DL recinds airtran JS agreement

[j41driver]

It's not the jumpseat agreement, it was the interline agreement. Get your facts right.

Well the "facts" as we had them when this thread was started came from AirTran's Chief Pilot.

 

[j41driver]

It would have been nice if FP would have checked with the JS coordinator at AirTran and DL before he scared the bejeezes out of everyone tonight.

Geez...no kidding.

 

[-9Capt]

It's not the jumpseat agreement, it was the interline agreement. Get your facts right. DAL has dropped the "interline" agreement with Airtran. You can no longer buy ID 90/75's on Airtran. Jumpseat is still available.

Explain that to DAL's gate agents.

 

[HarryParatestes]

Explain that to DAL's gate agents.

Almost all gate agents are "thick as a brick" when trying to rationalize thoughts. They have their minds made up already and "stupid pilots" cannot teach them different.

 

[DonVerita]

Apparently Delta sent some sort of operations memo to the gate agents regarding AirTran and Delta cancelling their passenger interline agreement with each other. Gate agents thought this meant jumpseaters as well, but they were wrong.

Could someone on here from Delta get a copy of that memo and post it here so we can download it and take it with us to show gate agents who might not understand. Even better yet would be if Delta Flt. Ops. could issue a clarification memo specifically addressing the AirTran jumpseat issue and then that could get posted here for downloading.

Just a thought...

 

[LearLove]

Want to see Delta jumpseating in action? Just ride a JB flight from BTV on Fridays or Mondays

Whats up with that? BTV is like the land of Delta commuters.

 

[USARET]

Jumpseated on Delta yesterday from PNS-ATL, no problems at all.

 

[Ty Webb]

There are two issues going on here:

1) The first problem was that the Interline Travel Agreement, which was rescinded by Delta, confused some Gate Agents into wrongly concluding that the Jumpseat Agreement was also rescinded . . . .

2) The story I have heard from Union honchos is that the software that Delta uses to process OAL jumpseaters will not accomodate pilots from non-CASS carriers.

3) We are not on target for getting CASS approval on Sept 30 (today) because our D.O. only applied to the FAA for CASS approval, and was unaware that other Federal Agencies had to be involved as well. Too bad he refused the assistace offered dhim by the Union at the outset of the application process . . . .

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[TriStar_drvr]

3) We are not on target for getting CASS approval on Sept 30 (today) because our D.O. only applied to the FAA for CASS approval, and was unaware that other Federal Agencies had to be involved as well. Too bad he refused the assistace offered dhim by the Union at the outset of the application process . . . .

Any idea on a new date for CASS approval and implementation?

 

[DonVerita]

Any idea on a new date for CASS approval and implementation?

Supposedly Oct. 31st...Halloween. How appropriate.