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forgot to bid 03-27-2014 12:07 PM


Originally Posted by dalad (Post 1611309)
World Airways has shut down permanently. Just ate dinner with a friend who works there and he was telling me how AFU it was.

When I was hired at DAL there was a guy in my class who opted to go to World instead of Delta because (I guess) he lived in N.C. and didn't want to commute. I guess World flies you around?

forgot to bid 03-27-2014 12:09 PM


Originally Posted by TenYearsGone (Post 1611284)
I would love the view too!

Actually, a great pledge brother of mine back in the day was a male cheerleader.
He conveyed his experience to all of us. He told us that those hotties you see being picked up like that, stunk! Their underwear would be stained and they would let farts ripp throughout the game just to F with the male cheerleaders. One game, he had the privilege of lifting the hottest one. As he picked her up, he noticed she had skid marks.:D

Lessons: Be careful, what looks good might be Stinky and Sour.

TEN

http://www.mooncruisegallery.com/wp-...h-leblon-1.jpg

It's like a Captain said of the beaches in Rio, it's like a beautiful woman with dirty underpants.

TenYearsGone 03-27-2014 12:17 PM

Sorry!:D

I still dig it though..:rolleyes:

TEN

TenYearsGone 03-27-2014 12:19 PM


Originally Posted by dalad (Post 1611309)
World Airways has shut down permanently. Just ate dinner with a friend who works there and he was telling me how AFU it was.

I wonder if they are operating North American? That would be tragic for the WAA employees.

TEN

GogglesPisano 03-27-2014 12:21 PM


Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1611317)
When I was hired at DAL there was a guy in my class who opted to go to World instead of Delta because (I guess) he lived in N.C. and didn't want to commute. I guess World flies you around?

Yes. You are home-based. I did my "graduate level" work on the MD11 there from 05-07. Lots of commercialing around the world in coach, brutal training department, and a 1960's IT department (no ACARS when I left, and manual weight and balance with a graph and ruler -- did I mention this was 2007?) Also, there is a $48,000 training contract.:eek: The day I started at Delta I had to cut a check to World for $8000. Best money I've ever spent.

On the other hand it was some interesting flying into some strange places that no one else flew to, except that now Delta flies to these same strange places. And you never had to worry about commuting or crashpads.

The company had been around since 1947. And in the words of the veteran captains there, "Various management groups have been trying to snuff us out of existence ever since, but none have been able to because just when we're on the verge of extinction a war comes along." This time it was a hedge fund that was more interested in the carcass than the potential.

I even got to fly some of Delta's MD11's.:D

Good pilot group. I wish them all the best.

casual observer 03-27-2014 12:21 PM


Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1611318)
http://www.mooncruisegallery.com/wp-...h-leblon-1.jpg

It's like a Captain said of the beaches in Rio, it's like a beautiful woman with dirty underpants.

I prefer dirty women with beautiful underpants.

Everybody's got their thing.

Big E 757 03-27-2014 01:10 PM


Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1611317)
When I was hired at DAL there was a guy in my class who opted to go to World instead of Delta because (I guess) he lived in N.C. and didn't want to commute. I guess World flies you around?

A friend of mine went to World right around the time I got hired at Delta (2000). When I got recalled from furlough in 2005, he was an MD11 Captain and check airman making 160-180K. He was furloughed right before Christmas and is in school at Spirit right now.

tsquare 03-27-2014 01:21 PM


Originally Posted by Sink r8 (Post 1611181)
Does that mean we'll be able to follow the rest of the industry and move to iPads?


Surface will do some things that iPad won't.... so hopefully not.

tsquare 03-27-2014 01:25 PM


Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1611286)
Just got around to listening to the crew room briefing. Left a couple of questions open:

(1) What if Alaska airlines had agreed to be an exclusive partner of Delta in Seattle?
(2) What if Alaska changes their mind?

Me thinks I might change a couple of my anticipated Contract 2015 survey answers. Might be a good idea to close that loophole while management isn't using it.

Answers:
1) They would be getting all the benefits of that partnership with DAL. THe ALK corporation would benefit handsomely.
2) Too late.

sailingfun 03-27-2014 02:00 PM

New guidance on Africa flying and Ebola. No real issues if you follow the rules listed. I am just not sure my layovers will be the same without a little good bat for dinner!

Prevention: Avoid contact with ill persons and especially their blood and body fluids and objects contaminated with those fluids. Do not consume bush meat, primates or bats.


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