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Saudi proverb. "My father rode a camel. I drive a car. My son flies a jet airplane. His son will ride a camel."

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It ain't gonna last forever. The future is in renewables, or, there is no future.

We all will be long gone by then. Perhaps not our offspring though.

Thorium breeder reactors, the liquid salt kind, have enough excess energy to produce hydrocarbons, Jet A being the easiest. There is literally a 2 billion year supply of energy in thorium.

hockeypilot44

06-23-2014 05:16 AM

Nice of our union to finally mention the Mcfadden interpretation. It is blatantly obvious that our current procedures for dealling with 117 extenstions are against the Mcfadden interpretation. I am wondering what is taking so long to fix it.

sinca3

06-23-2014 05:17 AM

Interesting perspective (Wrong I'm sure) on DAL and A380's:
The A380 Is Coming to America? Yes, Says a Guy Who Leases Them - Businessweek

hockeypilot44

06-23-2014 05:17 AM

Why do we have to talk to a scheduler to call in sick and well? Why can't that be automated?

tsquare

06-23-2014 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Splash (Post 1669939)

I don't believe our earnings should be tied to company profitability. They shouldn't be - but they are.

We don't have to like it, but we ought to understand it.

I think everybody on here understands that on a base level, but there is a cadre that refuses to accept it. The interesting thing about that is that the same concept is paraded out as being relevant in one's personal finances, but when it comes to a corporation or entity, it doesn't matter... apparently.

tsquare

06-23-2014 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1670149)

Time will tell who is right but if jet fuel spikes above 4 a gallon we will be in a difficult position relative to airlines that modernized their fleets.

And if it does, we won't have to worry about massive paycuts throughout the group either, because, well... bigger pays more.

tsquare

06-23-2014 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadHead (Post 1670168)

Personally, I tend to be more concerned with the student loan bubble.

What bubble? King Putt is gonna forgive all those.

tsquare

06-23-2014 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Flamer (Post 1670170)

Well, we haven't had 727s for quite some time so you might want to get some updated data points. Find a friend at SWA or FDX and compare W2/TAFB in like categories.

Unless you are going to tell me they are not in our peer group.

Also, since you are speaking in present tense, you can skip the part about how good it was for DAL in the past or how bad it is going to be for the others in the future. I'm not saying our contract is bad now, but it isn't the best out there when looking at it as a whole.

OK... so I'll ax you the same question that I asked PD. Whose would you rather have?
SWA? IF we had their contract, we would not be doing any international flying.

Rather B Fishin

06-23-2014 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1670182)

It seems that DALPA's motto is "Fly now, grieve never."

A "system board of adjustment" takes forever when no grievance is filed.

The pilots were made whole. Does the method matter? In fact the method used this time created a remedy that was much quicker than a system board. I prefer results over process each and every time.

cencal83406

06-23-2014 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1670208)

What bubble? King Putt is gonna forgive all those.

Serious question... Why is it okay for a company to break a commitment via bankruptcy, but not an individual?

I mean, corporations are people too, so why are they not held to the same standard?

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