Wrt running to HR... Seriously? HR is required to bring in Delta legal on this type of issue... the offender Will lose his/her job...(or at a minimum, a very large stain on their record... i.e., better not have any other issues in your career).

How about this instead... have the stones to say something to his/her face... I've done it... not that difficult.

In 25yrs, I've not once considered turning in a fellow pilot for what he/she said/thought... would not want someone fired because they're a jerk.

I've seen this "turning in" behavior with FAs over the years, but never with Flt Deck crew... hope we haven't come to this in our profession.

 

And Sierra Nevada Torpedo is on sale at Publix, $12.99/12 pack!

Get Moving Son!

 

Does the pilot one below you have a partial month for a training event etc? I had this happen a few months ago and I really needed the day off. I was told it was because they had to make a legal line for a pilot with a MMC and because of that, they can "coverage award" me a day where they did not have to do the same to them.

Have questions email the PBS folks.

 

Columbia,

I haven't been suckered into the gold bubble. However, it's not a bad idea to own some precious metals, maybe 5% of overall portfolio in a precious metal position.

As to the call selling hype, selling covered calls is a time honored, successful investment strategy or tool that can be employed across a universe of investments. It's an exceptional investment tool in a bull market.

If you don't understand how to use this tool, educate yourself. I have done exceedingly well and couldn't be happier.

 

While I agree with you about diversification, so many gold bugs are 100% into gold and precious metals. There is no diversification.

Point of information: The Snider Method is not a day trading vehicle. It is a monthly covered call strategy that involves a methodical way of dollar cost averaging and forced profit taking. It can invest in metals as ETF's or miners if diversified. Yes, those investments are paper. But, AAPL and IBM are paper, too. Additionally, if you were good at it, day trading can be a profitable venture, too. Most people have neither the time nor interest to learn how to do it properly.

But, I don't believe in the end of the fiat banking system. The military industrial complex will never let that happen. Time will tell.

 

Erdude,

Your own advice.

A lot of what's called homophobia isn't. Perhaps bigotry is a better way to describe some peoples' reactions to having a somewhat organized group aggressively force their sexual opinions on them. Venting is mostly a reaction to observations like the nude male bag tags I've seen on a NY Based A line's luggage and our corporation's own sponsorship of a program which sends adults to middle schools to talk to children about sexuality. Where I come from both are highly inappropriate, but are accepted.

Two wrongs don't make a right. In fact, two wrongs on the flight deck is likely a violation, or a safety event. I prefer the Braves to the Yankees and some years I am passionate about that distinction, but, I could care less as long as that other pilot speaks up at the right time to keep us both out of trouble.

IMHO, hypersensitivity to anything is an invitation to distraction. I keep my scope issues here on a web board. I invite you to do the same with whatever issues you might have a particular concern about. This is a better place to fix the World's problems than a flight deck, or heaven forbid with HR.

I strongly believe it is wrong to try to harm a fellow pilot because your opinions are different from theirs ... and at the end of the day, what you describe is a matter of opinion; two extreme views on what is unacceptable behavior.

 

Not an issue with me. Who brought this up? On two threads?

 

Aren't bitcoins interesting? If governments can create fiat currencies, then why can't anyone if the widgets are accepted for trade?

The bitcoin thing isn't so much of a joke once you have the sovereign wealth funds of restricted nations like Iran playing in them and firms like Goldman Sachs providing market liquidity.

IMHO, one of the largest threats to fiat currencies are competing fiat currencies.

My guess is that we have yet to see the bigger downturn in Gold. Like most markets the real selling comes with the second leg down when those folks praying for a recovery (often with leveraged positions) panic when the recovery does not happen as planned. There are a lot of reasons Gold should be $1,250 to $1,300 an ounce; mostly because that's about what it costs to produce in today's market and it is, after all, a commodity.

 

I think Erdude (The ER that flies out of NYC, not the diploma store in Daytona Beach) got aggravated at some stupid things his Captain(s) said and figured the fix was to take the issue to HR. Most pilots think HR most resembles a lobotomized Pit Bull on whatever Charlie Sheen takes to manage his tiger blood condition.

 

W T F is a pole smoker?