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Originally Posted by ImTumbleweed
(Post 1379611)
MadDog says:
"Take THAT....Planet Earth!" Then heads to the gate with pride. :D This is the MD-88. Watch it land in slow motion. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wA5odIY8rqA/0.jpg It's pretty badass. Look. It runs all over the place. "Whoa! Watch out!" says that 767. Landing? It really doesn't give a ****. If it's hungry for asphault, it's hungry for asphault. Look at this, there's the MD-88 just eating up a runway, and then look, "Get away from me!" says the runway, "Get away from me!" MD-88 don't care. MD-88 smacks the **** out of it. And the runway comes back and it lashes at the MD-88. Oh, little does the MD-88 know, FYI: it's been stung! It's been bitten on the tail skid, so while it's eating up that runway -- eew, that safety wire is gone -- and that little pointer is pointing down on the MD-88s tail, and it passes out. Look at that sleepy ****. Now the MD-88 is going to pass out for a few minutes, and then it's going to get right back up and start eating runway all over again. Why? Because it just doesn't give a ****. |
Ode to the Airbus A330 Landing
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/ima.../23/173837.jpg http://www.morethings.com/music/conw...na_woman32.jpg Darling don't say a word, I've already heard, What your asphalt is saying to all these tires, You’ve got a fast move, you got a slow groove, on your mind You want a plane with a slow hand, you want a jet with an easy touch You want plane that will spend some time Not come and go in a heated rush Runway, believe me, I understand, when it comes to love You want a slow 330. |
I think Conway Twitty makes an excellent look for the A330.
http://img.gactv.com/GAC/2008/03/20/...witty1_v_e.jpg Although this does seem kind of Long Beach made here? http://photo.sing365.com/music/pictu...file/loved.jpg |
The Ultimate A-330 Greaser
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Originally Posted by georgetg
(Post 1379604)
MadDog says "ya mon" :D
DL383 ATL KIN M88 DL384 KIN ATL M88 Cheers George |
Originally Posted by Roadkill
(Post 1379533)
EXACTLY. every time I look at the #required report, it is less... less and less and less. In fact, it has ALWAYS stayed about 200-500 numbers LESS than my seniority #! So every single AE, I look and I see that I am EXCESS to what the company NOW needs to run the airline. Always 6 months ago I was hoping to be under the wire at my current seniority... and they always move the bar lower!
Sorry Imapilot, but for those of us who for 12 years have watched the company reduce the # of pilots required, always just less than where we sit, we KNOW that we are just one un-voted side-letter away from being furloughed again... just one 757 retirement away... just one 737 being outsourced again to DCI away... Yes, it's a big thing. Great on the company for being productive, if my #1 concern in life was the value of return on my Delta stock I'd be saying "sweeet!" But my concern is with my flying career-- I'm locked into a position here at Delta by a totally bogus non-portable seniority system that resets me to college grad status if I try to take my 30 years of flying experience and skills and market myself-- I CAN'T "go somewhere else if you don't like it!". I pay a significant chunk of my salary each month to my bargaining agent to PROTECT my fragile position, NOT to make Delta more productive. Each 5 months another AE comes out showing how my position has degraded, and how I am now even closer to the bottom of the pile and even closer to being furloughed as excess. Bah on that! If I was #1 concerned about stock returns, I'd be prosecuting investor initiatives to limit executive compensation to only 20 times the average worker's salary. Someone out there is seriously doing a better job looking out for executive pay and bonuses than my union is doing looking out for my pay and bonuses, and it's worrisome. OTOH I had some really superb cask ale and brisket tonight, so I'm not entirely bitter ;) Cask ale... bitter... you see what I did there? ;) I hope things get better for you. |
Originally Posted by Roadkill
(Post 1379533)
Someone out there is seriously doing a better job looking out for executive pay and bonuses than my union is doing looking out for my pay and bonuses, and it's worrisome.
Over time there is no way increasing line holder and reserve ALV's will do anything other than require fewer bodies to run the airline. Changing the number of days in the bid periods; yep, fewer bodies. I heard the statement "Richard Anderson isn't comfortable with how little our pilots fly in the winter". After the MASSIVE concessions that we gave during BK I don't care what RA and management want. I voted NO on the contract not because I think we could of gotten that much more, it's that I know we could of given up less. |
Originally Posted by Imapilot2
(Post 1379689)
I hope things get better for you.
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Maybe Imapilot2 sincerely hopes things do get better for everyone. Maybe Imapilot2 has genuinely wished good upon his fellow pilot. Possibly Imapilot2 realizes that when the positive movement starts the 'all about me' types will stop sobbing about how bad things are and forever will be? Perhaps he longs for a day when prosperity floats all the boats and the little girl tears will cease. Imapilot2 may have a dream. A beautiful dream. Dry eyes and clear skies for all. It could happen.
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Originally Posted by Purple Drank
(Post 1379797)
It's this type of complacency and ridicule towards those who are trying to improve our position (and point out where we are failing) that ensure our jobs will never be as lucrative as they should be.
What are you doing to improve our position? If it is simply *****ing on an anonymous web board I would guess that it is not going to help much. If you are doing something else I would be interested to know what it is. |
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