DAL Poolie Info
10-27-2015, 06:29 PM
#5331
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2005
Position: 7ER B...whatever that means.
Posts: 3,982
I personally had a horrible experience with Abbots package deal. Nothing fit right...but they have a tailor on site, so it's all good. Not! They measured me, pinned jacket pants and shirts, tailored them and shipped it all to my house. Groovy I thought.
It all drowned me. When I went back to training, I took them all in for a second fitting and re-alteration. Still didn't fit right.
Had to get a local seamstress to alter the pants a third time.
My advice...Go to crew outfitters for the package deal. Get extra shirts online and extra black pants from Kohl's, JC Penny's, Macy, wherever. I'm still wearing my black patent leather uniform shoes I was issued in ROTC 25+ years ago. Work great and broken in. With about 1/4 inch of polish on them, I won't ever put polish on them again...just buff em out! Though, I will probably end up with Ropers eventually.
It all drowned me. When I went back to training, I took them all in for a second fitting and re-alteration. Still didn't fit right.
Had to get a local seamstress to alter the pants a third time.
My advice...Go to crew outfitters for the package deal. Get extra shirts online and extra black pants from Kohl's, JC Penny's, Macy, wherever. I'm still wearing my black patent leather uniform shoes I was issued in ROTC 25+ years ago. Work great and broken in. With about 1/4 inch of polish on them, I won't ever put polish on them again...just buff em out! Though, I will probably end up with Ropers eventually.
Unless you are starting from scratch, the packages are probably more than what you need or need to spend.
10-28-2015, 04:08 AM
#5334
Line Holder
Joined APC: May 2015
Posts: 72
10-28-2015, 09:34 AM
#5336
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Posts: 558
No. I am referring to the pilots who realized they could get trained on the 717 in the summer of 2013 and then not fly at all for a few months because there were no airplanes on property. The DAL seat lock is normally 2 years, the new hire seat lock is 1 year. You can get out of a seat lock if a new category opens: an existing type goes to a new domicile or a new type arrives on property; or, if you are upgrading to a 1st time captain. As a side note, had the most recent TA been voted through new hires would have had a 2 year seat lock (with a few escape clauses). If I were a betting man I'd gamble that whenever TA-X is passed, it will have the same provision and pilots already on property probably won't spend any negotiating capital to make it go away.
10-28-2015, 11:46 AM
#5337
Summer Reserve
Joined APC: Apr 2013
Position: 73N FO
Posts: 82
I am scheduled to complete Indoc a week before Thanksgiving. In the scenario I was schedule to Sim right after our 7 min days off would this happen on a holiday weekend? Big picture are people historically doing Sims during the holidays?
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10-28-2015, 11:48 AM
#5338
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: 7ERB
Posts: 2,039
Crewoutfitters, great service. Crap (my experience) uniform. Literally, fell apart after a couple months. Jacket, pants. $$
I have been wearing Shark-Skin M&H. Jacket and Pants are still alive and looking well after 5 years. I forget her name (I think Arlene) but she used to work at crewoutfitters. She is now the manager of M&H near Spondivits and really goes out of her way to help a Delta guy.$$-$$$
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10-28-2015, 02:05 PM
#5339
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: The Right One
Posts: 588
I am scheduled to complete Indoc a week before Thanksgiving. In the scenario I was schedule to Sim right after our 7 min days off would this happen on a holiday weekend? Big picture are people historically doing Sims during the holidays?
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Highly likely that it will happen, depending upon the student load for your fleet
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10-28-2015, 04:37 PM
#5340
new hire
Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: 73nb
Posts: 37
I am scheduled to complete Indoc a week before Thanksgiving. In the scenario I was schedule to Sim right after our 7 min days off would this happen on a holiday weekend? Big picture are people historically doing Sims during the holidays?
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