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Jetjok
Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: 727 s/o, formally MD-11 Capt
Posts: 544

Don't you mean formerly?

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Originally Posted by FlyByNite (Post 130969)

Jetjok
Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: 727 s/o, formally MD-11 Capt
Posts: 544

Don't you mean formerly?

old age!;)

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Originally Posted by FlyByNite (Post 130969)

Jetjok
Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: 727 s/o, formally MD-11 Capt
Posts: 544

Don't you mean formerly?

I thought it meant he wears a tuxedo (i.e. very formal) when he flys! He takes being a s/o seriously!:D

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Originally Posted by Jetjok (Post 130958)

Hey CMA, Your girlfriend has beautiful......eyes.

Thanks. I figure she'd be a helluva lifeguard....:)

Hey guys, thanks for the spell checking. I'm so embarrassed.:rolleyes: I must have done that after 7 P.M., just before bedtime.

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Originally Posted by Jetjok (Post 131197)

Hey guys, thanks for the spell checking. I'm so embarrassed.:rolleyes: I must have done that after 7 P.M., just before bedtime.

Right after the diaper change.

BTTT......

The April SIG letter has a fine example of a disputed pairing and why they shouldn't be flown and the results of such efforts and discussions with the company. Yes, I'm talking about the SFS-HKG-ALA pairing.

First off, it's just stoopid: 0130L alert in SFS, to HKG for a 2 hr drool, then 5 hrs to ALA with metric altimetry, QFE, terrible language, etc.... Don't get me wrong, I like ALA just like the next single (or married) guy but this pairing was definitely onerous and thanks to the SIG it's been identified as such and now built with a soft parameter. I can see guys falling over themselves to pick these up in open time. "An ALA pairing, in open time, YGTBSM!"

I just bring this up to point out the GREAT work our SIG does on a monthly basis to scrub the lines. Granted, "freight has to move" and I understand that's how we put beans on the table and beer in the fridge but pairings like these need to be quashed from the get-go if for no other reason than they're just stoopid.

Whoever built that pairing was definitely NOT a crewmember.

Sorry all, but I don't have high hopes that the ALA pairing will go untaken.... the company did it knowing guys will fly it, even though it sucks and is disputed. Anything for some people to get the ALA.... or VCP for that matter. If you need it that bad.... try your left hand. Like being with someone new.

If you need it that bad.... try your left hand. Like being with someone new.[/QUOTE]

I was going to say right hand. Oh, never mind I get it. ..................;)