better explain the "why's" of many items that currently bother their constituents. FPL, and Expenditures, Mainline v Regional at National, and taking a stand on this profession are at the top of the list.
Wrt to the MEC Meetings, I have the same perception on many of the issues until a few things were shown and explained to me. The cost is still high, and I understand the rub guys have. Can we do better? I do not know, but it is worth looking in to if the pilots deem it necessary. I do not want to wastefully spend money just like the next guy, but I am also I the mindset that both for the union and the corporation we work for, sometimes you need to sped money to make money. That goes for labor as well as infrastructure costs.
05-01-2011, 06:15 PM
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On the drink issue: If you have pilots start buying their own they they will expense them and the cost goes up. The current way is cheaper. As someone previously said, it is paid out of the each attendees allowance. (Perception v reality)
05-01-2011, 06:17 PM
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I don't most line holders fill up almost every month, and or GS a trip to bring total credit will above ALV +15. Heck as a reservist, I have been hitting ALV +15 almost every month for the last year. Most of this on 15 days of work.
05-01-2011, 06:20 PM
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You aren't thinking like a reserve guy. Say for example that 10% of a category puts their trips out on the swap board and all of them are picked up by out of base guys. This trend continues for a period of time... Now, those guys that dropped their trips aren't gonna just sit home and not fly for 30 hours a month are they? they are gonna pick up trips from open time that are more suited to their desires... So what happens when DAL re calculated the number of reserves required? Hey.. we got all these reserves sitting around doing nothing.. we don't need any additional manning. That and the fact that greenslips are gonna dry up because when trips don't get dropped into open time because some other guy is flying them.. they won't go out as a GS... This is a concession guys... Sorry, but it is. It doesn't force the company to fix the abortion we call the reserve system, and we bail out the manning again. Copme to council 66 LEC meeting next week.. If I can make it, it's gonna be a barn burner.
05-01-2011, 06:23 PM
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The implication for an atl a330-200 base would be very long block times
such as africa and deep sa routes. Don't think you can open up a base that just flies- 200s
as all pilots fly both models. Methinks the flying for the 330 out of atl is starting to look unattractive except for 2 or 3 destinations.
such as africa and deep sa routes. Don't think you can open up a base that just flies- 200s
as all pilots fly both models. Methinks the flying for the 330 out of atl is starting to look unattractive except for 2 or 3 destinations.
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