Congrats Denny. But, Richard Sherman? Oh well, must have been the heat of the moment.

They can not assign you a trip that reports earlier than your original sign in. If they do and you fly it, past practice has been that you would be due assignment pay. The other thing is, you could call them and have them remove it. At that point, you would most likley be done with your 23k obligation as you can only be assigned recovery flying once.

Denny,

When I see you, I've got to give you your birthday present...a carton of Marlboros and a dozen cinnabuns.:D

Those kids don't look underprivileged to me. Or are you talking about the ginger? :)

By definition Ginger means underprivileged.

I was at a party once and my buddy said this other guy flew for NW. Hmm, so I go over toward him at some point to introduce myself and within a few steps, I get the "Tool" feeling.

"So, what do you do?"
"I am an 'airline pilot' for Northwest"
"Really, you are young, have you been there long?"
"Not too long, got hired three years ago" (NW had not been hiring, BS Flag up)
"What 'routes' do you fly"
"Some Domestic, some international."
"Awesome. What is the type of plane you fly"
"The British Aerospace 146 jet" (now the fun begins)
"Hmm, I am not familiar with that, is that the one with three engines in the back?"
"No, No, it has 4 engines on the wings"
"Oh, the one with the big hump on it, cool. That thing is huge!"
"No, this one is just a 'little smaller' than that".
" Oh, are you the pilot or the other guy"
"We are both pilots, but I am a first officer, but I am just as good as most of the Captains" (Swear to Momma he said this)
"Cool, what International places do you go?"
"Montreal, Winnipeg, Regina"
"So, Canada?"
"Yup,….. What do you do"
"…….I fly A320's for Northwest"


He still hates me.

Sometimes it was just easier at a party ... a regional guy gets tired of...

"I fly for ASA"
"ASA, what's that?"
"Atlantic Southeast Airlines"
"Eastern, I thought they were out of business"
"Yes, I mean no, ASA was part of Delta, but got sold to SkyWest"
"Oh, so you fly for Southwest? They're flying out of Atlanta?"
"No, we still fly for Delta, but we're owned by SkyWest"
"Oh, so Delta? Why do you drive such a crappy car then?"

... and it does not get better ...

"So last year you were explaining you worked for Southwest, Southeast, or Delta or something, right?"
"You are a Captain, right"
"I got hired at Delta in April"
"I thought you told me ASA was a Delta subsidiary. Didn't you just transfer? So Wow, you are a Delta Captain?"
"No, I am a First Officer"
"So you can't fly anymore? That sucks"
"That car of yours is getting to be a classic ... maybe you should keep it ...."

Moral of the story, we should stop outsourcing.

He probably flies old NWA 320's now!

"Probably the 320ER"

Those are stealthy. The 320ER mostly only flies at night. It is hard to catch one during the day. They look like this.