No I'm not offended by that, it's not personally offensive to me. I can tell by the reaction on here that I've hit a nerve with some of you. I've admitted that the HR route is not the way to go and Pro Stan's I the correct way to handle this. Maybe some of you need to ask yourselves WHY this is even an issue?

Correct it on the spot if it offends you. Going to HR or Pro Standards without saying something first will do nothing about the ignorance, however; it will further the stereotype of the subjects in question being "cowardly, catfighting, whiney little bishes".

Not sure exactly what youre asking, but when something is on an epic bull run over a sustained period of time there will always be dips. This most recent one was largely because foreign central banks did a lot of dumping of their real wealth to help kick their debt can down the road a bit by selling off massive gold holdings. Something the "gold bugs" have been very openly predicting would happen anyway, thus the periodic and swift price drops.

Higher highs and higher lows.

Exclude the blip in the early 80's, when we decided to mask the problem with exploding debt under the Keynesian fantasy of permanent reserve currency monetizers with no end or challenge, and its easy to see where the trend is going.

http://www.inflationdata.com/inflati..._inflation.jpg

Especially when there is massive resistance to slight decreases in the rate of acceleration into the debt crisis we will have to endure.

http://www.jesus-resurrection.info/i...debt-graph.jpg

You won't find one filthy rich person in the world that doesn't have 5-10% in metals at any given time, yet the "small fry" investor is looked down by the paper money/day trader/"Snyder Method" crowd for taking pretty much any position. Diverse investors who dollar cost average into long metals positions, particularly if they emply even a nominal amount of arbitrage by buying the dips, have done and will continue to do just fine with their metals position.

That said, there probably are a few folks who made big moves into the peaks and sold in a panic at the dips. But that can be said for every single stock and asset class in existence. People are selling APPL today who bought at 700+ and vice versa. Diversification is mandatory, and no investor is truly diverse without some level of a position in metals. The rich, banks and nations all do it without question, yet its somewhat taboo for the little guy who for some reason is expected to be 100% in fiat otherwise he's a fool when the inevitable dips happen.

Some people like chicks not dicks! If that offends you or anyone then maybe you aren't comfortable with who you are?!? I have gay friends and neighbors and none of them are offended by that statement....

Yeah really. I don't like that kind of talk either, but regarding pretty much anything only a rat would squeal directly to someone without going internally first. If someone is going to get all righteously indignant to that degree, have the honor to walk off the flight and refuse and tell the other person that you're going to tattle on them.

Maybe the person is just having a bad day, or maybe they just have a really poor sense of humor. Maybe they are under a lot of stress or grief and their obscene bravado is just their (very poor) way of compensating. Whatever, but the point is you don't know. Pro Stans is absolutely, 100% the first way to go if you feel the need to address someone's behaviors or language.

Classy and well played.

Maybe we can help our code share partner by giving them more routes and revenue. That way the network gets stronger and we get to dicipline our capacity even more. Winning!

ERDude. Many of us, especially military, were reared to handle these issues one on one w/o running to Mama. Once confronted, if the offender still doesn't want to broaden his horizons, a call to Professional Standards goes miles to helping the offender see that his actions fall outside acceptable cockpit behavior. As for the word "***"... well it's not as bad as being a Riddle graduate.

Qatar plans to announce 3 new US cities in next 18-months including Boston, Detroit, and Atlanta with Boeing 777X

Qatar Air Wants To Be 777X Launch Customer

Qatar Airways' chief executive said the Middle-Eastern carrier wants to be a launch customer for Boeing's 777X mini-jumbo jet, and that the airline plans to open at least three new routes to the US in the next 12 to 18 months.

"We are very keen on the 777-8 and -9X aircraft and we are receiving presentations from Boeing in this regard," Akbar Al Baker, CEO of the Doha-based airline, said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday.

"We would definitely want to be the launch customer," he said. "We hope to be one of the launch customers."

But he said that since the aircraft has only been offered recently, "we need to go through the paces."

Boeing said on May 2 that it had begun offering the new jet, setting up a 'mini-jumbo' war with European rival Airbus and its competing plane.

Baker said he has no concern about folding wings or other novel design features of the proposed 777X. Boeing is considering folding wings to allow more aircraft to fit into constrained areas without airports undertaking expensive modifications, he said.

On Qatar Airways' interest in ordering additional Airbus A330s, he said a possible deal is under discussion, but not close to being signed.

Turning to the company's strategy, he said it planned to open new service to the US cities of Boston, Detroit and Atlanta, and possibly others, over the next 12 to 18 months.

Qatar Airways already flies to New York, Washington, DC, Houston, and Chicago and plans to add service to Philadelphia next year.

Here's the flip side to that:
Gold Seen Crushed as Credit Suisse Forecasts $1,100 in Year - Bloomberg

Gold Seen Crushed as Credit Suisse Forecasts $1,100 in Year


Gold, down 17 percent since January, is poised to lose 20 percent in a year as inflation remains subdued amid low growth rates and risks of bad events diminish, Credit Suisse Group AG said.
Gold will trade at $1,100 an ounce in a year and below $1,000 in five years, according to Ric Deverell, head of commodities research at the bank. Lower prices are unlikely to lure more central-bank buying, said Deverell, who worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia for 10 years before joining Credit Suisse in 2010.

Combined gold reserves held by central banks have risen to an eight-year high as nations from Russia to Kazakhstan to Mongolia expanded holdings, the International Monetary Fund data show.

“Gold is going to get crushed,” Deverell told reporters in London today. “The need to buy gold for wealth preservation fell down and the probability of inflation on a one- to three-year horizon is significantly diminished.”
Gold prices that reached a record in 2011 tumbled into a bear market last month, breaking a 12-year bull market. Bullion for immediate delivery traded at $1,383.35 by 4:39 p.m. in London.
Gold may slip to $1,350 in the next couple weeks, Deverell said. Bullion is still too expensive relative to other “real assets” such as base metals, according to Credit Suisse.
While central banks have a broad strategic plan to diversify reserves, their managers wouldn’t want to lose money if gold enters a period of declines, Deverell said.
Combined gold reserves held by central banks have risen to an eight-year high as nations from Russia to Kazakhstan to Mongolia expanded holdings, the International Monetary Fund data show. The banks bought 534.6 metric tons last year, the most since 1964, and may add as much as 550 tons in 2013, the World Gold Council estimates.
“When gold is going up, it looks like a great idea to buy more gold,” Deverell said. “And when it’s going down, do you really think risk-averse central bankers are going to try and catch the knife? No.”