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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1668612)

Well, let's mess with some heads and maybe the end result is you and I are flying a C-130... no wait... LM-100J.

I heard on guard the other night United Airlines is evidently looking into purchasing a civil version of the C-130. The LM-100J offers them significant margin improvements over current, boring, jet liners.

The C-130s allow them to do remote loading. People will be loaded onto pods that are then trucked to an awaiting airplane. Significantly improving the speed of boarding and reducing costs of gates. You can now board people away from the main airline terminals.

The pods will allow United to make a passenger airplane into a cargo airplane when margin opportunities present themselves. Such as SEA-Juno. They will also be able to own Texas to Mexico out of Houston.

The airplanes don't need to be pressurized, as they will cruise at 1000'. Saves significant maintenance.

They are built for unimproved short fields, such as Chicago Midway, Houston Hobby, Newark runway 29, LaGuardia, Boston and Chicago Meigs (does not require repaving).

http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/g...x?itemid=54265

These will be made out of Marietta GA. Where there is a triangle of doom. Once you go to Marietta, you never leave. Beware of the big chicken folks. It also cruises at 355 kts. What is not to love people?

They have pressurized C-130s?:eek:

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Originally Posted by DLpilot (Post 1668622)

Looks like Emirates is expanding A380 service to San Francisco and Houston.

The pond scum invade Texas..... Is Smisek up to the task of fighting them?

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Originally Posted by FlyZ (Post 1668215)

The other day I saw a wireless network called "FBI Surveillance Van." It made me smile a little bit...good deterrent from people stealing some bandwidth.

My old neighborhood had one labeled "IthurtswhenIP." Always got me laughing. :D

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid;1668480

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I was thinking [/I]he meant it was negotiated and agreed to in the first place prior to the push back.

Yes...IIRC the original TA had CDOs and a 13 hour leash for long call. The NC went back, and the price of dropping the CDOs was a concession back to a 12 hour long call leash and a couple of other less obvious items.

The pilot group didn't want CDOs. The company didn't want CDOs. But the NC had to expend negotiating capital (offer a concession) to remove CDOs from the TA. That's what I was referring to.

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Originally Posted by iceman49 (Post 1668459)

5 weeks ago RA said no used wide bodies, but never say never in this industry.

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Originally Posted by maddogmax (Post 1668464)

Can I assume you are talking about airplanes not new hire FA's

I thought for sure that RA was talking about FA's.

You know what they say in reporting though, "context is everything."

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1668634)

The pond scum invade Texas..... Is Smisek up to the task of fighting them?

I don't know why UAL doesn't have the A380, everything is bigger in Texas. It kind of fits. And Houston ain't pretty. That means it works on multiple levels.

Except for the French thing. I wonder if anyone has ever made a fusion restaurant that mixes Texas and French food? Probably not.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1668617)

"Delta 2243, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 2192, please check your transponder on."
"Uh Delta 1952, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 2452, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 1432, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 1952, please check your transponder on again."
"Delta 1924, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 2210, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 932, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 176, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 653, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 1201, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 1542, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 1650, please check your transponder on."
"Delta 1821, please check your transponder on."

Ha! I'm at about 80% these days. I've tried to tie it to the "beacon on" call from the captain....sometimes I forget.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1668617)

HAHAHAHAHAH! That was me this morning! And not in Atlanta!

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1668699)

Ha! I'm at about 80% these days. I've tried to tie it to the "beacon on" call from the captain....sometimes I forget.

I can assure you I have not reached 80%.

You gotta wonder what Atlanta ATC is thinking about this, surely they're like "WT# just happened here?"

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1668711)

I can assure you I have not reached 80%.

You gotta wonder what Atlanta ATC is thinking about this, surely they're like "WT# just happened here?"

I just do it the old way ... so shoot me..