GunshipGuy

Couldn't find it in iCrew or Deltanet...when does the MD90 differences code have to be entered by for ATL88B?

gloopy

True, but what the union can change is those precise airframes doing DL flying by outsource providers or not, as well as the present level of insane amounts of outsourced 70-76 seat flying.. Suddenly all those disadvantages won't matter and long term contracts (likely with DL on the hook for the leases if they ever get out of the agreement) will be inked quicker than the engines can be spooled down on the mainline equipment they replace. The C series is unproven, but only a little bit more unproven than the 787 and we have those on order only because if the company ever wants to operate them, we have to fly them. Give them the C Series or Mitsubishi to outsource and the mother of all outsourcing deals would be in the books before the World Series ended, guaranteed.

nwaf16dude

I've spent over two years of my life in and around iraq, since 2003. I was a loyal airman, so you might be a little surprised to find that I agree with you completely.

Good post. I am so sick of my government lying to me, and continually trying to make me live in fear.

Probably treading close to politics, so I'll stop it here.

I'll support an SOS for Crew Pass.

forgot to bid

Bar, I don't care for the cancer causing xray machines big sis is using other than the fact you could look at it as an opportunity to moon the government.

But, fwiw, about the yellow cake in Iraq, you are right that you won't find it because according to the ap and this msnbc article it was removed and sent to Canada:

U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - Conflict in Iraq - msnbc.com
AP Associated Press
July 5, 2008

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" — the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment — was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam's nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and Iraqi authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.

What's now left is the final and complicated push to clean up the remaining radioactive debris at the former Tuwaitha nuclear complex about 12 miles south of Baghdad — using teams that include Iraqi experts recently trained in the Chernobyl fallout zone in Ukraine.

"Everyone is very happy to have this safely out of Iraq," said a senior U.S. official who outlined the nearly three-month operation to The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.

While yellowcake alone is not considered potent enough for a so-called "dirty bomb" — a conventional explosive that disperses radioactive material — it could stir widespread panic if incorporated in a blast. Yellowcake also can be enriched for use in reactors and, at higher levels, nuclear weapons using sophisticated equipment.

The Iraqi government sold the yellowcake to a Canadian uranium producer, Cameco Corp., in a transaction the official described as worth "tens of millions of dollars." A Cameco spokesman, Lyle Krahn, declined to discuss the price, but said the yellowcake will be processed at facilities in Ontario for use in energy-producing reactors.

"We are pleased ... that we have taken (the yellowcake) from a volatile region into a stable area to produce clean electricity," he said.

More at U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - Conflict in Iraq - msnbc.com

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Also, not to be out done:

Iraq had chemical WMDs
Reviving a battle over "the Bush administrations most (in)famous rationale for invading Iraq," says Noah Shachtman in Wired, the WikiLeaks dump revealed that "U.S. troops continued to find chemical weapons labs, encounter insurgent specialists in toxins, and uncover weapons of mass destruction" long after the war started. Mostly, these were remnants of Saddam Hussein's mustard gas from the Iran-Iraq war.

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Now back to my life as a reserve pilot:

Carl Spackler

The very definition of a low expectation.

Carl

Carl Spackler

The picture looks great ftb. The airplane is WAY uglier in person.

Carl

Carl Spackler

I always had you figured for a real MSNBC guy.

Carl

Carl Spackler

OK...I'll fire: Couldn't agree more!!

Carl

Carl Spackler

Since he got promoted, it's a little different: "RJ's are good for ALPA"

Carl

Carl Spackler

Agree completely.

Carl