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01-22-2008 | 05:09 PM

#21

CactusCrew

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From: Doggie

Be carefule out there

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Originally Posted by kronan

Depends,

what are your odds of finishing a bottle of whiskey before hopping on the horse.

But, I'd bet the probability is 100% of at least one fall. Unless the horse your'e riding is your high horse

This horse has a mean kick !!

01-22-2008 | 05:35 PM

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nightfreight

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Originally Posted by BrownGirls YUM

Hope he pulls a Bono.

That is classic... Sick, but classic....

01-22-2008 | 07:14 PM

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From: Gear Monkey

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Originally Posted by stinsonjr

I forget the exact name of the theory...but math tells us that your odds of getting struck by lightening a second time are exactly the same as they were prior to being struck the first time...

They're called Independent Identically Distributed Random Variables....I believe.

(Wow! 2 yrs of grad school just paid off!!)

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01-23-2008 | 04:21 PM

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From: MD-11

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Originally Posted by fedupbusdriver

Personally, at this point, I would rather see a nonmember retire, than a member stay past 60.

So, you are more upset at the guy who free-loaded for a few years, and didn't pay a few thousand dollars into ALPA National's slush fund, vice a guy who just cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars (and quality of life) by delaying your ability to upgrade for 3-5 years, or more?

01-23-2008 | 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DLax85

They're called Independent Identically Distributed Random Variables....I believe.

(Wow! 2 yrs of grad school just paid off!!)

It is very scary that you know that!!

I know that if you throw a rock into water it sinks.

01-23-2008 | 05:36 PM

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Busboy

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From: leaning to the left

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Originally Posted by PicklePausePull

I would certainly rather see a non-member retire, as well.

If he didn't...Then we'd have a non-member staying after age 60!

01-23-2008 | 05:58 PM

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fedupbusdriver

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From: A300/310 Capt

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Originally Posted by PicklePausePull

Let me rephrase ----

Having a nonmember retire at sixty is more appealing than any crewmember staying past sixty. I am just glad to see retirements.

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01-23-2008 | 06:30 PM

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Oceanside11

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From: MD-11 FO

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Originally Posted by fedupbusdriver

Let me rephrase ----

Having a nonmember retire at sixty is more appealing than any crewmember staying past sixty. I am just glad to see retirements.

I have a higher opinion (by far) of the GC that just retired than the GC out on medical.

01-23-2008 | 06:38 PM

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fedupbusdriver

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I don't know either George, so I can't comment, but I wish they had both retired.

01-23-2008 | 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by PicklePausePull

In a word, yes. His actions are a fact. And until the next 3-5 years passes and we see what the near and over 60 pilots actually do, and whether the economy continues to tank, all your whining is purely speculative.