Brocc15

A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her
telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.
The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this
psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test
set, and dialed the subscriber's house.
The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog moaned and the telephone began to ring.
Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:

1 . The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire with a steel
chain and collar.
2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number
was called.
4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then
urinate.
5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to
ring.

Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by ****ing and moaning. Thought you'd like to know.

(sorry I had to post that one

KC10 FATboy

Yeah, I'm not an Apple fan. But why should the company spend money to produce software that is compatible with your MAC? MACs are exclusive. They only represent about 9% of the total computer market share and they are only compatible with ... MACs.

Should the company also be required to make their software compatible with other OSs? If not, why?

iceman49

I would imagine its closers to 35% of the pilots based on some other companies demographics.

Justdoinmyjob

While playing with the app yesterday, I noticed that it wasn't giving the layover info for an international station. After an email, and a few hours, they had a newer version of icrewmax that fixed the problem, all done on a Sunday afternoon. I was impressed to say the least. I'd like to see DT work on that time frame.

Lifeisgood

Rumor alert:

From one of the instructors in MSP: A bunch of A320 time is coming to ATL in mid 2011. Most likely 320 categories in ATL on the next AE.

KC10 FATboy

Still doesn't matter. If you want to use a MAC for your personal use, great. Use them. But since the company uses PCs, I don't think they should be required to write software for both. They have enough IT SNAFUs, we don't need to create more for them.

KC10 FATboy

Who owns iCrew Max?

johnso29

Did he say which base the time will be pulled from?

FmrFreightDog

Was one of the job requirements on the application, "Must own or buy a PC"? The company wants the distance learning concept. A sizeable percentage of the workforce uses exclusively Mac. It's unreasonable to expect us all to go out and buy a PC that sits around doing nothing all year until CQ time. The cost to make the systems CDs Mac compatible is really pretty minimal. I also think that the percentage of Mac users in the pilot group is much higher than 9%, but even if it isn't, it's totally unacceptable for the company to produce a training product that 9% of its target workforce cannot use without buying equipment to support it.

I am constantly amazed at how often you post on here about what you don't think the company should have to pay for. Whats next? Motel 6s instead of downtown layovers? Sack lunches instead of per diem?

Enough.

Jabberwock

Delta is a Premier Sponsor of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Typically sponsorship comes with perks. Are there any for employees?

Another question, is Detroit the only City without transport to the airport? In their bizzre world there are no shuttles, no train, and no direct bus service. The rental companies and cabs obviously realize this since the 15 mile ride into the City averages $100 round trip.