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WAR DAMN EAGLE! Off to Pasadena!

Have tickets, will travel!

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Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1535369)

Yes, congrats....Jughead, you too!

They don't even have to play the game--I just love the fact OSU is out of it.

Hey 80, I got backups.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1535365)

Hey 80, I

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in your general direction.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1535371)

Hey 80, I got backups.

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You've got a play from an intramural flag football game.

(a cool one though at that!)

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1535377)

You've got a play from an intramural flag football game.

(a cool one though at that!)

Question, what are all of those faces from? Is it a cartoon or just a random drawing thing?

/not hip

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1535353)

Urban Legend? Someone said 5 years ago that the TLV hotel was fantastic but we were kicked out because a FA went to dye her hair in the sink and stained the marble, true?

NOT urban legend. Other than the MIA/Biltmore, I've laid over at all of the other four. My understanding is the hair dye issue, if it occurred, was at the Bernini in Rome/FCO. I believe the TLV layovers were consolidated to one hotel for cost and security.

DFW

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Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1535366)

The impression one is left with is they are cowed. I hope this is not the case, and we see some backbone.

Remember how our union accepted the mandate from the company stating Delta pilots would make PAs from the gate house to inform passengers as to the status of the flight? e.g. You're in the crew lounge and you're aware the plane is going to be an hour late, but you're supposed to go give PAs after coordinating with the GA? Not to get into that discussion again about how you'd do it anyway; the point is it was put out by the company without coordinating with our union and we took it.

Well, what kind of signal did the company get from our accepting that mandate to perform work outside the PWA?

I'm in watch and wait mode for this one. This is not the gentleman's airline I'm used to. I'm very interested to see this direct shot at violating work rules in the contract. I've seen it in the regional world, but not at this level. It made me twitch with the logic flags that the 2 hour response time raises. What if you're commuting on a transcon on another airline (no free DLnet)? Your cell phone died while driving and you don't have a charger? The list goes on. It's just not plausible. It cannot function as proposed as there are too many viable outs.

This does wreak of negotiating in public. It's far worse than the lie of "we could hire fall of 2012 if you pass C2012."

I'm very interested to see the ALPA response to this. We've had a number of times where the company dove into the gray areas of the contract and they caved... but never a direct attempt to violate the black and white in the contract.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1535378)

Question, what are all of those faces from? Is it a cartoon or just a random drawing thing?

/not hip

those are "rage comic" faces.

In the interest of our new found feud, let me take the passive aggressive route. :D

Let me google that for you

How people from AL throw the football:

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(and still win $100,000)

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Originally Posted by badflaps (Post 1535089)

Got to ride on a 900 today, pretty spiffy, people laugh their a----s off at the safety video. On flare, doesn't seem like there is much to work with. [Wing loading?] Needs some mood music with the blue lights.

I love flying it. It handles better than the -800 and, IMO, lands the same. I do make sure to land on Vref and pay attention to those report card thingys we get. The pax are very happy with the back. The FAs, not so much.