Delta AE is out

[ExAF]

December?

That is correct. Trust me they are moving quickly, and then after SOC you will see a lot of changes.

Heard in the schoolhouse that Dec 09 is the new target for SOC.

 

[767/757]

Heard in the schoolhouse that Dec 09 is the new target for SOC.

This has been the targeted SOC date since July.

 

[nwaredtail]

Not sure what your beef is with Delta technology. We have a web-based system you can do anything from any computer you can do in the crew room. They were the first to implement gate info screens, auto agent free rebooking, kiosks, and other passenger conveiniences. We can just look at the onboard passenger experience to see who should be playing 1999.

Per the DAL Upper, Upper Upper Management, "DAL is 7 plus years behind NWA in IT"

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Heard in the schoolhouse that Dec 09 is the new target for SOC.

That is the public line that they are sending out in the school house. I will not argue that.....

 

[ACL65PILOT]

ACL, Shouldn't your current position say, "Would you like me to start engine number right." LOL anyway I thought you were going to join us in NYC on the ER. This could be a could opportunity.

I know, but I still mess it up.

Also, the I am on the fence on whether or not to come to NYC. Been there done that on the 88. Commute was OK, but I am looking two or three moves down the road. The is just the opening moves in a Chess match of masters.
I personally feel that if anyone leaves ATL, once SOC happens it will prove quite difficult to get back here. I do not really like the idea of commuting from a hub. It makes little sense to me.
That said, I know with my seniority that I would not be pay protected on a MD to the 88. So going to the ER in NYC now would ensure that I would get pay protected when they MD me out of NYC to the 88 in MSP.
Decisions, Decisions.
Fact is that for a new hire it will be an 88 or a 9. Maybe a 320 for the next five years. One way or another. IMHO

 

[Speedbird34]

I know, but I still mess it up.

Also, the I am on the fence on whether or not to come to NYC. Been there done that on the 88. Commute was OK, but I am looking two or three moves down the road. The is just the opening moves in a Chess match of masters.
I personally feel that if anyone leaves ATL, once SOC happens it will prove quite difficult to get back here. I do not really like the idea of commuting from a hub. It makes little sense to me.
That said, I know with my seniority that I would not be pay protected on a MD to the 88. So going to the ER in NYC now would ensure that I would get pay protected when they MD me out of NYC to the 88 in MSP.
Decisions, Decisions.
Fact is that for a new hire it will be an 88 or a 9. Maybe a 320 for the next five years. One way or another. IMHO

Or more likely a lay off for a few years. Great merger and our lifes are go down the drain on the junior side.
No big deal there are many jobs to pass time prior to recall. just open your eyes guys the money right now is outside the USA aviation wise.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

And that is drying up too. Time for another masters degree!

 

[767/757]

Per the DAL Upper, Upper Upper Management, "DAL is 7 plus years behind NWA in IT"

I do not disagree with you that DAL has an IT department that was stuck in the '80s. This is changing and will continue to change as the combination of the two companies continues. In some areas, the old NWA is further along, other areas "no so much."

The thing to remember, now that the acquisition/merger/marriage/co mingling has been completed, is that Delta Air Lines will be taking the best of both and moving forward.

 

[767/757]

I do not really like the idea of commuting from a hub.

The advantage of commuting from a hub is the vast number of flights ATL to NYC....did this for a year when displaced off 88 - flights every hour and many seats.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

The advantage of commuting from a hub is the vast number of flights ATL to NYC....did this for a year when displaced off 88 - flights every hour and many seats.

I know that, but being in the top 60% on the 88 here in ATL may have its advantages.

Not sure what I will do.

 

[767/757]

True that - QOL is king.

 

[~~~^~~~]

So going to the ER in NYC now would ensure that I would get pay protected when they MD me out of NYC to the 88 in MSP.
Decisions, Decisions.

Smart move for something you would bid into anyway. Probably worth $45,000, or more.

The question is, do you think you would be MD'd out of NYC? You could get stuck and if you VD out, then the pay protection is off, right?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I personally think that the pull down of NYC would take the bottom 1/2 of the list. I assume that 330's will rue the day on the East Coast. That or the 765 out of NYC!

 

[GogglesPisano]

So you guys think the NYC ER category will eventualy be shrunk by half? I am about 150 numbers from the bottom and will likely be pushed to reserve. Small chance I will be displaced (this round, anyway.) Just wait until NWA guys displaced from A320, DC9, 757 get their chance to bid ER in NYC.

The question now is, why so many 737 vacancies in NYC with this AE when last year they downsized that category by 30%.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

It is because they are moving the basing out of ATL.
That should given you a hint about future a/c route swaps....

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I also assume that post SOC the international stuff will be moved and rebased. The domestic may take a little longer.

 

[NuGuy]

I assume that 330's will rue the day on the East Coast. That or the 765 out of NYC!

Heyas ACL,

I assume you mean "rule the day", but I will agree that I rue any day I'm on the east coast.

Nu

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I did, sorry.

I am glad to see that some NWAers will not be bidding NYC when the 330 goes there.

 

[NuGuy]

I did, sorry.

I am glad to see that some NWAers will not be bidding NYC when the 330 goes there.

Well, I didn't exactly say that. There are different levels of "rueage" that may be overridden by QoL, or just plain cash. It depends on how the 330 shapes up in NYC.

I don't mind being miserable, you just have to pay me more.

Nu

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Well look at the pay tables, you know what you will make Is that enough green to deal with the rueage for ya??