Delta meltdown part...4?

Derg said:
Darnit, broke my own rule.
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The new reality in 2017!
Why one day of thunderstorms turned into a five-day Delta meltdown

“Wednesday’s severe weather was unprecedented for Atlanta and the specific track and intensity of weather like this is often difficult to forecast,” Delta chief operating officer Gil West said in a written statement. “Roughly 60 percent of our 1,250 aircraft fleet cycles through Atlanta on any given day as they arrive from and depart to destinations around the globe. But when weather like we experienced Wednesday hits Atlanta, the resulting impact to Delta’s entire operation can be significant.”

http://www.ajc.com/travel/why-one-d...ve-day-delta-meltdown/6iwLZXfRcLKB0w1LAdKvpI/
 
wheelsup said:
From my observations the 'more experienced' guys tend to be a lot more patient with the company in rerouting etc. Us younger guys are used to almost instantaneous feedback. We grew up with 'instant' messaging for Pete's sake. They mailed letters to communicate.

That being said in today's world with our technology there is zero excuse for stranding crews for hours in crew rooms with no heads up.
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Sometimes when all hell is breaking loose operationally, the Ops and scheduling folks are so task saturated that it may take time to get to the flight crew unfortunately. The operator I'm currently flying for is small. But I've seen them go full meltdown mode with only a handful of people to deal with it. Broke planes, bad weather on the entire east coast, and a faulty communication systems spelled disaster.

Back in my AMF days, I sat in dispatch a lot while on reserve and watched one guy in a base of only six planes get it so bad, that I'd at least start manning the phone to help the poor son of a gun out.

I think about those times when I start to get a impatient with ops and scheduling.
 
BobDDuck said:
Really? Southernjets must have hired a bunch of super stereotypical millennials then, because I'm not seeing that where I'm at or on other carriers when I've been jumpseat in. I do agree that younger pilots tend to be more comfortable using technology (phones!) to solve a problem, but otherwise it's pretty much the same... Grumble... Sit and wait.

Not a slam on sji as the whole "my legacy is better than yours" thing is really dumb, but from your posts here and in fb it does seem like you've gotten saddled with some real winner new hires recently. Do you think that's an industry trend or a result of hiring practices?
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Agree, the youngers guys have seen all the games regional schedulers can play and some of our older guys have never seen that ugliness before.
 
Kingairer said:
Agree, the youngers guys have seen all the games regional schedulers can play and some of our older guys have never seen that ugliness before.
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I thought I had entered the twilight zone when my first TA came and the company basically said 'sign it or we are not going to order these two-class RJs.'
 
I'm not seeing much of a generational difference on the social media bitching... many of the loudest screw the company mouths are 55+ year old people still angry about... everything. Yell first, ask questions later.

@ian just is getting an excellent head start on yelling about things before he takes a moment to learn about it.
 
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PeanuckleCRJ said:
I'm not seeing much of a generational difference on the social media bitching... many of the loudest screw the company mouths are 55+ year old people still angry about... everything. Yell first, ask questions later.

@ian just is getting an excellent head start on yelling about things before he takes a moment to learn about it.
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Oh look you are on your pedestal again....Is the peach corps volunteer only? Yes it is. Is there anything wrong with volunteering? No. But there is something wrong with the company asking people to volunteer to fix this message when most of it isn't weather related. Remember when you tried to call me out on Facebook but couldn't back it up with any proof? I do. Nice try.
 
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ian said:
Oh look you are on your pedestal again....Is the peach corps volunteer only? Yes it is. Is there anything wrong with volunteering? No. But there is something wrong with the company asking people to volunteer to fix this message when most of it isn't weather related. Remember when you tried to call me out on Facebook but couldn't back it up with any proof? I do. Nice try.
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Again, how did that go over when you interviewed? :)
 
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