Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-21-2013, 07:14 AM
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if so, you might have had a good story to sell.
so let this be a lesson fellow male pilots. it's just not enough to stare a little too long at a hot girl on your flight anymore, get the camera out and snap a shot.
01-21-2013, 07:49 AM
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Someone captured my reaction to the MEC's "finding" without a meeting or debate on Friday.
01-21-2013, 08:18 AM
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Is this your pic?
Make sure you right click over the image and click on copy image location and then post that. That should come up as a .jpg or something similar. I've posted pictures that haven't ended in a .### and worked and I'm not sure why that is other than I copied image location and that worked.
Make sure you right click over the image and click on copy image location and then post that. That should come up as a .jpg or something similar. I've posted pictures that haven't ended in a .### and worked and I'm not sure why that is other than I copied image location and that worked.
FTB,
Thanks. Knowledge is good.
If you are curious as to why I wanted Emil Faber check out the Virgin America is hiring again thread , post number 80.
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01-21-2013, 09:10 AM
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01-21-2013, 09:11 AM
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Its an inauguration day miracle!
I was able to swap an X day to Super Bowl Sunday.
That follows the same occurence on Thanksgiving.
Reluctantly, I have to now admit some suspicion that flight ops/crew scheduling has made a conscious effort to give junior reserves something of a good deal. They appear to be allowing reserve coverage to drop fairly low on holidays. At least lower than they have historically.
Observing the last few holiday periods it looks to me like they have decided to use green slips to cover the excess open time on those days instead of stockpiling a bunch of reserves. Sort of a back door form of "holiday pay". Cheaper than giving everybody actual holiday pay like the flt attendants get, but still not bad.
Despite my usual cynicism, I am forced to give management a sincere hat tip for this new unwritten policy. I appreciate it.
I was able to swap an X day to Super Bowl Sunday.
That follows the same occurence on Thanksgiving.
Reluctantly, I have to now admit some suspicion that flight ops/crew scheduling has made a conscious effort to give junior reserves something of a good deal. They appear to be allowing reserve coverage to drop fairly low on holidays. At least lower than they have historically.
Observing the last few holiday periods it looks to me like they have decided to use green slips to cover the excess open time on those days instead of stockpiling a bunch of reserves. Sort of a back door form of "holiday pay". Cheaper than giving everybody actual holiday pay like the flt attendants get, but still not bad.
Despite my usual cynicism, I am forced to give management a sincere hat tip for this new unwritten policy. I appreciate it.
01-21-2013, 09:49 AM
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Its an inauguration day miracle!
I was able to swap an X day to Super Bowl Sunday.
That follows the same occurence on Thanksgiving.
Reluctantly, I have to now admit some suspicion that flight ops/crew scheduling has made a conscious effort to give junior reserves something of a good deal. They appear to be allowing reserve coverage to drop fairly low on holidays. At least lower than they have historically.
Observing the last few holiday periods it looks to me like they have decided to use green slips to cover the excess open time on those days instead of stockpiling a bunch of reserves. Sort of a back door form of "holiday pay". Cheaper than giving everybody actual holiday pay like the flt attendants get, but still not bad.
Despite my usual cynicism, I am forced to give management a sincere hat tip for this new unwritten policy. I appreciate it.
I was able to swap an X day to Super Bowl Sunday.
That follows the same occurence on Thanksgiving.
Reluctantly, I have to now admit some suspicion that flight ops/crew scheduling has made a conscious effort to give junior reserves something of a good deal. They appear to be allowing reserve coverage to drop fairly low on holidays. At least lower than they have historically.
Observing the last few holiday periods it looks to me like they have decided to use green slips to cover the excess open time on those days instead of stockpiling a bunch of reserves. Sort of a back door form of "holiday pay". Cheaper than giving everybody actual holiday pay like the flt attendants get, but still not bad.
Despite my usual cynicism, I am forced to give management a sincere hat tip for this new unwritten policy. I appreciate it.
The funny this is I needed the morning off, not the game. I could care less about the game no matter who was in it. I'll DVR it and if the final score looks interesting I'll watch it. What I'd love to see is a CFB national championship game go to 7 overtimes. That would be a hoot.
01-21-2013, 09:53 AM
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01-21-2013, 10:31 AM
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Ferd,
Check your PM's.
Denny
Check your PM's.
Denny
01-21-2013, 10:39 AM
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Interesting wrinkle in the 787's woes.
Aircraft grounded for inspection. No one has the inspection protocol or what might be coming.
An assessment by international consultancy Lux Research notes that even among lithium-ion batteries types, Boeing could have picked a safer alternative with little loss of performance. The 787’s batteries use lithium cobalt oxide (LCO), a material that imparts “excellent” energy density but does not resist overheating well. Once started, lithium-ion fires typically generate oxygen, making them difficult to extinguish. In the first case of battery failure, aboard a Japan Air Lines 787 parked at Boston Logan Airport, firefighters needed 40 minutes to put out the resulting fire.
In choosing LCO, Boeing eschewed safer alternatives such as lithium-iron phosphate (LFP), according to Lux. Even when overcharged, LFP changes only slightly in structure, it noted, preventing oxygen release and resisting the repeating cycle of heat generation known as thermal runaway. “This decision is all the more shocking considering major automakers early on refused to entertain the possibility of using LCO in passenger vehicles due to safety concerns,” said the Lux report.
In choosing LCO, Boeing eschewed safer alternatives such as lithium-iron phosphate (LFP), according to Lux. Even when overcharged, LFP changes only slightly in structure, it noted, preventing oxygen release and resisting the repeating cycle of heat generation known as thermal runaway. “This decision is all the more shocking considering major automakers early on refused to entertain the possibility of using LCO in passenger vehicles due to safety concerns,” said the Lux report.
01-21-2013, 12:18 PM
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You need Class D Dry powder extinguishers to put out Lithium ion battery fires. The fact that the 787 battery overheated without excess load or over-current means that it is a design flaw within the battery, which could takes months to redesign; Not good!
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