Find an example -- just one -- of a union pilot group that voted to do away with collective bargaining in favor of a more "direct relationship" with management.
Looks like Instructordude just got himself banned over on APC as we type. Maybe if this place would have gotten it's act together a few years ago it wouldn't be the ghost town it is now.
SWA has international flights like McDonalds has haute cuisine. The Caribbean and Mexico don't really cut it.
Not really a "dichotomy" as the markets are completely different.
No pilots are required to remain on at Delta. FA's with pax, yes (obviously.)
The last time I recall that requirement I was flying a DoJet -- which had no automatic APU fire protection.
We (DAL) have "general vicinity," which means you can't be in another city on short-call. The unwritten call-out time is 2 hours.
NYC and LAX are special cases, one only has to be within "2 hours" of one of those airports.
Correct. The widebody orders will be smaller and more frequent going forward.
As far as buying Boeing goes, they are a big backer of the EXIM bank, and have no qualms selling 100's of widebody jets to subsidized foreign competitors with tax-payer-funded loans.
At this point it's just business.
Anyone on 2nd year pay and beyond would reach their 401c limits under those circumstances, in which case the funds would be paid directly into regular pay.
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