happy were getting fms back, up north I don't feel like we NEEDED it enroute but it will help. we NEED gps approaches for these airports though. many times were dancing with tailwind/xwind/braking action limits because there's only one approach we can do. hopefully they'll get that part up and running quickly. wish they had just sent the powerpoint and test out to us online. for me to do the class it turned into 2 lost days of work, 8 hours of credit, 30 hours of perdiem, a 275 dollar hotel room because they waited until the last minute to book and 40 bucks in cab fees because that hotel had no transport. I know that wasn't the case for everyone but still it must have cost a ton. maybe they were required to have us actually in class for it.

Like people have said, the crews and ground peeps rock. Also I think the top brass make good decisions and communicate a lot for an airline (all the videos and emails) even the chief has improved his email tone. the delay reports are a blessing and a curse, you have to do them all the time but at least there is some outlet where you can say what happened and hope things will change because of it. or at least not come back on you.

....deleted the rest, not worth ranting about crew sked and dispatch....