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08-24-2006 | 07:29 PM

#461

TonyC

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Originally Posted by CaptainMark

...going out to the hub tonight to help load airplanes for free....anyone want to join me!!!! NOT!!!!

I showed up to help load planes, but they turned me away at screening because I was wearing steel-toed boots.

Oh, well...

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08-25-2006 | 03:44 AM

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MD11HOG

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From: MD11 F/O

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Originally Posted by fecav8r

Both filled by res's don't know why they were drafting for them

They like to hold on to enough reserves in case someone calls in sick at the last minute, gauge swaps, and other reasons. Paying a little draft isn't that big a deal.

08-25-2006 | 04:28 AM

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Bitme

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Originally Posted by TonyC

Exactly TWICE now FoxHunter has been called a scab. Exactly TWICE now, the person making the accusation was promptly called out and corrected..

Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab, Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab, Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab,Scab, Scab,Scab,....

Just wanted to add some levity Tony

08-25-2006 | 05:36 AM

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SleepyF18

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From: MD-11 F/O

Trip 301/25AUG06 MEM11F/O and trip 40/25AUG06 MEM11CAPT (already filled, was an AM trip)

Last edited by SleepyF18; 08-25-2006 at 05:49 AM.

08-25-2006 | 07:35 AM

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Fedex999999

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Careful, Sleepy. Trip 301 on the 25th is a qual check for a captain finishing transition from the DC-10. Since he is still in the rhealm on training, it was assigned to him. The f/o got it on reserve.

08-25-2006 | 08:07 AM

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SleepyF18

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I appreciate your voice of caution, I was just offering up some info that I had received. What pilots do in their free time is their own individual decision.

08-25-2006 | 08:13 AM

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42GO

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You guys need to get a life.....

08-25-2006 | 08:34 AM

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RedeyeAV8r

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Originally Posted by 42GO

You guys need to get a life.....

We are trying to get one..........it is called a Contract!

08-25-2006 | 08:35 AM

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TonyC

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Thanks Forty-Two.

How's that IBS coming along?

08-25-2006 | 08:04 PM

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kwri10s

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Originally Posted by TonyC

Having one's calendar blocked is not a smoking gun. There are legitimate reasons to block one's calendar, and not everyone who does is working extra. Let's lighten up on that before we accuse someone wrongly. We certainly don't need to Fire-Aim-Ready when it comes to one of our own brothers.

I have to throw the flag on this one. I'd like a few legitimate reasons to block a calendar please. The only people you are blocking from seeing your work schedule are those people (pilots) that access your "calendar" through VIPS. Only other pilots use VIPS. Selecting block calendar in VIPS does not affect anyone other then us pilots. I'm slightly open to listening to why a pilot would have a legit reason to hide his work schedule for other workers. The obvious reason of I don't want others to know; how much/little I am working, which disputed pairings I'm on, how I'm dropping trips for union then flying draft, how my buddy the scheduler is sliding me draft under the table, etc......I see lots of reasons to hide, but none I'd call legit.