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Dirty 04-13-2013 03:53 PM


Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1390473)
problem is, it gets old after 10+ years.

6 years without a weekend off to see my son play baseball or my daughter play soccer gets old. There are long term consequences to this stagnation that guys will never get.

ilinipilot 04-13-2013 03:57 PM

regarding guys the fact that green slips and reassignments will cover the flying I agree but if the ALVs are already high you do not have that much extra slack built into the schedule. You will more frequently run into 30 in 7 issues etc. guys cannot white slip like they normally would. Also you have the requirement that the first 100 hours of sick will not need to be verified this starts in june and those 100 hours only cover this summer since our sick time will reset next summer. I hope I am wrong but I lets hope for good weather all summer.
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DAL73n 04-13-2013 04:21 PM


Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1389923)
My filing with worksheets was 171 pages long. Have fun.

Our tax code is completely out of control.

If there wasn't computerized tax programs I can't imagine how any individual with anything other than W2 wages could possibly file a tax return. I have had a couple of issues over the last few years that even with the internet I couldn't reliably find the answer - I am lucky to have a friend who is a tax preparer.

Carl Spackler 04-13-2013 04:27 PM

Thanks for the responses everyone.

Carl

DAL73n 04-13-2013 04:29 PM


Originally Posted by Delta1067 (Post 1390410)
File an extension. Turbotax takes about 2 seconds and you print and mail it. Gives you until Oct 15th.

+1 to that - I use a competitor called TaxAct and just filed an electronic extension in about a minute.

scambo1 04-13-2013 05:11 PM


Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 1390408)
Hey guys, I've got to be in Prague next week for two days. I've never been there and the schedule will be busy, but where's the best place to eat and/or drink beer?

Carl

Carl,

Pilsner urquel is the worlds first pilsner beer and IMO, still the best (non export version). It gets it's name from the city of its birth, pilzn, Czech republic. Absynth is an herbal alcohol with mystical powers. It is illegal most places in the world, but made in the Czech republic. Becherovka is an herbal digestive, something like a cross between schnapps and vodka (it's meant to be kept in the freezer) it is my favorite skiing drink.

The Karoly strana (Charles bridge) is the center of the castle district. In this area, there are many Beerstube like restaurants many feature delicious game entrees wild boar, rabbit, venison etc. you can't go wrong in any of those places.

The castle district can be quickly seen in a half a day. There is a clock tower like a giant cuckoo clock in one of the squares that (I think) dates from the 1400s...it's worth it to see the thing go off on the hour.

I have two personal Prague stories both centered at the Charles bridge. The first was when I watched the filming of the first mission impossible with Tom cruise...opinion aside.

The second was when I was there for a bike race and I just stumbled across a porno being filmed in broad daylight. I watched the whole scene, what the heck.

Like Vienna, Prague is a musical city, which centers on its opera house and symphony hall. It's a great city, and very beautiful in the castle district. The women dress according to the weather - you really want to be there in the summer.

IMO, it is really high up on the greatest cities in Europe.

80ktsClamp 04-13-2013 05:23 PM



Whoooooooops...

scambo1 04-13-2013 05:25 PM


Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1390580)


Whoooooooops...

Hey who photoshopped delta on that Spacklair jet?

forgot to bid 04-13-2013 05:51 PM


Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 1390408)
Hey guys, I've got to be in Prague next week for two days. I've never been there and the schedule will be busy, but where's the best place to eat and/or drink beer?

Carl

Guys I know who have been there have tears in their eyes when I ask what's it like? That's great DAL has 336 hour layovers there on the 744. :D



Originally Posted by Schwanker (Post 1390456)
I will add, be careful. Had some buds there a couple years back who were surrounded by a handful of thugs leaving an establishment. They were "accused" of looking at the wrong girl or some BS like that. It costed them about $200 not to get rolled.

Just ask them how much is she?

Of course if these were airline pilots then give the thugs some leeway, they probably stared way longer than you should just like pilots tend to do in the concourse. :D

Mesabah 04-13-2013 06:13 PM


Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1390580)


Whoooooooops...

It looks like the right spoilers deployed asymmetrically, they shouldn't be up like that on the right?


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