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Old 02-16-2014 | 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay5150
FYI. Was down in the lounge the other day when Richard came through. I was at a computer and he walked up an introduced himself and started chatting. We talked about the current IROP and the one before. He used a colloquialism to describe that first one that is a phrase most of us on here might use......pretty funny. I won't repeat on a public forum just in case it's bad form.

He went on to say that DBMS is totally antiquated and wants it re-done.

That we should be getting and acknowledging re-routes during situations like that right on an-easy to use app on our phone with just a couple of clicks.

I didn't get into any big issues as he was trying to talk to as many folks as he could and I didn't want to hold him up.

Whatever reservations people have about him, guy knows airlines, and that is good for a change......*cough* Leo *cough*.....

One of our former CEO's is rumored to have demanded the same engine on the 757 as the 767 to save maintenance costs. He could not grasp why that was not a option.