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Bainite 12-15-2012 03:33 PM


Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1312501)


FTB, you have sinned. In penance you must let Christopher Walken read your children their bedtime story ...


"Smiley McDuckfeet" Is that sort of like Smokey McBongwater?

buzzpat 12-15-2012 03:34 PM


Originally Posted by hitimefurl (Post 1312329)
Why didn't he have to resign his Delta seniority number when he went to FedEx? Did FedEx not require that?

No, they never asked and he never offered.

TenYearsGone 12-15-2012 03:51 PM

Without air brush


http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Trave...121019_ssv.jpg

Denny Crane 12-15-2012 03:59 PM

Seems to me the Skywest deal for the MRJ90 is going to be similar to the debacle called Independence Air as far as our connection flying is concerned.

Am I right about this? Once Skywest takes delivery of an MRJ90 (the way it currently looks), won't they (Skywest and Delta) lose out on their DAL connection flying?

Denny

buzzpat 12-15-2012 04:04 PM


Originally Posted by TenYearsGone (Post 1312525)

Meh....not so much. We've got hotter FAs in NYC.

DAL73n 12-15-2012 05:20 PM


Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy (Post 1309351)
Smart phone wars ...

I just ditched Verizon's Thunderbolt (VZW's first 4G Android phone) for an iPhone5. All I can say is wow, the iPhone is a piece of crap. I can write a book about all the things I hate about it. Sure, my Android had some issues. But overall, the Android system is vastly superior in so many ways. The iPhone iOS is really bad and boring. The lack of Google's mapping software (Google Maps, Local, Street View) is the iPhone5's downfall.

The reason why I voiced my opinion is what Johnso mentioned. I have found that when trying to place the cursor mid sentence or in the middle of a word, it is almost damn near impossible on my iPhone. I have to tap or press over and over and over before it selects. It is very frustrating. I have the same results on a friend's iPhone. It could be my fingers haha.

The only thing I like about the iPhone are some of the functions that Siri makes easy (say "directions to Orlando" and boom there they are). However, that Apple Maps is the biggest fail ever in smartphone apps.

If the Samsung GIII goes Global Ready on Verizon, or if the new HTC Droid DNA gets a bigger battery, I will pay the extra money to switch. I believe the only reason why the iPhone is relevant today is because of the cult following that Apple has and that love affair is slowing growing cold. Apple needs a major overhaul to their iPhone which was once game changing but IMO is below average.

My GS3 just went Global Ready with the JB update on Friday - check it out. Verizon is not too bad with the 22% Delta Discount (although I have a grandfathered plan - not Share Everything - I find the new plans quite expensive). I would also check out the Razr HD or Maxx when you check out the GS3.

DAL73n 12-15-2012 05:35 PM


Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1310215)
I have a G3, my wife has a Iphone 4S. I would trade her after 2 months with the G3. One of the things I really noticed was in low reception areas which is often with Sprint my wife can make and receive calls on her Iphone when I can't. Several times recently I have had to ask to borrow her phone to make a call. Its seems apple has better reception.

Sailing - couple of points (I'm on VZW with the G3).
1. Samsung has a rep for poorer radios.
2. To fix it using a free program called Phone Info (you can also change it somewhere deep in the menus) is turn off LTE and go with CDMA (auto Prl) - it greatly increases signal reception on my G3. If you're doing something where you really need LTE (download maybe - even the slow 3G (1-2 MBits) is good enough for most things). Not so great to have an LTE phone that you have to turn off LTE but it works for me.

SailorJerry 12-15-2012 05:41 PM


Originally Posted by Avgwhitemale (Post 1312377)
Completely different subject....I am hearing rumors of some 2010 poolies. Do we have a traditional pool of folks waiting for training dates?

There were 6 or 7 that were on conditional job offers until August or September-ish in 2011. They were sent letters indicating the termination of their conditional offer but promising that they'd be the first to complete the necessary portions of the interview once hiring starts again.

Kilroy 12-15-2012 05:41 PM


Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 1312529)
Seems to me the Skywest deal for the MRJ90 is going to be similar to the debacle called Independence Air as far as our connection flying is concerned.

Am I right about this? Once Skywest takes delivery of an MRJ90 (the way it currently looks), won't they (Skywest and Delta) lose out on their DAL connection flying?

Denny

Nope it's called Code share. That will be the next phase.

SailorJerry 12-15-2012 05:44 PM


Originally Posted by Kilroy (Post 1312586)

Nope it's called Code share. That will be the next phase.

You have a rock solid understanding of our contract. Please - elaborate.


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