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Old 08-07-2016, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by XHooker
"Word on the street" is wrong. First, Stank was a Marine, did a tour with the Blues, went to PE in the early 80s and is about 70 now. "Speed" Sturgell was Navy, flew F-14s, did a Topgun tour, went to UAL, and is about 56. No military overlap. Next, while the instructor carve out reeked like week old rotting mackerel, many, probably most, of those instructors were not scabs and Abbott, while I'm sure he had no problems using scabs to his advantage, being PE, I seriously doubt he had any love for them, either.
The instructors that weren't scabs were all ex-PE, commonly referred to as "friends of Fred." Those positions were given solely at the discretion of upper management, read Fred Abbott, and was absolute and complete BS when you saw who got jobs after retirement age and who didn't.

Stankovich was nothing more than Abbott's lap dog who did whatever he could NOT to fly.....unless of course they needed someone to takeoff for China with a typhoon scheduled at arrival time resulting in a two day cluster F for everyone concerned. He also had the famous quote when questioned about pathetic staffing, "you don't build the church parking lot for Christmas and Easter."

Good riddance.
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Old 08-07-2016, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by JoePatroni
The instructors that weren't scabs were all ex-PE, commonly referred to as "friends of Fred."
Can't speak for all of them, but one of them was a friend who helped me get hired and he wasn't a scab or PE. As far as the rest of your post goes, I don't think many would disagree with your assessment.
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Old 08-07-2016, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by XHooker
Can't speak for all of them, but one of them was a friend who helped me get hired and he wasn't a scab or PE. As far as the rest of your post goes, I don't think many would disagree with your assessment.
Was he an instructor before he turned 60?
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Old 08-07-2016, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by JoePatroni
Was he an instructor before he turned 60?
Yes, he was.
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Old 08-07-2016, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by XHooker
Yes, he was.
Not the group I was referring to then. They guys I am talking about started in the training department AFTER they retired, courtesy of their buddy Fred.
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Old 08-07-2016, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JoePatroni
Not the group I was referring to then. They guys I am talking about started in the training department AFTER they retired, courtesy of their buddy Fred.
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Old 08-07-2016, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by JoePatroni

Stankovich was nothing more than Abbott's lap dog who did whatever he could NOT to fly.....unless of course they needed someone to takeoff for China with a typhoon scheduled at arrival time resulting in a two day cluster F for everyone concerned. He also had the famous quote when questioned about pathetic staffing, "you don't build the church parking lot for Christmas and Easter."

Good riddance.
You are right about Stank. I found this guys passport in the cockpit of a B777 in LHR at the bottom of the flight deck closet, way in the corner. Happened to drop an ink pen down there while stowing my bag. I had a taxi cab personally deliver his passport to his hotel. Do you think I even got a thank you note? By the way, in his passport, is his given name...."Maximillian." Who knew??
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Old 08-07-2016, 04:45 PM
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By the way, in his passport, is his given name...."Maximillian." Who knew??
Funny, that was never mentioned on the shrine to himself he had on the walls of his office.
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Old 08-07-2016, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by UALinIAH
He wasn't taken out because if his legacy. That's something he came up with to use as an excuse.
Bullsheet!
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Old 08-07-2016, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by tailwheel48
Bullsheet!
Good grief. Do all the Exes live in Texas?
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