Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1491933)

Well I guess we are getting the Surface 2. I secretly hoped for a Pro, but it doesn't look like it. While very similar to the OS difference between iOS and OS X there will be plenty of *****ing about it. I'm happy it as a USB at least. A sharper screen would have been nicer, the iPad 3 and up screens are just incredible.

Within two years, every Delta pilot will be using a Surface 2

Delta to Distribute Surface 2 to Pilots | Paul Thurrotts WinInfo content from Windows IT Pro

Originally Posted by DeadHead (Post 1491986)

Some of the comments are kind if funny...


dbacchus1 19 minutes ago
@FakedBook,
Yea, the public would be so much more comfortable knowing that the pilot is playing Angry Birds on ipad. /s

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kagepeint 19 minutes ago
@FakedBook,
Amen to that

I mean seriously???
Who plays Angry Birds anymore, that's so 2010. It's Candy Crush or FarmVille or it ain't happening.

Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1491933)

Well I guess we are getting the Surface 2. I secretly hoped for a Pro, but it doesn't look like it. While very similar to the OS difference between iOS and OS X there will be plenty of *****ing about it. I'm happy it as a USB at least. A sharper screen would have been nicer, the iPad 3 and up screens are just incredible.

Within two years, every Delta pilot will be using a Surface 2

Delta to Distribute Surface 2 to Pilots | Paul Thurrotts WinInfo content from Windows IT Pro

Originally Posted by saudawg (Post 1492002)

At least with the Surface 2 there will be zero risk of theft..........

DB

Originally Posted by LOBO (Post 1492016)

Interview request at delta are going out this evening:D:D:D

Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1491974)

Same here. I abhor ALPA and want it off the property yesterday.

But at the moment, the ALPA PAC is the only vehicle with which we can bribe public officials, I mean, gain influence in Washington.

Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1491959)

The Mighty Mad Dog!

And that one looks like it was flown by...

Michale Vick! :eek::D

Any wonder it was mad?

Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1491459)

The highlights from that article for those of you too lazy to click on the link, read that last paragraph, twice!:

On the Milan-New York flight, Emirates will compete with three airlines: Alitalia, American and Delta, in addition to United, which flies Milan-Newark. The Dubai-Milan-New York route is made possible by a bilateral treaty between the United Arab Emirates and Italy, and by Italian regulators' agreement to grant Emirates "an extra-bilateral right," to fly the Milan-New York segment, despite objections by Alitalia.

Emirates has various advantages in competing with U.S. carriers. For one, it is backed not only by the Dubai government, its wealthy owner, but also by the U.S. government, which helps Emirates buy Boeing aircraft with below-market interest rates provided by the Ex-Im Bank. Emirates pays less for Boeing airplanes than U.S. airlines pay, then competes with U.S. airlines for passengers, according to a suit filed by Delta, Hawaiian and the Air Line Pilots Association.

Additionally, the U.S. government has been prone to sign aviation treaties benefiting airlines in other countries more than they benefit U.S. airlines. Aviation consultant Robert Mann said: "For years, we've had an open skies policy that trades away access to the U.S. market for what amounts to nothing, in most cases, because we sign treaties with anyone who gives us open skies, even places with no internal traffic. Now, a couple of fast-growing carriers are maximizing their take, due to open skies."

The combination of open skies treaties, Ex-Im financing, high airline taxation and the approval of three mergers followed by rejection of a fourth shows that "we lack a coordinated air transportation policy," Mann said. "In some cases there is no evidence of any policy, and in other areas there is evidence of a lack of a coordinated policy."

And that's why I hate our Politicians.

Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1492045)

You and I are the positive/negative on this issue. I would rather keep ALPA with all it's flaws because the alternative group (and it's leader) is repugnant, and although ALPA-PAC is the only way to -as you say- bribe (and that is the CORRECT word) public officials. We need that but I cannot bring myself to participate, and I send a very heartfelt thank you to all those that do.