Jesse

Q means qualified, which doesn't mean what you would naturally think it means in regard to qualification on the aircraft. It means the trip is qualified. And in open time that means it belongs to someone and that person owns it until someone else picks it up (i.e. it will not be given to someone on reserve). It shows up there with a Q because the pilot has attempted to drop it using Personal Drop, but the reserve manning isn't there to allow the drop. If the req manning were to some how appear (maybe someone moves a X day) then the personal drop would go through.

I don't know what dupe means, and I don't know what that med column means either.

nwaf16dude

MED means "Malaria Endemic Destination" or something to that effect anyway. They are supposed to assign those 48 hours in advance so guys can start taking their malarone.

forgot to bid

Something similar to what they say now:

"Legacy carriers such as Delta Air Lines are bloated relics of the past with skyrocketing labor costs due to greedy unions, they have poor revenue management, horribly bloated budgets, completely inept at adapting to changing markets including the ever popular internet and worse of all offer unattractive prices to the budget sensitive once-a-year vacationing family who may at the spur of a moment buy a ticket to Orlando.

That is why we recommend that you sell that Delta stock right now and buy stock in an airline like Southwest.

Southwest has a perfect business model, is well managed by popular and fun CEO's, one fleet type significantly reduces their costs, they have great labor relations because they are union free and most of all they have really hilarious commercials with catchy one liners like 'our bags fly for free!'

You can read more of our investment opinions at nugatoryinvestmentadvice.com"

acl65pilot

Dupe means duplicate paring. It is what they use when they modify one positions rotation and not the other.

Carl Spackler

No worries. He knows we're represented by ALPA.

Carl

forgot to bid

It was as if he had been pitched a hanging curve ball over the center of the plate...



so he stopped the plane, set the parking break and began to type...

DAL 88 Driver

If there's one thing I've learned about airline analysts... or even analysts in general... their predictions are generally no better than throwing darts at a dart board. There are simply too many variables in play to predict the future of an individual company, an entire industry, or even the economy. Anyone who tells you they know what will happen is either deluding themselves or being dishonest.

Moral to the story: Don't invest based on predictions. And don't plan your negotiating strategy around them either!

buzzpat

Carl doesn't have to stop and set the break....he just lets her roll.

capncrunch

Has anyone jumpseated on company to Puerto Vallarta? Are there any issues to be aware of when trying to jumpseat to Mexico?

forgot to bid

John Stossel loved to do these reports on 20/20 and still does on FBN about how he can beat all the stock advice by simply throwing darts at a board.

The best however I ever saw was a year or more long competition between inmates in prison and wall street investment folks, the prisoners won. They said "it's just gambling, it's no different than sports."

To which it makes you wonder, are you better off gambling in Vegas on football or investing on Wall Street? I mean, Bellagio or Enron? MGM or Worldcom? Madoff or Betus.com?

I mean I'll never do it but a friend of a friend every year puts money on Auburn winning the national championship, he did so last year right after Alabama had won. He bet $100. He's getting paid $15,000.