Yes, we have 5 day domestic trips. I just did one for 31.5 hours. I commute.....for now....and it's FANTASTIC to get the flying done in as few commutes as possible. In June I have 3 fully commutable trips and 17 days off. Wow, our work rules suck! If I did 3 day trips like DL I'd spend as much time commuting as flying. That sucks. Domestic 3 days for a commuter? That sucks. You guys must really enjoy driving to the airport in ATL many times per month.
That sucks. 31 hours in 5 days? Is that legal? Doesn't sound like it. I need to call the FAA....
I hear DAL doesn't have BSTG, ie. trip guarantee like NWA.
That sucks. Trip guarantee? Of course we do. That is stupid on your part.
I hear that if you end up over 80 hours of credit(flying/training/vacation/standby pay/reporting pay) at DAL you still get paid straight 1x pay unless you jumped through hoops with 1 days notice on a greenslip.
That sucks. A lot of people don't want to fly that much. You have to because your pay rates are weak. Our reserves can do "rolling thunder" which can give them 150 or more hours of pay with only 9-10 days of flying by flying on their days off and getting other days off on the days they were scheduled to be on reserve. That is nice. I know an FO that got 180 hours of pay for 12 days work last Summer.(in one month)
I hear your guarantees are 65 line/70 reserve.
That sucks. A 3rd year pilot can hold 777 FO. At 65 hours for a line or 70 hours for reserve, he still makes more than a 10 year guy on most of your equipment, and he does less. That is good.
I hear you have contract instructors in the sim and that you guys still use lots of memory items and such.
That sucks. You will too. It's coming. The guys who give checkrides are line pilots, though.
I hear DAL has no ASAP program (NWA's "NASAP")with the feds and no FOQA program.
That sucks. Again, you will lose the NASAP. We did, and the Nasa forms are again "in."
I hear your sick leave is a joke. We have a majority of pilots whose accruals would allow them to be off for a year or longer with full pay. You guys get, what 240 hours every 3 years? Going to 300? That sucks. But you get to buy insurance from the company to pay you more if you use up your 250 hours?
That sucks. That all changes with LOA19. Maybe again it will change with our new joint contract.
I hear that for every new mainline aircraft DAL gets, your feeders can get 3 76-seaters.
That sucks. That is correct, although we are losing 50 seaters at a faster rate. Hey, you were the ones who started the "76 seat" rage...
You do get about 10% more pay per hour than we do on comparable equipment, except your 767, which pays 10% more than our 757 even though it's a lot bigger. Your pay is terrible. How much does a 12 year DC9 FO make? Less than a year 2 or 3 757/767 FO, and we have a lot more high paying jobs. Really, you have to fly well over 80 hours a month to try to make up.
I hear that your MEC meetings consist mainly of calling each other by their military call sign.
That's Stupid. That is stupid, and probably wrong. You guys yell at each other because you all hate and don't trust each other at your meetings probably. You need 10 observers to go to the bathroom and take a sh%$.
Oh yeah, your senior guys a few years ago ran off with your A-plan and left you with nothing...unless it's time, again, for you guys to say that your claim sale made everyone whole for that. Is that in this months talking points? I'm wasn't sure.
That sucks.
uke: Self~Absorbed--General Lee
For instance you compare your 2-3 year FOs on a heavy to a 12 year FO on the DC9 
I dont think we even have a single pilot thats at 12 year FO rates on the DC9 and if there is its by their own choice. In true fashion you spun your info to try and make your point. What a *SHOCK*
