Interesting letter from Roger Cohen I found
02-21-2010, 09:21 AM
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Interesting letter from Roger Cohen I found
Take a read as Roger Cohen pathetically tries to defend the position of the RAA to a travel magazine editor
http://www.raa.org/Portals/0/News/CondeNast120109.pdf
http://www.raa.org/Portals/0/News/CondeNast120109.pdf
02-21-2010, 09:48 AM
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The RAA is doing a study with washington state university for fatigue on regional pilots...GREAT. But, the RAA likes to use averages, I can see them using the best regional contract for rest rules and flight limits, use the average of those times, and find out that the "average" regional pilot is only flying 4 hours a day, on duty 10 hrs, and gets 14 hours of rest, therefore no change is needed.
02-21-2010, 10:11 AM
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You are right, nothing he said in that letter was a lie. But I do hate that they say safety is number one to the company. The first thing to any for-profit company is making money for the company and the shareholders. If it isn't, the company has failed. Ethically the first priority should be safety, and I think it is to most pilots. Now if you can market yourself as the safest airline in the world, where people buy your tickets because of extra safety measures, and that offsets the cost of safety, then you have a great airline.
02-21-2010, 10:16 AM
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Cohen's testimony to Congress on Colgen is a travesty of lies and half truths. There is no coicidence between his name and what it means where I come from.
02-21-2010, 03:51 PM
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I too would like to see the original article.
Conde Nast had voted Midwest Express/Midwest as the best domestic carrier for years. Maybe they were just sad to see the all-first-class seats and "best care in the air" go away.
Conde Nast had voted Midwest Express/Midwest as the best domestic carrier for years. Maybe they were just sad to see the all-first-class seats and "best care in the air" go away.
02-21-2010, 07:42 PM
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Downsized! The Rise of Regional Airlines from Condé Nast Traveler on Concierge.com
What's the difference between Roger Cohen and a catfish? One is a scum-sucking bottom feeder and the other is fish.
What's the difference between Roger Cohen and a catfish? One is a scum-sucking bottom feeder and the other is fish.
02-21-2010, 07:48 PM
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What's interesting is that, in my native language, the words "Roger Cohen" mean an unwiped anal orifice. Funny how these things happen, eh?
Cohen's testimony to Congress on Colgen is a travesty of lies and half truths. There is no coicidence between his name and what it means where I come from.
Cohen's testimony to Congress on Colgen is a travesty of lies and half truths. There is no coicidence between his name and what it means where I come from.
ATC: "state the nature of the problem?"
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02-21-2010, 07:57 PM
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What's the difference between Roger Cohen and a catfish? One is a scum-sucking bottom feeder and the other is fish.
What's the difference between Roger Cohen and a catfish? One is a scum-sucking bottom feeder and the other is fish.
But more seriously, as good as this article is, the flying public is not being held accountable for their own actions in my opinion.
If the public continues to base purchasing decisions based on dirt cheap prices and not based on safety and quality, the results are predictable. I think a lot of these articles and TV specials need to emphasize that the consumers themselves are driving the industry.
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