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02-28-2013 | 02:09 PM

#124231

johnso29

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I only looked at the Feb & March Seniority list. There was an increase from Feb to Mar for NBC MIL Bs. They went from 192 to 198. So in March I see 207 NBC MIL A/Bs.

02-28-2013 | 02:13 PM

#124232

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Originally Posted by Express pilot

Yep, zero flying for Dec.
1 2 day for Jan
1 2day and 3 3 days for Feb with 4 SC
QOL is going down for ATL 88, I'm ready to bid off. This is what I would expect in July.

It's the difference from a year ago. I think most guys were group 1 or 2 a year ago with many guys not flying. Fast forward today and most are in 2 and 3 with almost everyone flying. Jan and Feb have traditionally been slow months for the 88. And if you're in the top half of the category by all means please bid off the dog.

02-28-2013 | 02:27 PM

#124233

80ktsClamp

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From: Poodle Whisperer

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Originally Posted by 76drvr

80's ability for data interpretation and recollection is nearly always wrong. There are usually bits of truth in there leading to an invalid conclusion.

If he's using what I think he's using, the "244" number he's trying to throw back at me for the 6 months thing (October) was actually counted back in late August.

Right back atcha, Champ.

02-28-2013 | 02:28 PM

#124234

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From: 765-A

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Originally Posted by sailingfun

Items are given up in every contract even the very best. Trades are made. There were lots of changes in reserve. No one posts about the good things. Over the course of my career reserve is the single most improved part of the contract by a big margin. We have progressed from 19 to 20 days on call 24 hours a day with 2 hours to report to the system we have today. It has ebbed back and forth over the years by the overall trend has been hugely positive.

Sailing,

I see where you are coming from, but I disagree with you using pre bankruptcy as a bench mark. Comparing where we are to where we were just last year is a better way to go.

If we extend your premise to the entire contract, it would be ok with you for us to take a cut in our payrates in our next contract. I mean as long as they remained above what they were after bankruptcy, right?

If it seems as though I'm picking on you, I apologize But, I really want to understand where you, alpha, pineapple, et. al., are coming from.

By the way, why is it that you believe that items have to be given up in every contract? Why do you say no one ever mentions the good things?

02-28-2013 | 02:31 PM

#124235

GunshipGuy

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From: Permanently scarred

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Originally Posted by PilotFrog

For what it is worth - I just got off the phone with Flightline and was told that the Perdiem packages for tax purposes should be out in the next few days.

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Originally Posted by iaflyer

Thanks for calling and getting a update. Every year it gets later and later. Eventually they'll be arriving April 14th!

Next year it won't be later cuz I'm not using them anymore. Going to get the name of that company other recommended about 90 pages back.

02-28-2013 | 02:31 PM

#124236

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Originally Posted by Schwanker

I've had the honor to bring a fallen soldier home to their final resting place twice (AF jet). Once was to Saipan. Getting ready to check in on the local VHF freq about a 100 miles out and heard them issuing holding instructions to a NWA744, then another aircraft who was #4 in line. I was wondering what was up, until I checked in--"you're #1, call field in site." they had the fire trucks out with the H2O salute on taxi in. Every vehicle on the island with a flashing light had to have been on the ramp. Family was waiting right behind the honor guard. Everyone on the jet was choked up. It really puts our petty gripes in perspective.

If you can download Taking Chance from iTunes. It's a movie that stayed in my mind for months. A relative of mine flew 141's during the Vietnam War. He carried out that mission more times than he cared to count. It gave me a slight glimpse into burden his soul carries.

02-28-2013 | 02:52 PM

#124237

Carl Spackler

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From: 747-400 Captain

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Originally Posted by F15andMD11

OK....I'll ask. What happened with the 747 rumor? Was it complete BS?

Yes, it was complete BS. I posted it 7 days ago, and it still hasn't happened. Thus it does not meet the clear definition of a correct rumor.

I'll be careful not to post anything I hear again unless the source guarantees its occurrence within a few days.

Carl

02-28-2013 | 02:54 PM

#124238

buzzpat

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Originally Posted by xjcrew1

Awesome movie. Awesome responsibility. I was fortunate enough to have flown one of the Repat missions during the 1990s when we brought home the remains of 5 US aviators from Hanoi (Ho Chi Minh City, whatever) to Hickam. Just five flag-draped coffins in the back of a C-141. I am too young to have fought in that war but my dad did. I remember how proud I was to be an American. I also remember, vividly, what a-holes the Vietnamese were about the whole thing. I had to pay them $20,000 in cash for landing rights at their God-forsaken airport.

02-28-2013 | 03:01 PM

#124239

80ktsClamp

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

I heard about the LGA slot swap thing a year and a half before it actually transpired. These things do take a while... if ever.

I'm choosing to believe that it will happen.

I do love me some whales.