Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
09-14-2011, 06:10 PM
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09-14-2011, 06:27 PM
seeing the large hubs...
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Huh. Well - the first step is to call scheduling and ask them. If you don't get the response you want, call ALPA. They are usually pretty good about figuring stuff out.
09-14-2011, 06:44 PM
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That is hilarious... Do you have any idea how old the video is? I'm going to have to call some buds and get the scoop on that one. Looks like Eielson AFB up by Fairbanks. The wing commander up there is one of my least favorite people in the world.
09-14-2011, 07:15 PM
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I dont know how the snyder method makes big gains, my (basic) sense is that it aims to mitigate risk while also producing a budgetable "income," kind of like an annuity or 15 rental houses. My aim is to make big gains, consistently, with the goal of completely extricating myself from the citizen/slave dream. At some point, the dollar will be dethroned. The process will be methodically slow, but if you arent paying attention it will seem to happen overnight. The question is, how do you want to be positioned when the dollar becomes the ruble (of the early '90s).
Sorry for the pontification in the last paragraph, it wasnt my intent, but I decided to leave it in.
Sorry for the pontification in the last paragraph, it wasnt my intent, but I decided to leave it in.
I'm also pretty risk averse. So shooting for the stars (and the risk that accompanies that) is not something I want to do with my retirement portfolio.I'm curious. How does investing in ETF's get you out of the dollar? And what do you envision getting into if things unfold the way you believe they will?
09-14-2011, 07:34 PM
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The objective of the method is to make a consistent 12% (annual) cash flow yield on the stake in the account. For the 6 1/2 years I've been doing it, this is exactly what I have experienced. I don't know how you define "big gains"... but a consistent 12% annually over the long run is pretty darn good. I think it does this with a fairly conservative balance of risk and reward. But that's just my opinion. I'm a pilot... so take that FWIW! I'm also pretty risk averse. So shooting for the stars (and the risk that accompanies that) is not something I want to do with my retirement portfolio.
I'm curious. How does investing in ETF's get you out of the dollar? And what do you envision getting into if things unfold the way you believe they will?
I'm also pretty risk averse. So shooting for the stars (and the risk that accompanies that) is not something I want to do with my retirement portfolio.I'm curious. How does investing in ETF's get you out of the dollar? And what do you envision getting into if things unfold the way you believe they will?
Fair questions that when I wrote what I wrote, I knew would be coming. I dont want to really go down that road on this thread, but your annual target is closer to my bi-weekly target.
Your last paragraph is honestly something I am trying to get my own brain around. Guns and bunkers arent the answer. Owning large land tracts which will likely become nationalized (by raising property taxes- to pay for overbloated local services-to the point that even the rich cant afford to pay them) isnt the answer. Physical gold? some yes, but not enough to have the door knocked down over...gotta be federally licensed now to do it legally...thanks tarp2. I was going to buy a 65' live aboard catamaran a few years ago as an escape vessel, but figured if the place really melted down to that extent, I'd just hop on the nearest one I saw.
Like I said, still working on it.
Anyone got any ideas.
Got a question for you. How long til the market tanks due to the euro meltdown without a trans-national consensus bailout plan?
09-14-2011, 08:07 PM
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09-14-2011, 08:13 PM
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09-14-2011, 08:20 PM
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I think you accidentally set it to "(rhymes with bhore)."
Last edited by RoughLandings; 09-14-2011 at 08:22 PM. Reason: replace b with w for the proper quote
09-14-2011, 08:39 PM
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Just for anyone else who wanted to know, apparently if your on long call and take the shorter callout for GS pay it should show an F on your schedule instead of a G to be payed correctly. If it falls on an X day or if your a line holder then it is a G next to the trip. This was how John (From Scheduling) explained it to me. Remember knowing is half the battle
Thanks again
09-14-2011, 10:15 PM
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Taken care of, thanks
Last edited by Brocc15; 09-15-2011 at 08:33 AM. Reason: Problem solved
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