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Old 07-05-2012 | 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
Sink,

Alternatively, move to Atlanta during training and get it over with.

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Or Don't. I can't wait to get the heck out of here!
Old 07-05-2012 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
BB, you meant move to NY, right?

New hires won't be able to hold ATL...
No they'll give Atl to new hires. It'll be about 1.5 yrs later that they'll get displaced out to NY.
Old 07-05-2012 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
BB, you meant move to NY, right?

New hires won't be able to hold ATL...
No he means move to ATL first for training, then move again to your first base, then move again to every subsequent base that you AE, VD or MD into. Anything else is just a choice amirite?
Old 07-05-2012 | 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Yeah, this. Still betting on the nyc base for the 717 initially!
You bet, and with that Capt pay rate, by 2015 I'll be living at the Trump Tower in Manhattan! Sweeeeeeet! Bring on Akron, Moline, Cedar Rapids, and Eau Claire from LGA everyday!
Old 07-05-2012 | 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Sink r8
I think you could argue that no contract invests quite as much in newhires as this contract, because it's designed to create newhire positions, both in terms of early outs, and in terms on 717's.
Early outs create jobs to the same extent that a credit card creates money. A great man once said, "...in this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

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Old 07-05-2012 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Lumberg
You bet, and with that Capt pay rate, by 2015 I'll be living at the Trump Tower in Manhattan! Sweeeeeeet! Bring on Akron, Moline, Cedar Rapids, and Eau Claire from LGA everyday!
You could probably get a storage locker at Trump Tower to live in.
Old 07-05-2012 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by scambo1
Wish I could claim this one.

Apparently cinnabun has a self life on their buns. A buddy of mine talked them out of a bunch of them, maybe 10 or so for free. He was flying with an overweight smoker Capt and came into the cockpit with them, told the Capt they were free and to help himself...The Capt ate every one of them.

That is a slow way to die.
Yep-I regularly do the food runs and get the double bacon, double meat special. Never been turned down yet.
I love the Atkins guys also-last trip the rather robust CA ate a huge 4 pound styrofoam box of teriyaki beef and chicken dripping in sauce saying, "It's helping me lose weight-see, no rice.".
Old 07-05-2012 | 08:32 AM
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Any one hear any numbers on the early out program and what aircraft they are associated with???
Old 07-05-2012 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluto
Early outs create jobs to the same extent that a credit card creates money. A great man once said, "...in this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"
Absolutely correct. An early out is an advance on future progression.

It's nice to have the job early, though, even if the next step is stagnation. Several years of longevity and stuck at bottom probably trumps several years at a marginal regional, at least for most people.

So it's more like a credit card that pays you interest on the money you borrow.

For the record, I am generally against expanding capital on early outs, except if I thought there was a high likelyhood of a merger.
Old 07-05-2012 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Lumberg
You bet, and with that Capt pay rate, by 2015 I'll be living at the Trump Tower in Manhattan! Sweeeeeeet! Bring on Akron, Moline, Cedar Rapids, and Eau Claire from LGA everyday!
Bill,

Isn't it bad luck to count your captain chickens before they hatch?
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