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Yep. Detroit definitely gets the best of both coasts, and good seniority. DTW for the win! Or NYC for the nice carribean stuff and good seniority. Sweet gig, go for it.

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Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 1475805)

He is, perhaps, the most vile human being I've ever met. His wife was a piece of work also. Former wife. Something about a masseuse in a hotel on the west coast.

Wow! Not mincing words...

Buzz, I'm curious when your next book will be coming out?

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Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 1475474)

The memberss elect representatives to make many (but not all) decisions on their behalf. You have the power to vote for who you want to nominate and ultately elect to the position.

That's great. but I was responding to the guy implying we get to approve all LOAs by MEMRAT. Which, of course, is utter nonsense.

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Originally Posted by PinnacleFO (Post 1475730)

I did actually see somewhere that they were hiring for a 787 pilot base in JFK. I wonder if emirates will start doing this? Emirates could easily open a pilot base in JFK, lhw, yyz and attract pilots from all over the world. You just start and end your trip there.

Except unions are illegal in the UAE, which is why I suspect Emirates will never open a base outside of the UAE.

Does scheduling have any kind of 30 in 7 buffer when assign a trip to a reserve or will they run right up to the max?

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Originally Posted by bbhnpd (Post 1475951)

I will not insult others on this forum. I will not insult others on this form.

Psssst... "high school" is not a proper noun.

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Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1475952)

Psssst... "high school" is not a proper noun.

Damn Purple, that's funny!

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Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1475934)

That's great. but I was responding to the guy implying we get to approve all LOAs by MEMRAT. Which, of course, is utter nonsense.

No representative government lets the constituents vote on everything. Nothing would ever get done. There is a process to choosing your elected membership. You can vote by selecting or removing them.

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Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1475952)

Psssst... "high school" is not a proper noun.

lol dats funny right there!

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Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1475934)

That's great. but I was responding to the guy implying we get to approve all LOAs by MEMRAT. Which, of course, is utter nonsense.

Good grief. What does it take for you to say on topic. I never said a word about all LOAs being voted on by the pilots.

C2K, LOA 46, LOA51, and C2K were all Contract Votes that's what I was talking about. That and the difference between 62% and 63% isn't that much considering the bankruptcy was in the middle. MEMRAT on the contract is our tool. It's either been used or it hasn't and there's no reason to believe a change in power will change this vote split very much. Almost the same vote 12 years apart has nothing to do with the sale of the product as it does the individual pilots, unless you think that 62% of the pilots are idiots? A perfect vote for management would be 51%. The DPA in it's current form is unprepared to unify the pilot group at all and ALPA needs to reunify the group.

If you want to go down the MEMRAT every LOA path then it needs to start somewhere and it's probably the way MEMRAT started in the first place, by a resolution.