Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
04-22-2009, 04:28 PM
#6591
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Yes, yes and yes. You are still employed full time you basically have told the company for less hours on guarantee, you are off the property that month. They win since they are not paying a bunch of guys 70 hours of guarantee on reserve to do nothing and they are not furloughing for short periods of time. You win if you want a month vacation. The caveat is you can't pick up any open time. You are waiving your right to do any flying for that month. Otherwise, see the world. As a result, it typically goes very senior. At least with the ATL757/767 domestic. I think the junior guys who got them last winter were '97 hires. Most were FOs hired in the '91-'92 time frame.
Now that's a good deal IMO. I could 1-2 months off & still be making way more then most of my 1st year at NWA! I would think they would go senior, but I will most likely try for that if offered on the Delta North side.
04-22-2009, 04:31 PM
#6592
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. She made me because she wanted me to send it to my brother and show him what he was missing by not going to the rodeo this year! lmao
04-22-2009, 04:38 PM
#6593
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on that note, my wife and i went to the Houston rodeo and Alan jackson concert last month and she MADE me take a picture of this ungodly gorgeous girl that was running around in a sun dress and boots, drool . She made me because she wanted me to send it to my brother and show him what he was missing by not going to the rodeo this year! lmao
. She made me because she wanted me to send it to my brother and show him what he was missing by not going to the rodeo this year! lmaoI like the Rodeo. Now the Ft Worth one happens in winter, but the ones in the outlying counties happen and summer, and they do have some awesome scenery.
As my wife say, "Look but never think about ordering from that menu."
04-22-2009, 04:39 PM
#6594
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I would venture to guess that the PERPS if offered will be good enough to take, but not enough to make everyone jealous. I am sure as the day is long they know exactly how much needs to be offered to make this a good enough deal to take. Now they may bs their way though it with a low ball offer. If that happens my opinion is they want the bodies for next summer.
04-22-2009, 04:45 PM
#6595
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Like you said, just because you're on a diet, doesnt mean you cant peak at the dessert menu!
04-22-2009, 07:09 PM
#6596
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Whoever was in charge of giving some of the 4200 hours taken away from us up in JFK last month back, thank you ! A lot of us got of a useless reserve and I got a line again this month that I am very grateful for. Lets hope it last through October..... (holding my fingers crossed...)
04-22-2009, 08:04 PM
#6597
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We did a few years ago...can't remember when
But it was offered by category; I believe 5o hours sit at home, and if they called you and you accepted a trip you got reserve gauarantee for the whole month 75 hours
04-22-2009, 08:18 PM
#6598
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As for over staffing this is how it plays out for the WE, not North and South.
We are fat by about 150 or so for the summer, 800 overstaffed for the winter and about 150 short for next summer. Because of the temporary nature of the over staffing this winter, they will offer SIL's to reduce the static costs of the 800 pilots, but they are not looking at ANY furloughs.
We are fat by about 150 or so for the summer, 800 overstaffed for the winter and about 150 short for next summer. Because of the temporary nature of the over staffing this winter, they will offer SIL's to reduce the static costs of the 800 pilots, but they are not looking at ANY furloughs.
04-22-2009, 09:02 PM
#6600
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I honestly hope you don't have to move here though, and there are minimal displacements. I spent my first 12 years here listening to the legitimate complaints of the red/green show and have no interest in going through that again with the North/South show. So, for both "sides," the less pain the better, because then there is less to complain about.
I look forward to flying with you guys and am so thankful that I don't work for US Airways. It's a mess over there.
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