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12-30-2012, 05:14 PM
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12-30-2012, 05:43 PM
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12-30-2012, 07:57 PM
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Last time I flew from London to the states was in 2009, when it was like $2.05/£. The UK hadjust doubled their departure tax - at that time for Heathrow only - as a way of making up budget shortfalls due to the market crash, and later expanded the increase across the country. Departure tax, fees, etc came to something like $180pp, but with today's exchange rate should be around $130-140. Since then, I've flown through Heathrow enroute to other European destinations, and departure taxes are considerably lower, around $40 - pretty much on par with AMS or CDG connecting to other EU countries.
London City is the only really convenient airport to central London, Stansted and Gatwick both have express trains but are fairly far out, and Luton's a pain to get to. The differences in departure tax aren't enough to justify going to the extra effort of flying out of another airport. Heathrow now has the most flights to the US, by far, although its stupid terminal system still makes it a bit of a pain in the butt to creatively nonrev out of.
London City is the only really convenient airport to central London, Stansted and Gatwick both have express trains but are fairly far out, and Luton's a pain to get to. The differences in departure tax aren't enough to justify going to the extra effort of flying out of another airport. Heathrow now has the most flights to the US, by far, although its stupid terminal system still makes it a bit of a pain in the butt to creatively nonrev out of.
12-30-2012, 09:01 PM
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Recently our flight was met by a couple of mechanics that were "looking" for something?!? I got off grab breakfast and when I returned they explained they are trying to catch the person put a certain graffiti in the cockpit. Per our conversation this specific graffiti has caught the attention and scour of upper managment so there is a big push to find the person.
I haven't seen what they were looking for, but then again there is always some writting in the cockpit so it never really jumps out at me...expect for maybe the one M90 I got in named "China Flipper", that one got a good chuckle!
Moral of story, if you are adding your handy work to the M88-90 fleet they are looking for you!
I haven't seen what they were looking for, but then again there is always some writting in the cockpit so it never really jumps out at me...expect for maybe the one M90 I got in named "China Flipper", that one got a good chuckle!
Moral of story, if you are adding your handy work to the M88-90 fleet they are looking for you!
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12-30-2012, 09:10 PM
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Most of it isn't that funny... but...
I did find a picture in a 757 that was a hand drawn cartoon of lee moak with his wife and a dog next to his house which was named bastian.
The caption read "Now Lee, the dog can lick his balls just fine himself."
12-31-2012, 01:57 AM
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ALPA/DALPA Call to Actions
Just thought I'd share that I received a personalized response from my Senator about a form letter e-mail I'd sent to him from one of the Calls to Action. While I assume he didn't actually write it (most likely a staffer) it was personalized enough to know that someone on his staff looked at it and took the time to write a coherent response. I was surprised to receive any response at all (it was the one about FFDO funding). I have used both e-mail, fax and snail mail in the past BUT this is the first time I have received a response and I was pleased to see it. Has anyone else had a response to any of the Calls to action?
12-31-2012, 01:59 AM
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12-31-2012, 02:41 AM
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12-31-2012, 03:34 AM
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12-31-2012, 04:06 AM
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Now when you introduce a new piece of equipment that should generate more revenue and justify higher pay, we want it to pay more than the current category, but how long will it be before pilots start complaining that they aren't getting paid as much to fly the 320 as the 321?
This is one of the problems with pay banding.
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