Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
04-24-2014 | 09:50 AM
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04-24-2014 | 09:51 AM
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From: Poodle Whisperer
Here is my beef with the process. The first transaction that Athena handled was done prior to the stock trading publicly. We couldn't have sold our stock until the new corporation IPO started to trade. Ok, it worked out. I participated in the Athena sale.
The second distribution was company wide. The stock was already trading publicly. But, DALPA withheld our allotment. They held on so long that it cost me 66%. They didn't ask me if I wanted Athena to handle a sale. There was no membership vote. DALPA just did it.
I'm happy for those that held onto their stock are reaping a reward. Congratulations to them. That doesn't change the fact that we should have gotten control of that stock immediately upon issuance instead of helplessly watching it tank. That has left a bitter taste.
The second distribution was company wide. The stock was already trading publicly. But, DALPA withheld our allotment. They held on so long that it cost me 66%. They didn't ask me if I wanted Athena to handle a sale. There was no membership vote. DALPA just did it.
I'm happy for those that held onto their stock are reaping a reward. Congratulations to them. That doesn't change the fact that we should have gotten control of that stock immediately upon issuance instead of helplessly watching it tank. That has left a bitter taste.
04-24-2014 | 09:54 AM
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From: Poodle Whisperer
I'm not sure what you mean by the rate. If you are asking about the deficit, it's shrinking.
I think the point is that it's less than half of what it was 5 years ago. If you were smoking 5 packs of cigarettes a day a month ago, but now you are down to two, I'd be like congratulations -- keep doing what you are doing.
My 401K is more than double what it was back then.
Plus, I'm way better off than I was in 2008 and I suspect you are, too.
You have to admit things are going in the right direction, right?
So, maybe "things" -- and "the CEO" you were talking about -- aren't quite as bad as you make them out to be. :roll eyes:
I think the point is that it's less than half of what it was 5 years ago. If you were smoking 5 packs of cigarettes a day a month ago, but now you are down to two, I'd be like congratulations -- keep doing what you are doing.
My 401K is more than double what it was back then.
Plus, I'm way better off than I was in 2008 and I suspect you are, too.
You have to admit things are going in the right direction, right?
So, maybe "things" -- and "the CEO" you were talking about -- aren't quite as bad as you make them out to be. :roll eyes:
04-24-2014 | 09:54 AM
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From: Boeing Hearing and Ergonomics Lab Rat, Night Shift
04-24-2014 | 09:57 AM
Da Hudge
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04-24-2014 | 10:09 AM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
RE RFP:
Who am I?
Cheers
George
*Yes, that's right, about the price of 2 used MD-90s
Who am I?
- 350 seat class
- 21% less fuel per trip than 747-400
- 12% more fuel per trip than 777-300
- Same engine MX cost as 777-300
- 80%+ lower purchase price/capital cost than 777-300*
- 7 in stock now, "add to cart"
Cheers
George
*Yes, that's right, about the price of 2 used MD-90s
04-24-2014 | 10:12 AM
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From: 765-A
Where both t and you run off the rails is the fact that this country and government is far bigger than one person. I've never quite understood the fascination with blaming or exalting said individual for everything that is going on at any given time. Sure, the president sets a lot of the policies, but by in large the overall economy is independent of whoever is in office at the time.
04-24-2014 | 10:12 AM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
04-24-2014 | 10:20 AM
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From: Permanently scarred
Unpatriotic (to use one man's description of it) to run it up well over a trillion for four years straight and still not have it lower than the highest deficit of the one you said was a irresponsible and unpatriotic.
04-24-2014 | 10:21 AM
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From: 767er Captain
I'm not sure what you mean by the rate. If you are asking about the deficit, it's shrinking.
I think the point is that it's less than half of what it was 5 years ago. If you were smoking 5 packs of cigarettes a day a month ago, but now you are down to two, I'd be like congratulations -- keep doing what you are doing.
My 401K is more than double what it was back then.
Plus, I'm way better off than I was in 2008 and I suspect you are, too.
You have to admit things are going in the right direction, right?
So, maybe "things" -- and "the CEO" you were talking about -- aren't quite as bad as you make them out to be. :roll eyes:
I think the point is that it's less than half of what it was 5 years ago. If you were smoking 5 packs of cigarettes a day a month ago, but now you are down to two, I'd be like congratulations -- keep doing what you are doing.
My 401K is more than double what it was back then.
Plus, I'm way better off than I was in 2008 and I suspect you are, too.
You have to admit things are going in the right direction, right?
So, maybe "things" -- and "the CEO" you were talking about -- aren't quite as bad as you make them out to be. :roll eyes:
But he's right, I didn't build that.
We'll just have to agree to disagree.
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