Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
11-08-2012, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by NuGuy
I was arguing with a hippie one day about how worthless H2 was as fuel. Engeering problems aside, and the fact that the dumbasses you face every day driving would each be in command of a mini-Hindenburg, I was pointing out that you can't simply stick a pipe in the ground and up comes bubbling cyrogenic hydrogen. You have to PRODUCE it, and that means simply moving the carbon from lots of places to one big place (plus eating a bunch in the production/transfer process), unless you go nuke, and hippies aren't a big fan of fission, it turns out.
But I pull him aside, and wisper to him, like I'm divulging a huge trade secret. I tell him about a way to store hydrogen at non-cryogenic temperatures and pressures. Extremely compact, and pound for pound, equal to what we use now. You just take the hydrogen, and bond it to a carbon, and string them along like Christmas lights.
He was really bummed when I told him it was gasoline. Turns out it's a pretty dang good way to store hydrogen.
Nu
But I pull him aside, and wisper to him, like I'm divulging a huge trade secret. I tell him about a way to store hydrogen at non-cryogenic temperatures and pressures. Extremely compact, and pound for pound, equal to what we use now. You just take the hydrogen, and bond it to a carbon, and string them along like Christmas lights.
He was really bummed when I told him it was gasoline. Turns out it's a pretty dang good way to store hydrogen.
Nu
11-08-2012, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
So another $0.17 per gallon would be $655M tax? What was our operating income for 2011? $1.975B? But net income of $854M? So look there, we can afford the tax.
Sure, the company can afford it.
But we pilots can't.
11-08-2012, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
Remember, end hurricanes.
11-08-2012, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
This is probably a repost, but a good video of the Skywest pilot gone crazy and stealing an RJ with multiple views and video.
LiveLeak.com - Raw Footage: Skywest Jet Smashes Through Airport in St. George, Utah
LiveLeak.com - Raw Footage: Skywest Jet Smashes Through Airport in St. George, Utah
He leaves behind two young children, and a wife who will now have to make ends meet by herself. The Brian I knew was a good person, who had most recently found troubling times in his life. (Ever been a victim to life's ups & downs?) He needed help, and prior to someone reaching out to him, he ended the life of his ex-girlfriend and then took his own.
Anyway, not meant to sound like a lecture, just that there's always a side to the story the media doesn't seem to portray.
Fly safe,
GJ
11-08-2012, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Gearjerk
...there's always a side to the story the media doesn't seem to portray.
My apologies; I didn't mean to dehumanize this guy in front of his friends and loved ones.
Unfortunately, the manner in which he chose to go was way outside the bell curve. To the media and millions of complete strangers, he's just a nutjob who exchanged all his tomorrows for a mention on the nightly news.
If he had just popped the slide and ran across the ramp we would all have a good chuckle, and his kids wouldn't grow up wondering why daddy killed that lady.
11-09-2012, 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Gearjerk
Brian was a friend of mine, purchased my crashpad car from me when I was displaced to another domicile, and we were simulator partners twice at one of his previous regional airlines.
He leaves behind two young children, and a wife who will now have to make ends meet by herself. The Brian I knew was a good person, who had most recently found troubling times in his life. (Ever been a victim to life's ups & downs?) He needed help, and prior to someone reaching out to him, he ended the life of his ex-girlfriend and then took his own.
Anyway, not meant to sound like a lecture, just that there's always a side to the story the media doesn't seem to portray.
Fly safe,
GJ
He leaves behind two young children, and a wife who will now have to make ends meet by herself. The Brian I knew was a good person, who had most recently found troubling times in his life. (Ever been a victim to life's ups & downs?) He needed help, and prior to someone reaching out to him, he ended the life of his ex-girlfriend and then took his own.
Anyway, not meant to sound like a lecture, just that there's always a side to the story the media doesn't seem to portray.
Fly safe,
GJ
11-09-2012, 03:10 AM
Sho me da money!
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Originally Posted by Purple Drank
Well, you know execs aren't going to give up their bonuses....and the way DALPA rolls over (er, negotiates), any extra expenses, taxes, losses, etc. are coming out of our future pay raises. DALPA big shots certainly won't play hardball and ruin their futures in management.
Sure, the company can afford it.
But we pilots can't.
Sure, the company can afford it.
But we pilots can't.
Let me know how that goes for you.....
If you are saying that DALPA must have a clear position and use that to negotiate the best deal for all the pilots then I can agree with that...
If it is not, what color do you turn after Purple when holding your breath?
11-09-2012, 03:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
ftb?
More like this...
The Auburn Alumni Republican Club Meeting, November 2010
The Auburn Alumni Republican Club Meeting, November 2012
[green smile face]
11-09-2012, 03:38 AM
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Ahh the AE should be out soon right? Anyone else have this feeling today?
11-09-2012, 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
ftb?
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