Re: US carriers 4th quarter 2023 earnings

Delta employees will get $1.4 billion in profit sharing. Give or/take about $14k each. It's not an equal amount per employee, it's based off a percentage of their yearly earnings. The rate this year came out to be 10.3%. Delta is only required to give profit sharing to its pilots (it is part of the...

Re: Delta Pilots Vote to Authorize a Strike

What is the turnover rate? At what rate are Delta pilots resigning their jobs for better positions? Better positions? What would that be? Airline seniority can be a blessing and a curse. A pilot at a major with several years in (the length depends on a lot of circumstances) but let's say, 5 years.....

Re: Delta Pilots Vote to Authorize a Strike

I’m sure DL wants to see what the UA and AA pilots negotiate. They did. UA offered a poor deal and it got obliterated. AA offered a poor deal and it didn't even make it to the pilots. Thankfully, the Delta pilots' negotiators appear to be fighting hard and won't accept the embarrassments that came ...

Re: Delta Pilots Vote to Authorize a Strike

crjflyboy wrote:

DL is a long ways from when the employees all chipped in to buy the airline a 757 back in the day ... how times have changed

Re: Delta Pilots Vote to Authorize a Strike

They can’t strike until the NMB declares an impasse and releases them into a 30 day cooling off period. Have you not read the thread? Here is the process once again. They can't strike, but they can start working to rule, and throwing some wrenches (or even dutch shoes) into the system. There is som...

Re: Delta Pilots Vote to Authorize a Strike

In very related news (as DL, UA, and AA pattern bargain off each other): UA pilots vote down their tentative agreement (TA) by a whopping 94% AA's union will, tomorrow, discuss their agreement in principle (AIP) and maybe vote whether or not to send it to the pilots ===== UA: The UA TA debacle has b...

Re: Delta Pilots Vote to Authorize a Strike

This is unfortunately another situation where the executives care about impressing investors and their passengers, but forgetting that their planes fly because of pilots, which are humans too. They're definitely trying to save money, especially now since they do not want to pay a big retro check (m...

Re: Delta Pilots Vote to Authorize a Strike

A strike vote is moot at this point. 1. There hasnt been an impasse declared 2. The NMB hasn’t released them into a 30 day cooling off period. Delta pilots are at the mercy of the mediator, yes. But this adds fuel to the fire of an impasse being declared. Maybe it will make an impasse more likely, ...

Re: Delta Pilots Vote to Authorize a Strike

Regardless of this....whats the over/under for either a Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday meltdown this year? With the ending of positive space commuting, and the contract negotiations and unlikely to pick-up extra trips this has all the hallmarks of a nice storm a brewin' I think it mostly depends...

Re: Delta Pilots Vote to Authorize a Strike

But seriously, 99% saying yes to striking, out of 96% of eligible pilots! Has it ever reached that level before, even in 2006? Unverified, just what I read secondhand: C2K: 99.2% participation, 97% in favor 2006: 96.4% participation, 94.72% in favor I'm guessing "C2K" is "contract 20...

Updated: DL pilots agree on contract deal

It's very sad that it has come to this, but today, after a month of voting, Delta pilots voted to authorize their union to call a strike by a huge margin. 96% of eligible pilots voted, and of those, 99% voted to authorize a strike. From the Delta Master Executive Council Chairman: October 31, 2022 F...

Re: Two Alaska Airlines pilots got into an argument, forcing plane to return to terminal

The rumor I've heard (take with a grain of salt) is it had to do with weather and the decision to take off.

I'm skeptical and have no idea if this was the case, but if it was, it shines a different light onto all of this...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

The Russians are taking huge losses, but are also progressing in the Donbas and controlling the Black Sea. Downplay like you want, but I really fail to understand how Ukraine will be able to take control of all the territory they lost after February 24th. I have difficulties to believe that the Rus...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Ah, scuttling them actually makes a lot of sense.

Still, what devastating losses. Even this late into the war, Russia is finding new ways to impress me with their incompetence.

I closed the source and can't find it, but I hear the Ukrainians may have started an offensive against Izyum.

