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Old 08-21-2012 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
I remember hearing about this Ted Bundy guy when I was growing up. I think it was one of those crappy cheapo documentaries.

problem was I kept confusing the name with that other guy, you know, the one who scored four touchdowns in a single game back in high school and who married that woman worth the big hair who always called for him to go upstairs.
I had him confused with the guy who married that chick from Mork and Mindy. Or was that the guy who played him doing that stuff in the ABC after school special in the 80s?
Old 08-21-2012 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by tsquare
WRT retirement (well not JUST retirement)... I have one piece of advice. If you fly over 80 hours, fill up your bank. ASAP. Especially if you are planning on an upgrade in either seat or aircraft.
Why? I would rather have my $$$$ now. If I wait a year, I lose 10-12% in gains over a year. "Planning on upgrading?". Lol.... You sound like Lumberg. Nothing but sideways for quite some time.
Old 08-21-2012 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Roadkill
Filling up the bank question-- if we just fill the bank now, before Jan, will we be able to pull it out in Jan at the 8.1% higher wages (or whatever the raise is)? I've not used the bank, so not super sure when/why I would do so, but in low / out-high seems good?
Yes, it will pay out at the higher rate. You can only put in hours over 80 so you will really have to hustle these last few months to do it.
Old 08-21-2012 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Columbia
I had him confused with the guy who married that chick from Mork and Mindy. Or was that the guy who played him doing that stuff in the ABC after school special in the 80s?
Nah, Mark Harmon married Mindy.

And they say Jack Tripper on Three's Company had nothing to do with Jack T.Ripper. I call shenannigans.
Old 08-21-2012 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by FlyZ
-> Hiring thousands soon!
-> Hiring nearly a thousand pretty soon!
-> Hiring in the fall!
-> AE in the fall, hiring next spring!
-> AE next spring (maybe), no mention of hiring
-> ???????

When a guy does this to a girl, it's called letting her down easy. We put out - signed that TA for them. Now we are wondering whether they really love us, or were they just saying that late at night in the back of the car? Our mommas always told us, why buy the cow when you can buy all the milk in Alaska, France, and the Netherlands for free (or something like that). We might get mad at them now for taking advantage of us. They're not worried, though. They'll see us again in about three years, tell us how beautiful we look, and we'll forget all about this time.
I really wonder about an airline where 2/3 of the pilot group deluded themselves into thinking the result of that TA could be anything but extended stagnation. The rocking chair lives.
Old 08-21-2012 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by JungleBus
I really wonder about an airline where 2/3 of the pilot group deluded themselves into thinking the result of that TA could be anything but extended stagnation. The rocking chair lives.
Amen. Back, and forth...
Old 08-22-2012 | 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by JungleBus
I really wonder about an airline where 2/3 of the pilot group deluded themselves into thinking the result of that TA could be anything but extended stagnation. The rocking chair lives.
Of course it has to be the TA and has absolutely nothing to do with less block hours, a weakening economy etc. It certainly must be the TA.
Old 08-22-2012 | 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by RonRicco
Of course it has to be the TA and has absolutely nothing to do with less block hours, a weakening economy etc. It certainly must be the TA.
And conversely, the company really wanted to get the TA done early so that they could close the loopholes on scope and pay us more.
Old 08-22-2012 | 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by RonRicco
Of course it has to be the TA and has absolutely nothing to do with less block hours, a weakening economy etc. It certainly must be the TA.
So stagnation is the result of the economy? I just guessing here but if we grow and start hiring ALPA will claim it's a result of the TA. Things are bad=blame economy. Things are good=look what we did with the TA! Typical political BS
Old 08-22-2012 | 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Doug Masters
So stagnation is the result of the economy? I just guessing here but if we grow and start hiring ALPA will claim it's a result of the TA. Things are bad=blame economy. Things are good=look what we did with the TA! Typical political BS
The excuse will be that other airlines have better cost structures than ours. Our longevity is too high and our equipment old gas guzzling maintenance hogs ... but mostly just that our old pilot group just costs too damn much.

Take the Comair tape, rewind, hit play. It began when they failed to achieve enforceable scope. They were outsourced into inefficiency. In case anyone forgot, we are managed by the same executives.

Whether or not Delta management has any interest in running Delta Air Lines relates directly to our scope.
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