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01-06-2010, 09:02 AM

#23761

Bucking Bar

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Nevermind ... saving it for later.

01-06-2010, 09:26 AM

#23762

slowplay

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Originally Posted by NuGuy

Sorry Slow, you're coming in garbled. Try again.

Nu

Yeah, it is hard to hear over all the whining....

Last edited by slowplay; 01-06-2010 at 09:43 AM.

01-06-2010, 09:29 AM

#23763

stix'nstrings

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

... and if we buy / merge with Alaska, that is exactly what we are competing against. United and Virgin are in a fight to the death. Alaska's in a bad neighborhood with that action goin down. Also, Delta already code shares with Virgin.

The only upside I see to an Alaska merger is taking back some of our code share scope.

The fight isn't that bad for us. Heard recently from a marketing VP that Virgin has recently scaled back their N/S growth and redeploying E/W in search of new opportunity and better yields against United and JBLU.

Good luck with that...

01-06-2010, 09:47 AM

#23764

TOGA LK

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot

GUM would be a little different Bar. You were an EVer. Tell me, do you think they would take care of their pilots like DAL would, move no move, TDY no TDY it makes no difference. It is a different game.

Plus, GUM is a lot different than some island off of Vietnam!

I bet the diving down there is insane!!

01-06-2010, 10:03 AM

#23765

Denny Crane

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Don't remember if this has been brought up yet but what's the general concensus about the Mesa bankruptcy? Is it good, bad, or indifferent for Delta?

Denny

01-06-2010, 10:09 AM

#23766

tsquare

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot

Shiz;
I would love to bring their expat guys here after their contracts are up. .

Say WHAT????? Sure.. bring 'em right on over.. after an interview, and put 'em right on the bottome of the list.

01-06-2010, 10:20 AM

#23767

80ktsClamp

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Originally Posted by tsquare

Say WHAT????? Sure.. bring 'em right on over.. after an interview, and put 'em right on the bottome of the list.

Bingo.. they are contract pilots that don't even work for JAL.

It's nice seeing an AS guy chime in...would be interesting to get more of the others' perspectives. I'd like to see their logic on what they feel about fences and how the SLI should be done (if it comes to that) and why.

01-06-2010, 10:21 AM

#23768

tsquare

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Originally Posted by brakechatter

Sorry guys,

Just had to call time out to brag on my Hawkeyes. We don't get to brag that often, so I have to take advantage. One can only wonder what could have transpired with a healthy QB for the last 3 regular games.

But we'll take it.

Carry on.

Congrats my brother... ya'll looked good tonight. Since I don't know anybody from Tech, I was pullin' for the Hawks...

01-06-2010, 10:31 AM

#23769

FlyingViking

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

......It's nice seeing an AS guy chime in...would be interesting to get more of the others' perspectives. I'd like to see their logic on what they feel about fences and how the SLI should be done (if it comes to that) and why.

Some of it was discussed here: http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/me...tml#post739118

01-06-2010, 10:33 AM

#23770

Pineapple Guy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by buzzpat

Partially true. The company changed the PWA to move the international line south of Quito when they bought the 700.

Buzz, in exchange for ALPA's agreement to permit Quito, you and I get to benefit every time we step into a -700 (a very nice airplane, BTW), whether we ever fly to Quito or not. The quid for Quito was bringing the -700 rate up to the -800 rate; about a $15/hr raise for A and $10 for B. With the expectation of many more -700s in the future, I view this as a good deal for us.