Very few are deemed worthy. Probably less than a dozen out of 11796 pilots on the list.

 

I sure hope our letter of agreement on this is rock solid!!
Virgin and Delta to agree JV on transatlantic routes-source

 

Heh...I do think that's what's awaiting me, not so much at mainline, as when I have kids! Bike will be the first to go, I'm sure . We do want kids & have been trying for quite a while - hopefully it happens, but in the meantime am enjoying the bike/boat/plane while I have the time & money for them. Incidentally, the wife rides as well - she has a Yamaha FZ6 that she rode to Alaska and back with me - and loves to fly, I probably wouldn't have got back into flying small planes if not for her urging.

Very cool...the original "Jungle Bus" . There have been several IMAX films that were filmed primarily using the Air Cam...the Amazon one you mentioned, and Serengetti comes to mind. Neat airplane to get to fly...and best of all it's somebody else's airplane, the very best kind!

Besides the Cub, I have an arrangement to fly a guy's '49 C-170 when we're actually going somewhere and want to get there faster than 60 kts! I chip in money for maintenance/hangar etc, but it's far, far less money than I'd spend owning....

 

Nice! Ditto on the 'other people's' airplanes (and boats!).

You've heard of; The Three F Rule?

If it floats, flys, or fornicates, it's cheaper to rent!

Actually the bike, boat and cub were not too expensive, didn't burn much gas, I got them when I was young and single...but that fornicate'n is very expensive, long term!

 

Sir Richard Branson makes £1m challenge to Willie Walsh - Telegraph

Interesting perspective, seems to believe that the Virgin name might go to the wayside altogether.

“I can’t see Delta wanting to operate the Virgin brand because if they do what does that say about the Delta brand?”

Liked that quote a lot, been wondering the same thing myself for years.

Not sure what to make of it all, anyone better versed in our scope provisions than me know how well we are protected in this scenario?
VA's future aircraft orders is what worries me.

 

pretty much not at all...just look at the JV we just signed with Virgin Australia...
I think if this happens we can pretty much say goodbye to any London flying done by the "Delta brand"

 

Yes, I remember it well. Went there with Capt. Tim many times. It was his favorite.

 

I like the predictions in that article, but I just don't see them ridding the Virgin Atlantic name.

Really not trying to sound sarcastic here, but I've been hearing for years now from reps on how the old, and new, PWA has scope protections in it that prevent a situation like this from costing Dal pilots' jobs/flying.
Furthermore, I've been told that had we not placed certain scope provisions in place 8-10 years ago, I wouldn't even have job here. I guess it is easy to compare against a scenario where you get to control and determine all the mitigating factors and variables over time.

Personally, I feel as though Dal mainline pilots are looked upon as any other codeshare partner group as a cost to be marginalized. My bigger fear is that the long term plans between AF-KLM-DAL-VA is to whipsaw the pilot groups against one another.

Again, still trying to wrap my head around it all, but I have a feeling I'm being set up on a blind date with a girl who has a "great!" personality.

 

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This is the way most of the people I know, and fly with feel, and that is why I feel relatively secure in knowing I'll not have to be a greeter at WalMart to make ends meet in a few years........

 

UPDATE 2-Branson plans to keep control of Virgin Atlantic - Yahoo! Finance UK