9E TA Reached

Soul Brotha' said:
Off topic, why are you guys extending T4? Couple of your guys who jumpseat on us say your international flights have decreased somewhat significantly out of JFK. I thought it T4 was international or maybe there might be some other reason.
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This is why.....enjoy.

JFK Airport Terminal 3, New York City

In 1960, Pan American Airlines built the Worldport: a grand, flying-saucer-shaped gateway to the Jet Age.

Fifty one years later, this decrepit, crumbling chunk of concrete is still used by Delta as an international hub. Terminal 3 is the worst single airport terminal in America, and probably in the Western world. Even Delta acknowledges this: they're tearing it down and replacing it with a giant glass structure connected to the nearby Terminal 4. It's unsalvageable.

Terminal 3 is known for endless immigration lines in a dank basement, for an utter lack of food and shopping options, three crowded and confusing entry points, hallways that could have been designed by M.C Escher and for vomiting international travelers out onto an underground sidewalk with no cabs available. There's also a sense that the cleaning crew gave up in despair a while ago.

JFK's terminals range from the awful to the mediocre, but Delta's hubs take the rotten, worm-infested cake. Right next to T3 there's Terminal 2, an ugly box with an undermanned security line where I really hope you're never caught hungry.
 
I really want Delta to hire, too. I'll move up in seniority when a lot of the Delta furloughs over here that keep saying they wanna go back to DAL head back over there. Sould Brotha is likely right there with me. :)
 
kellwolf said:
I really want Delta to hire, too. I'll move up in seniority when a lot of the Delta furloughs over here that keep saying they wanna go back to DAL head back over there. Sould Brotha is likely right there with me. :)
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Been there 1 week and already you want a line? ;) :biggrin:
 
So, road show and rumor that it's actually out. Looks like ALPA finally realized I'm not there anymore, so I don't get e-mails anymore. Any details? Even better, someone wanna send me a copy of the TA? :)
 
Weekly Update
December 21, 2012





This "Weekly Update" is the transcript from the phone message usually recorded on Fridays by a senior leader in Flight Operations. You may also call 1-800-DAL-FLYY each week to hear the latest information. It is also available for download as a podcast; see http://www.dalpilot.com/podcast for more details. This transcript is additionally available in the Flight Ops Communications Section of the Flight Ops web page.






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Hi everybody, this is Steve Dickson with the Weekly Flight Operations Update for Friday, December, 21st. On this week’s message, I’ll highlight Pinnacle Airlines’ tentative agreement with its pilots, discuss the support Delta is offering families impacted by the tragedy in Connecticut, and touch on operational statistics for the upcoming holiday travel period.

On Thursday, Pinnacle’s ALPA MEC unanimously ratified a tentative agreement covering its 2,300 pilots. If the TA is ratified by the pilots, Pinnacle will be a step closer to emerging from bankruptcy with a competitive cost structure. As a Connection Carrier, Pinnacle provides Delta with 7% of our domestic lift and is an important part of our feeder network, operating 1,000 flights a day to 131 cities in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to the TA, Pinnacle reached a separate bridge agreement with its pilots and Delta regarding Pinnacle’s long-term fleet plan. Under the bridge agreement, Delta will deliver to Pinnacle the forty 76-seat RJs recently ordered from Bombardier for an end-state total fleet of 81 CRJ-900s. Delivery of the two-class 76-seat RJs will begin in the fall of 2013 and should be complete by the end of 2014. Pinnacle will also begin to phase out its entire fleet of 140 50-seat RJs over the next two to three years. In addition to establishing a fleet plan, the bridge agreement includes enhanced career progression for the Pinnacle pilots, providing improved job opportunities once Delta begins pilot hiring. I’ll share more information as it becomes available. The Pinnacle pilots are expected to vote on the TA by mid January.

Next, I want to discuss the support Delta is offering families affected by the tragic school shooting in Connecticut. Although you may not hear about Delta’s efforts publicly, I want you to know that – as we so often do – the company responded immediately as news of the tragedy began to unfold. Representatives from Delta’s Customer Care and Community Affairs divisions quickly reached out to officials in Connecticut, offering to work directly and privately with families needing travel assistance. By Monday, we had established a cross-divisional plan of action to handle all aspects of travel for immediate family members trying to go to Connecticut for funeral services or to be with impacted families. A special reservations desk was set up in SLC to help book and coordinate free roundtrip flights. Additionally, an Emergency Response specialist in Reservations was charged with personally overseeing all travel arrangements for Sandy Hook family members. This included giving a heads up to frontline employees – both on the mainline and at Connection Carriers -- who may be interacting with the families as they travel to and from Connecticut. Gate agents, Red Coats, flight attendants and pilots working these flights are aware that they have Sandy Hook family members passing through their station or onboard their aircraft. If extra assistance is needed, our employees are ready to offer it. This tragedy has also personally impacted several Delta employees who either live in Newtown or have friends and family who do. As is our practice, Delta is working with each employee to ensure he or she has the support and time off they need during this extremely difficult time. It goes without saying that a tragedy of this magnitude is difficult to process and explain, especially to children. If you or a member of your family needs help, please consider contacting the Delta Employee Assistance Program, or EAP. The EAP has counselors on call 24 hours a day at no charge and has posted links to a variety of resources on its web site, which is available to all Delta employees and families; please visit the DeltaNet for more information. It’s during difficult times like these that I’m especially proud to be a Delta employee. Our company has gone the extra mile to help Sandy Hook families travel to be with their loved ones in Connecticut without having to worry about details, costs or logistics. Thanks to everyone in every division and around the system who have stepped forward to help.

