Correct.
And he's not talking about Christianity. (at least not conventional Christianity)
He's deep into the Urantia Book.

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scambo,
Pretty sure you and Carl took this out of context. He called the guy a moron for posting religious conversion attempts on an ALPA forum, NOT for being a Christian. Your "I don't post on the topic" effectively removes you from being a moron in his eyes...
Sorry, I'm a scambo/carl fan but you kinda aggressively misread that one.

I stood at Times Square last week and watched some guy with pasteboards on either side of him with bible verses written on them, holding up a big sign, verbally abusing with Rabid Christianity of End of World Repent flavor, every single person that walked past, yelling at top of his lungs "stop your Sinning!! Repent!!!". I could be John the Baptist for all he knew, his actions were not appropriate and I wouldn't want to sit near him in a cockpit for 5 hours. I could with some justification apply the derogation "moron" to him, if nothing else for lack of understanding of social tact.
I read it that Hockey feels essentially the same--that aggressive proselytizing has no place in a cockpit crew unless invited by an interested party, and posting such on the ALPA forums is misguided at best. There are better ways to spread the word and demonstrate your conviction, and better ways to win converts. My sense of Christianity isn't offended when Hockey points this out in his particular idiom, and I realize he's not saying anything against my beliefs at all.

Your intent was nice and all though ;) Awaiting the next good scambo post.

Never mind.

Hey, I got some potentially good news...looks like some other FO is going to get OE on my trip later this month, so I'm wondering when I will get notified/released from the trip. Anyone have any recent experience with this?

The way it has worked for me is you have to show up first (sign in) and if you are going to be released, it will be at that time. The LCA may let you know ahead of time though. There are valid instances when you wont be released though (I'm assuming you are international).

How would you write a resolution without fulfilling the DPA doomsday prophecy that "Censorship within ALPA can reach extreme levels during the most critical times. Beyond simply deleting posts on web boards that do not suit the agenda of the leaders in power, ALPA has shown a willingness to cut off member-to-member communications completely in an attempt to control their speech and limit the message line pilots are exposed to."

It didn't come across as aggressive misreading to me. When your religious beliefs are constantly made the butt of jokes in prime time TV land you learn to live with a lot of it. But when you're a member of a forum and someone doesn't take the time to couch their comment in a more respectful manner then you shouldn't be surprised to hear something back. Honestly, I read that and thought it was not intentional, but in a way it was trying to shame me into not standing up for my religious beliefs (i.e. sit there, be quiet, and give silent consent). Sorry, but that's how it felt on the receiving end.

I've had two of those. The first one I was called the night before around 7pm (0950 sign-in) and told I was off the trip. On the second one I called the scheduler around 4pm because I saw the OE notes had changed, and I had a question about the trip. The scheduler wasn't quite up to speed yet, and said they'd be calling me around 7pm. 10 minutes later the scheduler picked up on what I was talking about and gave me a courtesy call to say the OE was off, and I was still on the trip.

I'm thinking of taking the family down to the Cincinnati Creation Museum. Has anyone been there and what did you think :rolleyes: