I LOVE when guys WS when there are no reserves available. Brilliant...

That is all :mad:

Good program Bar. Thanks for posting. Pretty much sums it up. A lot of "my way or the highway", country and economy be damned. It makes me fear that our airline industry issues are even more insignificant to them. When I get back to the line, in the next month or so, I will definitely be checking-off on the ALPA PAC contribution.

Interesting, thanks for posting Elvis. Trust between the players is definitely lacking, but I think the interim agreements are only chess moves designed to back the other side into a corner - then "uh no, we've changed our minds. That's no longer on the table..."

When we think we have thwarted something like the Adu Dhabi pre-clearance facility; the administration merely states "We already have budgetary authority for that:, i.e. "We are going to do it anyway".

I am just learning, so forgive the question if it's a stupid one... Is it possible it was a standing WS? Otherwise, your consternation is spot on.:eek:

Well, ok. There was that. But frankly SD is probably the most forthright and talented flt ops leader we've had since Pre Ball. Could do a lot worse is all I'm sayin.

I fully approve. Parents today are beyond histrionic. Time to get real. Ever see The Royal Tennenbaums? Gene Hackman was classic as the Granddad showing his grand kids how to dart into traffic, have BB gun wars etc...

Its each pilots contractual right to WS. It may be that even though they are out of reserves there is no chance a GS will get down to him. If he is number 1 in the category it might be dumb but there are many reasons to WS even when they are low on reserves.

Nevermind....

More importantly should we always be able to go alv+15? With alvs in the low 70s it was one thing, with the high ALVs of our current pwa the *****s( while within their contractual rights) are assisting the company in putting off hiring and advancement. Next contract maybe we should tie the max pick up to the alv. The higher the alv the lower the pickup(ie 72 alv max pu 15, with decreasing pickup as the alv rises)

Certainly better than Harry Alger, Dave Greenberg, Gary ???? and Joe Kolshak. But I though Dave Bushy was pretty darn good. My impression is Bushy did a better job representing pilot interests to senior management than SD does. SD is certainly no slouch, but "plays better with senior management".

Good idea. I'm amazed at the number of pilots we have here who apparently don't like being at home. :rolleyes: