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01-08-2013 | 06:53 AM

#119491

ExAF

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From: Retired

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

well after Saban runs off to the NFL and Miles continues to mentally implode, the path is pretty clear for A&M to own the west. Unless, a west team with a new coach starts just kicking ass.

Satan....oops......I mean Saban won't ever leave Bama. He already failed in the NFL and he makes waaaaaaay too much money there. Why would he leave? Recruiting will be a breeze, he makes millions and is revered all along the redneck riviera. He's there to stay.

01-08-2013 | 06:59 AM

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hiredgun

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100 most popular baby names of 2012 | BabyCenter[/QUOTE]

Lemmy has a nice ring to it and a little rock n roll mojo.

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01-08-2013 | 07:05 AM

#119493

iaflyer

seeing the country...

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From: 73N A

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Originally Posted by nwaf16dude

I'm sure WSJ didn't make up any numbers. They printed the numbers that Airlines for America and the RAA told them to print, without asking a single question.

I could see a local paper without any resources doing that, but this is the WSJ - how hard would it be to verify the data from the FAA? Isn't that the reporter's job to investigate or at least verify the data?

I know that some data is hard to verify, but publicly available data is easily available. I found this page in 5 seconds of Googling "faa 2010 airman statistics", first hit too. <sigh>

http://www.faa.gov/data_research/avi...atistics/2010/

01-08-2013 | 07:25 AM

#119494

Timbo

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From: Going to hell in a bucket, but enjoying the ride .

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Originally Posted by ExAF

During the game last night they mentioned he gets a $200,000 bonus for winning the game, on top of the $150,000 bonus for getting into the game, on top of his $5.6 Mill. anual pay...

Yeah... I think he'll stay right where he is!

ND should have put Rudy in a lot earlier!

And why do they have two guys wearing the same number, 5? The QB and the linebacker, both wearing 5.

Too bad the two of them together weren't as good as...wait for it...

Bama's number 10!

I'm not a Bama fan, my kids are at Auburn, or ND, I just wanted to see a good game, and that wasn't it.

I'm a UNH Hockey fan! http://www.unhwildcats.com/sports/mice/index

01-08-2013 | 07:27 AM

#119495

nwaf16dude

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From: 737A

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Originally Posted by iaflyer

It's fodder for a completely unrelated thread, but real investigative reporters are few and far between anymore. Large corporations control more and more of our media outlets, and they will systematically squash any story or individual reporter that doesn't advance their agenda. The Wall Street Journal is owned by Rupert Murdoch, and its pretty easy to figure out how he feels about union labor. That pilot shortage article was nothing but barely disguised scare tactics designed to undermined our rest rules, retirement age, and the 1500 hour rule. It was probably written by an RAA lawyer, with only minor edits by the WSJ by-line reporter.

01-08-2013 | 07:30 AM

#119496

Scoop

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From: DAL 330

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Originally Posted by iaflyer

Here's a long article that is vaguely about Spirit Airlines and mostly about the so called "pilot shortage". It goes into a lot of detail and basically says, as we all know, there's no freaking pilot shortage.

Spirit Airlines' Growth: Reasonable, Risky Or Reasonably Risky? - Seeking Alpha

I guess the WSJ isn't above making up numbers to make a point apparently.

Read the comments below the article - Kit Darby is still predicting the "Great Pilot Shortage" that he has been talking about since the early 90's. Talk about a one trick pony.

Well he might just be right - only off by about 25 years.

Scoop

01-08-2013 | 07:44 AM

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Columbia

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I see Kit Darby got his comments in after the article.

Where have I seen that before.

01-08-2013 | 08:04 AM

#119498

Falcon7

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Originally Posted by boog123

Wonder where Hawaiian is going to use all those new A321's, although the press release says west coast. I wouldn't bid the LAX base anytime soon. ;(

How would the 321s affect the LAX base? Unless I'm mistaken, LAX doesn't do flying within the state of Hawaii and that's the only code sharing we do with HAL.

Permitted Arrangements Pursuant to the Hawaiian Marketing Agreement

Section 1 C. will not apply to flying performed by Hawaiian under the DL code under Section 1 Q., provided that the DL code may only be placed on Hawaiian flight segments:
a. for the sole purpose of passenger service, and
b. pursuant to the Hawaiian marketing agreement, and
c. within the state of Hawaii, and
d. under a prorate agreement, and
e. consistent with the terms of Section 1 Q.

01-08-2013 | 08:05 AM

#119499

forgot to bid

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From: Light Chop

Gotta love it. You have a good hotel for an overnight, BHM, and they switch it to a an absolutely lousy location. Somewhere in the contract it must say "must be near convention center, ensure no restaurants within a reasonable distance except in hotel, and be around nothing else, crime not a factor..."

01-08-2013 | 08:29 AM

#119500

hoserpilot

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BHM is the place where I was saved from a mugging by my FO. We were walking back to the hotel from little five points when a group of dudes started to surround me. My FO started screaming for me to run!! I ran into the street in front of some moving cars which separated me from the thugs. This went down right in front of the hotel. The section 8 housing/dump that was near the hotel has since been demolished. There seems to be less thuginess but I still don't like that layover.