Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 1590974)

Dude, there's ailerons and stuff. Ah, use them maybe?

Originally Posted by Howgozit (Post 1591023)

Has anyone ridden on Delta connection recently out of ATL? They are no longer putting pink tags on bags but they are putting white tags which automatically send your bag to baggage claim. I was also told by the red coat that I could not use my yellow tag. Who came up with this brilliant idea?

I know, commuting is a choice........

Originally Posted by Howgozit (Post 1591023)

Has anyone ridden on Delta connection recently out of ATL? They are no longer putting pink tags on bags but they are putting white tags which automatically send your bag to baggage claim. I was also told by the red coat that I could not use my yellow tag. Who came up with this brilliant idea?

I know, commuting is a choice........

Originally Posted by Howgozit (Post 1591023)

Has anyone ridden on Delta connection recently out of ATL? They are no longer putting pink tags on bags but they are putting white tags which automatically send your bag to baggage claim. I was also told by the red coat that I could not use my yellow tag. Who came up with this brilliant idea?

I know, commuting is a choice........

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1590962)

Given how sexy the 350 looks, how big it is, and the 787's propensity to catch on fire (with lord knows what other engineering deficiencies that haven't been "discovered" yet)...

Originally Posted by Leeham

But the stories that Boeing is offering bonuses to Charleston workers to get the job right is something we feel compelled to comment on. The Seattle Times has this story.

It’s a bit of wonderment that Boeing finds it necessary to incentivize workers to do their jobs correctly, providing a bonus that is greater than those given to the Everett workers who have to fix the poor workmanship of Charleston. Typically, bonuses are given to workers for going above-and-beyond, not for merely doing what they are supposed to do in the first place.

The continuing issues with Charleston are waved away as “things are going according to plan,” and “traveled work is expected.” If this is “according to plan,” then the planner should be canned. Of course, we know this is merely corporate rhetoric dodging the question and strains credibility.

And back at Everett, those early 787s, known as the “Terrible Teens,” are still problem children.... .

Originally Posted by Seattle Times

To keep production flowing, managers have sent the mid-fuselages to Everett with more than 1,000 unfinished jobs per fuselage, adding immense pressure on final-assembly workers here.

To fix that, Boeing is now dangling an incentive: If the workers can get the jobs behind schedule at the entire Boeing South Carolina site below 3,500 by April 30, engineers and managers will get a flat $2,500 and mechanics will get a bonus equal to 8 percent of last year’s pay.

Any jobs that travel to Everett aren’t counted in the bonus calculation. Once an airplane section leaves South Carolina, any incomplete jobs shift from Charleston’s to-do list to Everett’s.

The incentive bonus would be on top of Boeing’s regular annual bonus, which just this month paid the Charleston workforce an extra 18 days’ pay.

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 1591048)

Nobody really cares..........never mind.

Yes I've been drinking in Narita.

Originally Posted by Howgozit (Post 1591023)

They are no longer putting pink tags on bags but they are putting white tags which automatically send your bag to baggage claim...