HossHarris

USAFA cadets. It’s their jam.

Yes, you continue to accrue 2.5 days/month while on leave. 21 days permissive (Cc’s discretion) for job hunting as well. You also accrue leave during those 21 days.

No actual changes yet. still in contract negotiations. the proposals are all in addition to current 16% DC. and the proposals are: -increase to 25% DC -create an optional market based cash balance plan for when you hit IRS limits on 401k —tax deferred. —in your name. —not managed by ALPA nor delta. —guaranteed principle protection (at the cost of low returns). the rub is the proposed “minimum balance” for everyone for the MBCBP. So if you retire soon, delta has to throw a bunch of $$ into your MBCBP account to get you to the min balance. If you’re young, you’d likely get your min balance from DC overages going into the MBCBP. Opinions vary wildly. And this section hasn’t been negotiated yet. I doubt the plan survives first contact at the table in its current form.

And, of course, it should go without saying...but

I don’t doubt that things suck now ... but it didn’t used to suck (as much). I’ve seen and participated an many wonderful bar shenanigans. Sometimes the bosses stuck around and did shots off the strippers. Sometimes there was punchy-face. Sometimes they left early for plausible deniability. Sometimes the shenanigans were at their houses. But there were always shenanigans.

Yes. There’s no rank in the debrief. There’s no rank in the bar.

It usually involves where you want to live as a primary driver.

And every military guy that manages to get away with it makes it that much harder for the next mil guy to get called or get hired.

Yes. You can sell some/all/none up to 60 days. just realize you are taking a financial hit by selling it back. You lose bah, bas, etc. You also lose the 5 days of leave you would earn during those 60 days you’re selling.

Good way to lose a cjo .... at least with delta.

Yes! 3 months of reserve when we were overmanned a bit, any home layover >16hrs I coukd Scrounge (maybe 6-9 for the year), and general apathy. work less, not smarter nor harder

https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/major/126228-end-2019-salary-survey.html

I’ll contrast as a delta commuter. Year 2/3 maddog $136k pay, $14k PS, $23k DC, $5.5k per Diem and other stuff. $179k total. 360hrs of block. 60 nights on the road (not in my own bed). no strategies or gimmicks .... no premium or overtime flying .... just absolute minimum effort. /bragging

Reference the salary post on APC under majors. Lots of good data points.

I remember hearing about that. If it’s a 12 hour leash tho.... shots!

Or at least relatively close. Atlanta sucks. The panhandle of Florida is awesome and close enough.

I think the key difference is that this knucklehead was in Baghdad when he caught a warhead. I’d also be willing to speculate that there was pretty good intel linking him to the embassy shenanigans .... or ... he was getting a little too popular / powerful back home and we got tipped off. (retired ... don’t actually know anything ... free to wildly speculate)

12 hour leash...8 hours bottle to throttle....profit!

If I can be at home, drunk, poking the frau, while shooting fireworks .... or fishing in the gulf .... then it’s not really work.

Put locks on doors. good for nursing mothers. good for active shooters. good for rubbin one out. everybody wins

That sucks /nickel

https://www.businessinsider.com/nyu-professor-scott-galloway-walmart-acquire-fedex-shopify-2019-12?utm_content=bufferf3711&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-bi interesting nuggets throughout.

Dammit. Beat me to it

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