Does anyone on here watch the Showtime series, "Homeland?"

I'll put a good word in for you. 80 will listen to me. Ok. No he won't. In fact, with my reputation, it's probably better if I say nothing. :D

Homeland rocks...on the DVR until tomorrow though. It's not 24 but still a great show.

Baja.

Red book guys are pre-merger Northwest.

Green book guys are pre-merger Republic.

Blue book guys are anyone hired at Northwest after the merger in 1986.

Redbook = Former, former Northwest
Greenbook = Former Republic, which, of course, was also former North Central, Southern, Air West (which was also made up of..ah, you get the idea)
Bluebook = Post NWA/REP merger pilots (and apparent source of BBD's angst).

NOT to be confused with

Redtail = Former NWA (see above)
Bluetail = Former DAL (made up of DAL, WAE, PAA, NE, C&S, etc etc)
Purple = Post merger guys

Some guys are crabby that the sun no longer rises and sets in the Central Time Zone. Some other guys are crabby that their Thunderdome experience was rudely interrupted by other events. Some other guys are being real grumpuses because "us" actually means "you and me" and not "you just listening to me".

I really can't believe we're still talking about this. Sheesh.


Nu

I definitely get tired of the pre-merger color coding. Then again, politics annoy me to no end as it is. It appears to be 90% of what bigbusdriver knows what to talk about as it is.

I believe in this case, FDAL is "blue" and FNWA is "red," thus the "purple" references.

Blah blah blah, constructive engagement. We'll see how kingsley does. I'm just glad I got to cast my vote and he was elected by the majority! :rolleyes:

Wait until you see it! I won't ruin it for you. I was just looking for someone to share a "can you believe that!?!" with. As you know the series is full of them with 3-4 per episode.

Tonight there were 5 or 6. :D

Spot on, nu!

If the Pan Am pilots were given a color, I don't want to know about it.

Red - Pre-1986 merger original NWA
Green - Republic pilots at time of 1986 merger
Blue - NWA hires after 1986 merger
Roberts Rule - 20 year fence separating "Red" and "Green" positions brought into the merger; expired in 2006
Ninjas - Red pilot faction fighting to insure separation of those positions

True story: Me, 2007 (post Roberts), eating at the Subway in MSP. Across the way, an NWA captain talking loudly on his phone, exclaiming he would never "let those Green guys screw me." There are those who will never move past this, 26 years after it all started, and 6 years after it ended. Too bad. Don't feed the trolls.