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...
Jump to postWhat 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.....
Jump to postI’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 ...
Jump to postcrjflyboy 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
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...
Jump to postIn 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...
Jump to postThis 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...
Jump to postA 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, ...
Jump to postRegardless 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...
Jump to postBut 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...
Jump to postIt'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...
Jump to postThe 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...
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...
Jump to postAh, 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.
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 ...
Jump to postBy 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...
Jump to postI'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 ...
Jump to postYour 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...
Jump to postUh 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...
Jump to postAlso, 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"...
Jump to postAnd 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 (...
Jump to postAccording 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...
Jump to postIf 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 ...
Jump to postDo 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...
Jump to posthttps://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:...
Jump to postUm, 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...
Jump to postLooks 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....
Jump to postLooks 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 ...
Jump to postCan'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...
Jump to postI 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...
Jump to postI 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 ...
Jump to postThank 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...
Jump to postBraybuddy wrote:Interesting outburst on Russian TV:
https://mobile.twitter.com/carlbildt/st ... 1372968960
What’s the story / rumor in the longevity on positive space commuting? Recently answered by some higher-up at DL (can't remember who) a couple days ago. It is "planned to sundown" on schedule. Whether that's the actual plan, whether it's being dangled in front of the pilots during contrac...
Jump to posthttps://www.reuters.com/world/europe/blasts-heard-russias-belgorod-regional-governor-2022-04-27/ https://mobile.twitter.com/vcdgf555/status/1519132327439347712 Another possible Ukrainian attack on Russian territory ? Good. What's that, two nights in a row now? Or at least close together. Even if th...
Jump to postI was skeptical because there still haven't been any pics of IL-76 remains (I figure they were using IL-76s). I realize it can be difficult to find crash sites and all, but there was a lot of crazy info coming out in the beginning, all mentions of these shootdowns pretty much ceased after a couple d...
Jump to postSo the paratrooper aircraft shootdown is actually confirmed? I remember hearing about it, but eventually I put it in the "unconfirmed propaganda" pile like a lot of other things in the early days (I'm very pro Ukraine, but they are definitely exaggerating their kill count). I remember thin...
Jump to postI am definitely NOT a conspiracy theorist, but given Russia's past with assassinations and poison... Is there any poison that kills slowly (over the course of a few weeks) and gives the symptoms that Putin is currently showing? It is all probably a coincidence, but I also wouldn't be surprised if so...
Jump to postI question the prevailing wisdom of the May 9th end date. It's been widely reported, but I haven't actually seen anything official stating Russia has to wrap it up by then. I guess they never would publically say it, but are we so certain that is the end date? Another thing that seems to be overlook...
Jump to postSorry if it has been discussed: Why did Kherson fall on quickly in comparison to Mariupol? Seems live there was barely a fight for it. I had heard (and have no idea if it's true or not) that a lot of the initial gains for Russia because of the element of surprise (Ukraine was in heightened state of...
Jump to postThis link have sonar images which claims to show the Moskva cruiser broken in half https://mezha.media/2022/04/25/zyomka-raketnyy-kreyser-moskva/ "Sonar images" with a shadow? I don't believe these images Check Humminbird’s 360 Imaging, Simrad Structurescan, Garmin Panoptix and etc. You c...
Jump to postThunderboltdrgn wrote:This link have sonar images which claims to show the Moskva cruiser broken in half
https://mezha.media/2022/04/25/zyomka-r ... er-moskva/
Not surprising, but good to hear... Finland and Sweden to join NATO! https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/25/sweden-and-finland-agree-to-submit-nato-applications I was afraid they would drag things out a bit until things cooled off, the public lost interest, and then joini...
Jump to post51% of Americans support ending compulsory airplanemasking. Democrats re-imposing mask mandates sign their political death warrants. https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/coronavirus/good_riddance_mask_mandate I really don't know what to think of these polls. They seem to be all...
Jump to postOperating a new aircraft type is way more complicated than most people here are making it sound. You can't just train a few pilots and gift a few aircraft. The upkeep and maintenance requires tons of training... Unless the US has also been training mechanics and the like, you're gonna get a mission...
Jump to postOperating a new aircraft type is way more complicated than most people here are making it sound. You can't just train a few pilots and gift a few aircraft. The upkeep and maintenance requires tons of training... Unless the US has also been training mechanics and the like, you're gonna get a mission ...
Jump to post1, It isn't a "lone NPR article". There are tons on the internet from reputable judges. Here is one from Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniesarkis/2022/04/18/judge-in-cdc-mask-ruling-was-rated-not-qualified-by-aba/?sh=784dc2de19e6 2. The lawsuit was filed in July 2021, before De...
Jump to postThe Legal community is pretty much slamming the "ABA Unqualified" Federal Judge. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/19/1093641691/mask-mandate-judge-public-health-sanitation I do not think a lone NPR article constitutes the legal community, nor do I find compelling the argu...
Jump to postLooks like the mods nuked the civ av thread about this. But I'll ask it here, and I hate to have to do this but I'll add disclaimers at the end: Legally speaking, was the judge in this case wrong? The whole "sanitize" definition thing seems BS, but the lack of correct legal procedures seem...
Jump to postThe announcement that the mask mandate was ending should have had a set date and time. Watching the childlike behaviour of people cheering and throwing up their masks was difficult to watch as the mask mandate was there to keep them safe. That's not how the law works. You can't say "X law is i...
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