capn, check your PMs

Oh dude. My in-laws neighbor, 3 or 4 surgeries and $350K in bills, no intention of paying. Hangs up the phone when the bill collectors call. Just sold his house, which I didn't think would be possible, bought a boat and moved. He'll be out of money soon. That's just how he lived. Ex-professor on disability btw.

Or go down to Children's Hospital, some nights in the ER I realized we were the only ones paying.

And this is all before we get to ordinary medicaid/medicare fraud right?

Now I may be wrong, but imho, does insurance raise costs? YES. Something that the Doctor would gladly charge you $3000 for something if you say at the outset you're self-pay, let UHC get involved and that's $23,000 thank you very much. Just notice the price for Lasik which is not covered by insurance has gotten to as low as $800 an eye. Second party insurance is one big problem beyond fraud and those who don't pay.

But the government is always a worse problem. If a government intern looks at your IRS records and notes "you're a rich Delta pilot, well, I went to an ivy league school and paid $250K for a $35K job, I hate rich people, so screw your kid's surgery... DENIED!" I think I'd enact my own death panel right there.

So if you gave me the choice between government control and overpaid insurance, I'll take the life with UHC option every day of the week until we get option 3, Dr. Carson's HSA idea. The only problem there is the freak out mode Washington D.C. would be in if the country went to private individual control over their own lives in an open market.

HEY YOU GET BACK HERE! :D

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You guys must be watching the same thing at your house. My daughter has had Rapunzel on repeat for weeks now. I can't get away from it, not even here! :D

I'm not confident ORF's runway won't crater in the coming weeks.

Yeah Emirates, Eithad and Qatar are great... but every 10 or so years we bomb their neighbors.

Speaking of which, remember that funny SNL press conference skit back in Gulf War I "What day will we start the ground war?" "Where are our weaknesses and how could Iraqis most exploit those weaknesses..." vulnerable for attack, Saturday Night Live Clip (Cold Opening: Cheney and Lt. Col. Pierson) - IMDb

Now... Review & Outlook: Loose Lips on Syria - WSJ.com

Cheerleading is a tough life. It takes a toll.

Could you do this all day?


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Don't answer that.

Leine,
Let me just segue this by saying that I am not a DPA supporter and can't see myself backing the group in the near future. My gripes with ALPA are just that, with ALPA and in no way translates into support for DPA. It's tiresome to hear when a criticism is made against ALPA it is assumed that the person making the critque is throwing their support behind DPA.

You draw a distinction between ALPA National and our MEC, but I consider them one in the same as it seems the direction/influence of ALPA National is echoed through our MEC and trickled down to our LECs. While I realize administratively the MEC and National leadership structures differ, I still find the relationship tightly woven.

The perception (to me at least) is National passes down it's influence to the MECs who in turn pass down the guidance to the LECs who must then get the pilot group on board. I feel that this process is completely backwards and it has evolved into this because their is an assumption that majority of pilots are selfishly out for themselves and incapable of deciding the appropriate direction for this profession.

I have always been impressed with the knowledge, expertise, and feedback that I have gotten from the Reps I have interacted with, but I still can't help to ignore the MEC direction/guidance that the LECs are left to defend and justify. I'd like to see the tone change with ALPA.

Not trying to attack you or anything here, just offering up this junior guy's opinion.

I really enjoy that movie. We have to do a lot of fast forwarding though.

But I have to say, that little green guy

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and that horse

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crack me up.

I could. But would anyone want to watch?

Take her to see Planes ... relief for you and her.


Tangled is, BTW, my favorite Disney / Pixar collaboration. 140,000 strands of hair and something like 174,000 frames. Someone drew something like 25,200,000,000 strands of hair. They had to develop their own physics engine to make it flow properly. When you understand the tech behind that cartoon, it's pretty jaw dropping.

Elvis,

You don't vote & don't participate in polls. Then complain that you aren't represented.

Frankly, you passed on an opportunity to voice your concerns in a manner which is more effective than our web board conversation.

Just sayin.