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

What an unbelievable mess, take a look at some of these pictures of the river crossings! (No blood/bodies, just destroyed equipment): https://mobile.twitter.com/Blue_Sauron/status/1525380771204239361 I'm sure most of us have seen some of these pics, but take a look at the third post (the post after ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

By now we are all used to staggering Russian losses, but this one might take the cake: The better part of a Russian army battalion—50 or so vehicles and up to a thousand troops—in recent days tried to cross a pontoon bridge spanning the Siverskyi Donets River, running west to east between the separa...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

I'm wondering how the kamakazee drones are doing. When I first learned about them, they seemed like a game changer. Being able to be launched and picking off tanks/arty/etc one by one. But I recently saw a video of one... They missed the Russian soldiers and merely scared them away. Now I really do ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Your post came off as a scathing indictment of US aid, you shouldn't bite the hand that feeds you. Really? That's where your mind goes just by default? :sarcastic: The actual point was that these systems can be a lot more complex than just a cannon with the various electronic support systems and ev...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Uh oh, while not surprising, I hope this does not come to pass: Oleksandr Lashyn, Councilman from Mariupol, said, citing his sources, that Russian occupation forces are planning to deploy chemical weapons in an attack on Ukrainian soldiers defending the Azovstal steel works on 11 May. Quote from Las...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Also, in regards to Snake Island, while I do think Ukraine will eventually try and capture the island, I'm not sure why they would attempt to hold it now. Seems like they'd be sitting ducks. It's not outside the realm of possibility, they have been bombing the island, but I heard "reports"...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

And now something totally different. According Russian news, Ukrainian forces have tried a landing operation on Snake island, which was repelled? Does someone have some information or videos from Russian site? According Russian site, the whole Ukranian army has been destroyed.... 4 jets shot down (...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

According news, it was a nice blue sky with some clouds and a small amount of wind, even better than last days. So impossible to fly,...... So no, this was not the reason. Um not sure what kind of NATO propaganda you're spewing. The weather was horrible, in fact, it was the same weather system from...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

If Russia keeps Crimea they will say that they have the EEZ rights. In such cases, I believe that the guy with the biggest navy wins. Crimea is definitely the biggest prize, but Snake Island does provide a little bit of coverage. If the war ultimately ends with Ukrainian recognition of Crimea (not ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Do we know why Snake island is so strategically important? It has been in the spotlight since early in the war and may have some symbolic value, but would Ukrainian air assets not be better used striking Russian targets on the Eastern front? I know that defending The southwestern coast is primordia...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-russias-admiral-makarov-warship-26889015.amp More info pointing toward the ship being hit. Looks like there's a couple more NATO air assets in the area taking a closer look. bt That image is NOT the ship in question, see: https:...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Um, right now, the ruble is at it's highest in 2 years against the Euro. Is that surprising considering how much money the Kremlin has used to prop up the ruble, how they banned foreigners from liquidating stocks, how they require importers to convert 80% of their sales to rubles? Russia has instit...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Looks like Russia is storming Azovstal and contact "has been lost" with the defenders Whatever unit is doing this can be crossed off Russia's active list. Their casualties will be enormous. The survivors in Azovstal know they won't be taken as prisoners anyway, they will fight to the end....

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Looks like Russia is storming Azovstal and contact "has been lost" with the defenders https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-loses-contact-troops-heavy-fighting-azovstal-steel-plant-rcna27249 Doesn't mean the have been or will be overrun, but they've lasted longer than anyone would've ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Can't speak to this tweet's authenticity, but yesterday's strike that allegedly killed a Russian General was targeting the new Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valeriy Gerasimov. Apparently quite a few senior officers were killed and Gerasimov fled back to Russia. https://mobi...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

I second the concern regarding the new offensive. Sure it's not as rapid as the opening day, but what kind of losses is Russia taking? They're making slow progress, maybe because they're being careful and not bum rushing. Methodically advancing (like a real army, maybe they're learning). It's hard t...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

I know Russian state TV being goofy and Russia threatening nuclear was is now just a daily occurrence, but after reading this tirade again, something struck me: https://www.the-sun.com/news/5221437/russia-ukraine-invasion-threat-nuclear-world-war-putin/amp/ Simonyan said: “Either we lose in Ukraine ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Thank you Russia (and Belarus) for providing the first laugh of the day: Russia, Belarus Call on Former Soviet Nations to Help Form USSR-Style Union https://www.newsweek.com/russia-belarus-form-new-ussr-call-ex-soviet-nations-join-1701741 Any guesses on which nation will be the next to join this mil...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread