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Engage: The Podcast for Delta Pilots — 127 episodes

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - September 11, 2026

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Hold the Line: Unity Is Our Leverage

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - September 4, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - August 28, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - August 21, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - August 7, 2026

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Engage Alert: MEC Pivots to Traditional Section 6 Negotiations

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - July 31, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - July 24, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - 17 July, 2026

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E81: PBS Upgrades Affecting All Pilots: New Tools, Better Bids

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E80: Scheduling: Weird Slips & Pay Traps

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - July 10, 2026

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E80: Scheduling: Weird Slips & Pay Traps

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - July 2, 2026

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E79: Following the Money - Dues Down, Value Up, Money Back in Your Pocket

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - June 26, 2026

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E78: Scheduling Shenanigans - Trip Coverage Edition

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - June 19, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - June 13, 2026

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E77: LOSA Demystified: Who’s Sitting in Your Jumpseat?

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - June 5, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - May 9, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - May 1, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - April 24, 2026

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - April 17, 2026

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E76: Premium Profits and Pilot Leverage: Making the Most of This Moment

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Engage Weekly - News You Need to Know - April 10, 2026

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Engage Alert: Negotiations Opening Monday - Raise the Bar. Hold the Line.

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Negotiators’ Series: Section 6 Is Coming: History, Strategy, and the Reality of Negotiations

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E75: Quick Slips, Scheduling Shenanigans, and How We Got Here: A Roadmap Through the Chaos

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E74: ASAP Explained: What Really Happens After You Hit “Submit”

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Negotiators' Series: Meet the Team Taking Us Into Section 6

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Engage Special: Chairman’s Update and Holiday Wishes

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E73: Security You Can't Ignore: KCM Realities, Layover Risks, and Staying Safe

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E72: NQDC Unpacked: Who It’s For, How It Works, and What to Do This Open Enrollment

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Engage Alert: MOU 25-05 Sick Lookback Suspended, QHCP, and New Quick Slip Introduced

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E71: Heads in Beds: Hotel Updates, Layover Tips, and Exciting Moves in Hotels

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E70: Ask ALPA

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Engage Special: Get Real-Time MEC Updates Via the Telegram App

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E69: ASAP: Staying Safety-Focused Amid Section 6, Contract Surveys, and Peak Workload

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Engage Update: How Pilots Shut Down the WNBA Scope Violation

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E68: A Rep’s Perspective: Unity, Section 6, and Deal Making

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E67: Behind the Curtain: Delta IT, Pilot Privacy, and the Fight for Accurate Pay

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E66: Disability Demystified: What Every Delta Pilot Needs to Know

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E65: Scope is Still Dope: How Global Scope Delivers Widebodies, Career Progression, and Job Protection

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Chairman’s Update: State Sick Wins, Contract Violations, and the Road Ahead

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E64: Behind the Flight Deck Door: Conflict, Resolution & the Role of Professional Standards

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E63: Cockpit to Capitol: Why the Legislative Summit Matters to You

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E62: Engage Special Alert: Turbulence Ahead for Pilots in Training

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E61: The Art of Hypocrisy: How Delta is Fighting Employee Benefits & Dismantling the Delta Family

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E60: Short Call Shenanigans

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E59: MBCBP Checkup, GVUL, & ALPA Insurance Products

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E58: Parental Leaves & Navigating Impending Parenthood

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Chairman’s Update: Company Issues, Privacy, and Plans for 2025

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E57: Deadhead Seating

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E56: Recently Settled Grievances

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E55: Jetway Trades

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E54: Q&A with MEC Master Chairman Eric Criswell

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E53: 2025 Profit Sharing with ALPA’s R&I Committee

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E52: Delta MEC End of Year Message & Safety Climate

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E51: 2025 Open Enrollment

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E50: Trip Design Power to the Pilots - The RCC and the Rotation Preference System

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E49: The “S” in I’M SAFE - Calling in Sick

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E47: PAN: Are You in the Green?

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E46: A Chat with Dispatch: Pilot Questions Asked and Answered

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E45: Voluntary Airport Standby (VAS)

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E44: New Contract Implementation & Interpretation

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E43: Profit Sharing

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E42: How Advanced Entitlements (AEs) Work

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Happy Holidays from the Engage Team!

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E41: Grievances

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E40: From the Pilot Assistance Network (PAN) - We’re All Just Walking Each Other Home

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E39: New Healthcare Insurance Options for Delta Pilots

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E38: GVUL: What Pilots Need to Know About the New Group Variable Universal Life (GVUL) Insurance Option

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E37: How LATT Works (P.S. It’s More Complex Than You May Think)

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Engage Short: All Call for Volunteers

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E36: How 30/168 Works

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E35: New Contract Implementation - Reroute

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E34: September Contract Implementation Items

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E33: How Shifted Report Times Work: Myths, Misunderstandings, and Implications for Pilots

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E32: Age 67, Open Skies, & F/O Minimums - Coverage from the 2023 ALPA Legislative Summit

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E31: How to Succeed in Training - Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits from the Training Committee

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E30: Scheduling Implementation Items for June and Section 23 M.7 Abuse

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E29: Market-Based Cash Balance Plan (MBCBP)

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E28: Improvements to Parental Leaves, Adoptions & More from Pilot Family Matters (PFMC)

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E27: Contract Improvements in Training

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E26: Pilots Are Still Fatigued - A Discussion with the Fitness Review Board

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TA Episode 9: Scheduling Part 2

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TA Episode 8: Scheduling Part 1

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TA Episode 7: Hours of Service, Quality of Life and Pay Improvements

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TA Episode 6: Deadhead

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TA Episode 5: Training & Filling of Vacancies

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TA Episode 4: Vacations

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TA Episode 3: Lodging and Expenses - Per Diem, Crew Meals, and Hotels

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TA Episode 2: Compensation

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TA Episode 1: Global Scope

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E25: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems - 401(k), Roth Conversions, Insurance and More with R&I

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E24: Agreement in Principle

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Engage Update: We’re Back!

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E23: Strike Authorization from a Family Perspective

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E22: When Disaster Strikes, There’s DPN

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E21: Indoc Redo - Highlights from the Fire Hose

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E20: How the Strike Center Works

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Engage Short: ”Unstacking” with PBS

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Engage Update: Probationary Pilots and Strike Authorization

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E18: Prioritize This - Delta Pilots Strike Authorization

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Nothing to See Here: Delta MEC Virtual Town Hall

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E17: This Is Our Time: Unionism, Pilot Unity, and Our Future at Delta

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Engage Update: Section 6 Negotiations, Global Scope, Retro Pay, and Strike Authorization

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E15: Bid What You Want, Get What You Want - Tips, Tricks & the Transition to the New WebApp from the PBS Committee

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E14: How A Flight Attendant Union Affects Delta Pilots

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E13: Hats Off

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E12: Lawyers, Guns, & Money

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E11: Summer Survival Guide

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Engage Update: Global Scope Agreement in Principle

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E10: Engage Mother’s Day Special

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E9: Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn

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E8: Scope is Dope: How It Affects Everyone & The Need for a Global Scope Agreement

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E7: ”Live” from the Picketing Line

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E6: Fatigue Part 3: Pilots are the Circuit Breakers

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Negotiations Update - February 28, 2022

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E5: Scheduling Part 2 - Rumors and Myths

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E4: Got Fatigue? Scheduling, Rotations, & Quality of Life: Part 1

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E3: The State of the Union

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E2: The Art of Negotiation

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E1: A New Hire Perspective