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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 1225431)

Not going to argue the message allowing jets to be operated that we filed a grievance over, but those jets are not owned by DAL. They are managed by DPJ and the pilots are from the owners flight department. Like most DPJ pilots they are employed by the owner of the jet and the utilized though the aircraft management part of DPJ. DPJ has pilots and aircraft, make no mistake about that, but it is not the majority of what they manage.

Kind of a quagmire.

Some say its a win because we limit them to five jets, many say its a loss because the company agreed to cease and desist, and now they are codified in the PWA.

Water over the dam either way.

I guess. I just wish we had refused to budge on that one. Those owners have no more leverage that any others in the drastically overpopulated fractional world. If they want the work, they will throw their "employed" pilots under the bus in a second to get the contract and we would have no problem replacing them with a company who takes our pilots as we should have required. Amortizing the training costs for DAL over the operation considering the small number of positions would be nothing. I would have conceeded longer training freezes and even the company getting to interview SL pilots for the positions before I agreed to outsource them. Those were good jobs in big jets that we gave away for nothing. The company blatantly violated our scope and because of our constructive acquiescence several dozen non union pilots have jobs our SL pilots will never have. Added bonus, if we furlough they won't take us unless we resign.

Water under the bridge...only until next contract. I want that GW limit reduced. 99.9K lbs jets outsourced to non union off listers is a must fix (assuming anyone else cares).

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Originally Posted by proletariatav8r (Post 1226000)

If one were to be hired during the next hiring window, how long would it take to hold a SLC base?

Depends on the window.

2900+ pilots in 4-5 years? You'll get it in indoc or after your 1 year freeze for sure. More stagnation and small run stop gap hiring here and there every couple years? Probably 5+ years.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...47_634x438.jpg. I was in Pamplona last year for some of this.

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Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 1226185)

I had a weird feeling that Bacon was also Spaceman Spiff from an erlier time (the old heads will remember his ejection). If I'm right, he'll be back with a new name in a couple months.

Remember Pea Stain? Probably the same guy.

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Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 1226253)

Remember Pea Stain? Probably the same guy.

I ignored peastain. I found Bacon sometimes mildly humorous, sometimes way off the mark, sometimes on the mark, frequently pushing a DPA agenda at all costs, but had no idea he was caustic enough to get banned.

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Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 1226080)

Dear Superpilot,

Why do you land the 767 so smooth? Don't you want the passengers to know they have arrived?

From his Avatar we can only assume it is his being a Captain in the nation of smooth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccenF...e_gdata_player

Three things Superpilot92 can't go for:
(1) Being twice as nice
(2) Just repeating the same old lines
(3) Bad landings in the 767

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1226191)

Fear.

You don't want to be the guy that embarassed Newk.

But to be fair, you know that even the wildest of 767s will behave once it feels that first confident tug at the tiller and realizes The Man has control. If you rode horses, you could win the triple crown with a texas longhorn. works in so many ways with your current sidekick.

http://s1.moviefanfare.com/uploads/2...dles-Mongo.png
:D

Classic line, "winning the triple crown with a Texas Longhorn." :D

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1226300)

From his Avatar we can only assume it is his being a Captain in the nation of smooth.

Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - YouTube

Three things Superpilot92 can't go for:
(1) Being twice as nice
(2) Just repeating the same old lines
(3) Bad landings in the 767

Damn. I'm gonna be hearing that song in my head all day now....

If ATC asks if we can take FL390, it's going to to be, "No can do." :o

Super is too young to even know any parts of that song though.

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Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 1226312)

Damn. I'm gonna be hearing that song in my head all day now....

If ATC asks if we can take FL390, it's going to to be, "No can do." :o

Super is too young to even know any parts of that song though.

You guys burned down Orange County right after sleeping with every hot chick yet?

If super really greased on a 767 domestic, I'm even more impressed :) That thing was a doozy to get a real smooth one on!

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1226319)

Every Last one of them!

As far as landing it goes it was only a doozy for you because you haven't flown it with newK, the ground knows better...