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Old 05-28-2012, 07:25 PM
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Default Those Who Do Not Learn From History....

I have wondered why Delta so quickly reached a tentative TA, when UCH has not.

By legend, in 1200 BC, the Greeks were attacking Troy. They famously used the Trojan Horse to gain access to the city. An excerpt from a book on the fable:

Then Laocoön rushes down eagerly from the heights
of the citadel, to confront them all, a large crowd with him,
and shouts from far off: ‘O unhappy citizens, what madness?
Do you think the enemy’s sailed away? Or do you think
any Greek gift’s free of treachery? Is that Ulysses’s reputation?
Either there are Greeks in hiding, concealed by the wood,
or it’s been built as a machine to use against our walls,
or spy on our homes, or fall on the city from above,
or it hides some other trick: Trojans, don’t trust this horse.
Whatever it is, I’m afraid of Greeks even those bearing gifts.’


Re-written for the DAL TA:

Then Council 20 rushes down eagerly from the heights
of the terminal, to confront them all, a large crowd with him,
and shouts from far off: ‘O unhappy pilots, what madness?
Do you think the CEO's giving it away? Or do you think
any Company-gift’s free of treachery? Is that Anderson’s reputation?
Either there are mainline reductions in hiding, concealed by the Scope,
or it’s been built as a machine to use against our profession,
or spy on our Days Off, or fall on the Duty Day from above,
or it hides some other trick: ALPA, don’t trust this .
Whatever it is, I’m afraid of Business Men, even those bearing gifts.’



I'm leery. I tend to believe "If it seems too good to be true, it isn't."

(BTW: I thought the original post was good. Probably a cut-n-paste issue with format that made it tougher to read).
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