Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
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I think it's probably because the hockey players are younger than most of the others.
Oh, and they all said Larry Bird is a prick...
Yes, this is strictly enforced, by Delta's Uniform Nazi's! It's a top secret organization made up of retired wide body Captains.
See that van parked across the street from your house?
That's not the cable company...
I've said too much, they'll be here soon, I have to go, NOW.
See that van parked across the street from your house?
That's not the cable company...
I've said too much, they'll be here soon, I have to go, NOW.
It's too bad my refusal to answer the phone doesn't mean the bad trip will just go away.
Sky Decks?
I'm really kind of intrigued. It'd be neat. A break from the ordinary. But my car is covered in filth every time I park it in the parking lot. I assume it's jet fuel. So what about that and of course the @#$!@%$ MD-88S TAKING OFF! WHA? I CAN'T HEAR YOU?! WHY???
But I'm glad they're doing it, I'd like to see it. Too bad they're not doing it on top of ATL terminal A. That way you can watch Ramp 2 become an absolute cluster every departure and arrival bank.
And when an MD-90 starts up it can scare the living crap out of them.
I'm really kind of intrigued. It'd be neat. A break from the ordinary. But my car is covered in filth every time I park it in the parking lot. I assume it's jet fuel. So what about that and of course the @#$!@%$ MD-88S TAKING OFF! WHA? I CAN'T HEAR YOU?! WHY???
But I'm glad they're doing it, I'd like to see it. Too bad they're not doing it on top of ATL terminal A. That way you can watch Ramp 2 become an absolute cluster every departure and arrival bank.
And when an MD-90 starts up it can scare the living crap out of them.
Okay, time to be on the cutting edge of news, take your pick...
Option A) NYT: Biggest Carbon Sin is Air Travel
Option B) Police Charge 71-Year-Old With Prostitution in Glastonbury - Glastonbury, CT Patch
Option A) NYT: Biggest Carbon Sin is Air Travel
Option B) Police Charge 71-Year-Old With Prostitution in Glastonbury - Glastonbury, CT Patch
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You can spot a traveling hockey team a mile a way. Jackets and ties coupled with missing teeth and shinners.
Last edited by johnso29; 01-28-2013 at 11:05 AM.
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As a "retired" ATR pilot, the plane carries ice as well as any other turboprop. Roselawn was caused by the Captain's absence. He was occupied in the "forward bedroom". The FO cancelled the aileron trim AP warning dozens of times in the Captain's absence. The signs were there to prevent the crash, just nobody was there to see them.
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>the ATR absolutely does not handle ice "...as well as any other turbo prop". At Simmons Airline, we had three events where the ATR fell out of the sky. Roselawn was one event. Another during an approach at Stevens Point, WI, and a 3rd on approach to DTW (Simmons for a period was a NWA code-share carrier)
>The captain was not "absent from the cockpit". He did make a head call while they were holding, but was back in his seat well before the event
>Point #3. Yeah, "the signs were there". And the Simmons pilots (of whom I was one, for 4+ years) knew the at ATR could and did get squirrelly in ice. The NTSB told the FAA as early as 1981 that the ATR was susceptible to aileron hinge reversal, but the FAA failed to ensure that the manufacturer effected the required fix to the issue.
I knew, and flew several times with the PIC of that flight. His first name was Orlando, and he was as good a stick-n-rudder guy as there is. Also, very sharp mentally. I assure you that as a whole, the Simmons pilots felt that "if that could happen to him, it could've happened to any of us". The NTSB completely exonerated the flight crew in this accident. I enclosed a link. Before you go disparaging some guy you don't even know who is no longer alive to defend himself, educate yourself by reading.
respectfully,
http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reconside...s/AAR9601r.pdf
Last edited by johnso29; 01-28-2013 at 11:06 AM.
I check my schedule a couple times the day before I have to go back on reserve. I always refuse to acknowledge a bad short call or trip until I'm obligated to. There's always hope that it will miraculously disappear right?
Auto notification is taking the fun out of schedule checks. Now I'm immediately notified of something that I don't want to see. I always used to do my schedule check with my eyes shut and do the slow open technique hoping not to find a "you've been assigned the following" message instead a display of my monthly schedule.
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This is United's fleet plan for this year, with all the "growth" aircraft:
They are bidding positions based on two factors:
So when you see people advocating for SWA W-2's remember that SWA W-2's come with less restrictive work rules and they need less pilots who all fly more hours. Put a minus sign in front of those numbers and you will get a taste of what will happen to us if we get SWA work rules.
Be careful what you wish for.
They are bidding positions based on two factors:
- They have not had early retirement programs recently and they now have more short term retirements
- The new contract vastly improved the CAL work rules and these positions are to satisfy the new work rules. This is the major reason for these bids.
So when you see people advocating for SWA W-2's remember that SWA W-2's come with less restrictive work rules and they need less pilots who all fly more hours. Put a minus sign in front of those numbers and you will get a taste of what will happen to us if we get SWA work rules.
Be careful what you wish for.
Uh, I thought we got SWA pay and staffing efficiencies in C2012?
Remember, our surveys demanded :
1. SWA yesterday pay, tomorrow x 3 years,
2. SWA work rules today and
3. SWA scope never.
I mean thats what we got, so therefore thats what we must have demanded in the surveys.
Remember, our surveys demanded :
1. SWA yesterday pay, tomorrow x 3 years,
2. SWA work rules today and
3. SWA scope never.
I mean thats what we got, so therefore thats what we must have demanded in the surveys.
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