ShyGuy

It's not your workrules, they are fine, it's the management. I remember reading the Spirit MEC email in regards to the end of KCM, and how management want concessions to keep KCM going. That is pathetic and downright wrong. Another NK friend of mine told me that about 20 hrs after the contract was signed and in place, the company willfully violated a part that required a grievance to be filed.

High day off counts because people choose to bid that way. You don't have to. You tell PBS what credit threshold you want. 70-97 hrs. Bid 97, and you will get a high block line with lower days off than a guy who bids 75 hrs. Personally, I like to bid 70-75 hrs so I can get 18 days off, and then choose on my own terms which trips to pick up on days that I want. I can usually pick up and do a 92-95 hr line with 16 days off, that's my goal. As for month-to-month transition conficts, as a lineholder, PBS sees your trips and it becomes pre-assigned activities for next month's bidding. There is no conflict. Reserves get screwed though, especially if you have a 5 day stretch at the end of the month, and get a 5 day stretch at the beginning of nex month. You're on for 10 days, and probably get 24 hrs off in between for legality. That's BS and it needs to change. Vacation bid conflicts? How so? We bid vacation and in PBS it becomes pre-assigned activity. PBS sees it, and will not assign trips on vacation time. I will admit there isn't a whole lot of room for soft time at VX, and that too needs to be changed.
Tons of RJ captains have applied and continue to apply. Most of the RJ FOs at VX are a new thing, after the minimums changed from 5000TT/1000TPIC to 4000TT. Starting end of 2011, RJ FOs started to come over. But the majority of applicants to VX are still pilots with lots of turbine PIC time. And on a side note, do you really think RJ pilots are secure in their jobs over the next few years? The 50 seater market is dying, and Delta is parking hundreds of them as a requirement of their new pilot contract. United's new deal (apparently) requires 200 of the 50 seaters to be parked. With the new ATP rule, constant race to the bottom, I don't think a regional airline is a place to hang your hat. Worse case, VX gives you a PIC A320 type rating, and Airbus time.

I like the ever changing reasons why VX exists. First, it was "to drive UAL and DAL out of the Pacific. Now, it's "to provide US domestic feed for VA." Tomorrow, it will be something else. Your posts on the topic of VX are all troll, eg, non-union.

full of luv

Maybe with Skyteam members other than Delta, but the chances of getting a domestic code share with VA into the DALPA contract are pretty slim, well unless there is another 12% raise offered......

colombo

Please don't feed the trolls. Emotional posts are just that. Pay and QOL info is public. Moby, stop flaming under a proud Colorado flag, please.

Jay5150

Shy....

C'mon....mannn.

I get that you are propping up your new carrier. But you gotta call a spade a spade. You can quote me ownership percentages until the cows come home, if you don't think that Sir Dick has been doing a healthy amount of "propping up" his USA experiment by whatever means necessary, then I got a lot of oceanfront property to sell ya.

Now he has sold 49% of his flagship airline to an airline that competes directly with the aforementioned US experiment.

I can't think of a better example of "writing on the wall" in modern airline history.

You HAVE to see that,......no?

tell me where I'm wrong.

ShyGuy

What do you mean by "propping up" his USA experiment? He owns a certain percent, and US investors own the majority share. He sold 49% of his VA share to Delta, because Singapore wanted to ditch it, and Delta needed it for the LHR market before AA (already strong with AA/BA) merges with US Airways.

With your "writing on the wall" comment, are you implying that Branson and investors spend $800 million on VX since its inception, just to get Delta to buy a 49% share of VA for $348/million, and now to kill VX as a result? How does that make any financial sense?

atooraya

You're pretty sharp there, calling him "Sir Dick", because now us dumb folk think he's a Dick, because it's a pun to his name of Richard. You're a quick one there!


Also, what 49% of his stake did he sell to who? Last I checked Singapore sold their 49% stake of Virgin Atlantic to Delta. That was not Richard Branson's share, and he publicly said he'd never sell his share.

But please, continue calling him "Dick", because it just shows how ignorant you aren't

RJtrashPilot

I didn't realize that APC had so many board members from the Virgin Group on here that know exactly what Branson and the Virgin Group and the rest of the investors are going to do. That's fantastic.

MusicPilot

Eastern's formula? Apparently, you need to read about Eastern and its demise before you start throwing out innuendos.

I'm glad you know why VX was created. You do realize that Branson wants a 1 world 1 airline where you stay on 1 brand no matter where you go. But I see you're Branson's right hand so you know what his and the other investors future plans are.

I also guess you know VX's financials too. You should be on Wall Street with all your knowledge and insights.

Jay5150

I know the 49% was Singapore's. I feel sure that Branson could've influenced who it was sold to, if not bought it himself.

No, I don't think that he and others spent all that money just to kill it. It's just the way it has worked out and doesn't make sense anymore.

But you guys are probably right, good luck.

Scoop

Virgin America is a brand new airline dedicated to"making flying good" again.



Maybe this guy?



Emil Faber: "Knowledge is good"


Scoop