Now, let’s look ahead to the upcoming holiday travel period, which began yesterday and will end on Wednesday, January 2. Delta expects to carry almost 6 million passengers during this 13-day timeframe, about the same amount as we carried last year. Load factors are expected to be in the high 80s according to our Revenue Management team, and the busiest days will be December 20th and 21st and January 1st and 2nd. On Tuesday of this week, Delta had a remarkable 100 percent mainline completion factor with zero flights cancelled – an excellent way to kick off the holidays. Looking ahead, it’s going to be a busy weekend. Weather could be an issue for the Northeast, although conditions are predicted to improve in the New York area by Saturday. Load factors are extremely high for the New York airports, so thanks to all of you who will be flying in and out of this busy travel corridor. Of course, I want to acknowledge everyone who will be flying over Christmas. Being away from home on the holidays may indeed come with the job, but it’s still difficult, especially when you have young children. I truly appreciate your role as a front line leader as well as your dedication to the operation as you safely, courteously and cheerfully transport our customers to their holiday destinations.

Well, that’s it for this week. As always, thanks for everything you do on the line every day for our passengers and each other. I want to wish you and your family a very happy holiday, no matter your location. Fly safe, and I will talk to you again next week.








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You know, I'm usually a big fan of flow-through agreements. But after the way a certain someone killed the last two flow-through agreements, I wouldn't trust them one bit.
 
ATN_Pilot said:
You know, I'm usually a big fan of flow-through agreements. But after the way a certain someone killed the last two flow-through agreements, I wouldn't trust them one bit.
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If pilot's flow through then they won't have to pass the super-tough-hardcore-badass interview that those mainline pilots had to get through and they just won't be as WORTHY to wear the vaunted mainline stripes. But... on the other hand, those super cool mainline pilots (some of whom had never held a captain slot in their life) were plenty good enough to flow down into left seats in RJs with out any sort of screening or interview. Go figure.

Actually, in all honesty, I'm not really a fan of flow programs. I think preferred interviews and a requirement to take X percentage per class are much better things to have.
 
I absolutely despise preferential interview schemes. Either a pilot is good enough to fly an airline's passengers, or he isn't. If he's good enough to fly a Delta passenger on a CRJ, he's good enough to fly a Delta passenger on an Airbus. We need to drop these walls. They're killing us.
 
It doesn't necessarily mean you're going to fit the corporate culture which I really value.

Chick Yeager was good enough to do a lot of stuff but it doesn't mean that he's not going to be a pain in the ass the fly with or have mr apologizing for his conduct to my other flight crewmembers.
 
BobDDuck said:
If pilot's flow through then they won't have to pass the super-tough-hardcore-badass interview that those mainline pilots had to get through and they just won't be as WORTHY to wear the vaunted mainline stripes. But... on the other hand, those super cool mainline pilots (some of whom had never held a captain slot in their life) were plenty good enough to flow down into left seats in RJs with out any sort of screening or interview. Go figure.

Actually, in all honesty, I'm not really a fan of flow programs. I think preferred interviews and a requirement to take X percentage per class are much better things to have.
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With the pilots coming from a carrier like 9E, I'm 100% for a preferential interview in a scheme like this. A flow would be a horrible idea. The pilots may be flying DL passengers, but many are very far from professional and would not fit in whatsoever at mainline. From the north MS flying club to the gulfstreamers who bought their job and just had a washover of an interview... that group needs screening. There are many that should not be flying DL passengers (or allowed to fly passengers in the first place), but are.

I'd love to see a universal qualification and interview program to fly in the regionals, but that's not what we have at the regionals and certainly not what happened in the past. ASA seems to be taking strides in that direction and that will possibly be the path of the future.
 
I want a pilot fresh from the fight of getting the job.

Not just someone who sat on his butt and got it because he was next in line.

Could you imagine the bully tactics at the regionals?

We had somewhat of a flow from Skyway to Midwest Express when I was there but they dangled that carrot over your head, constantly threatened you and used it to keep us "in line" during our organization drive and after.

It's a Pandora's box and a lot of rope to hang overselves with.
 
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