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I think it's funny!
And so David Letterman Monday night offered the Top Ten Northwest Airlines Pilot Excuses on CBS. (Here’s a link to the video.)
10. Bunch of fat guys seated on the right side of the plane made us vector east. 9. We get paid by the hour. 8. Mapquest always takes you the long way, am I right, people? 7. Tired of that show-off Sullenberger getting all the attention. 6. You try steering one of those airplanes after eight or nine cocktails. 5. Wanted to catch the end of the in-flight movie. 4. Activating autopilot and making occasional P.A. announcements is exhausting. 3. According to our map, we only missed our target by half an inch. 2. For a change, we decided to send luggage to the right city and lose the passengers. 1. Thought we saw balloon boy. |
Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 701635)
HA!
They are the greatest little things ever. I really hope to have a boy, but I wouldn't be sad to have more girls, they're a lot of fun even if it means that I'll go paranoid, broke and mentally check out as I try to keep them healthy and safe. I feel your pain. |
Stub bid vacation results are out for the DeltaN guys. I managed to find my results on e-crew, but it wasn't that easy to find.
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 701569)
It is great to get to cast votes for good people willing to do ALPA work. Of the votes cast, I'm particularly pleased to have the opportunity to vote for Dave Nestor.
Dave and others' willingness to communicate openly already portends good things for a more transparent and accessible LEC. They understands the "representative" nature of the job. I was out of the loop on the controversial Q&A that some C44 Candidates participated in. As this story filters out, I'm a little embarrassed for those who think we need new bylaws to prevent Candidates from communicating their platform freely. I'm not sure what to make to some insiders who themselves complain that their communications have been quashed now working to quash others' communications. IMHO this kibitzing about communications reflects negatively upon those doing the complaining. I now understand why some have climbed into their bunkers. Too often in our union we shoot our own Patriots. There are some very good people running for Rep positions in C44. I'm grateful for each and every one's capabilities and willingness to serve. Cheers to them! Nobody is suggesting that communication be quashed--only that the sender of that communication have the intestinal fortitude to identify themselves. I have had a couple of PM exchanges with guys active in this thread who know the answer, one pleading with me to just let it go, but for some reason, they are afraid to divulge. Why? I don't always agree with my reps but I will give them credit for taking ownership of an issue and not hiding behind the skirt of RM and BH like one of the candidates is doing now. I would have preferred the message body to say something like, "Hey, my name is Bob Lipchitz and I am running for Council 44 FO Rep. Attached please find some answers from me and other candidates to questions that RM and BH think are important. I realize they may not be the issues that are important to you though. If you have questions you would like me to answer, please email me or call me at 555-555-1212." But that's just me. I've studied the answers to the "survey" and studied the websites of the candidates. Lots of talk. A chicken in every pot. Yadda yadda. I have no issue with that. It's what politicians do. I am looking forward to giving the candidates that win a year before I confront them with the answers to their survey questions and ask them "What happened?" I agree with you on one point though. I am grateful to those willing to serve. I just hope that when and if they win, they hold themselves to the same standard as those they would attack. I'll believe it when I see it. |
Originally Posted by RockyMtMadDog
(Post 701997)
I've studied the answers to the "survey" and studied the websites of the candidates. Lots of talk. A chicken in every pot. Yadda yadda. I have no issue with that. It's what politicians do. I am looking forward to giving the candidates that win a year before I confront them with the answers to their survey questions and ask them "What happened?"
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Guys,
Hearing rumblings the post SOC bid is going to be bigger than previously reported. |
Originally Posted by RockyMtMadDog
(Post 701997)
I see you have mastered the art of hyperbole. Maybe YOU should be the one running.:rolleyes:
Nobody is suggesting that communication be quashed--only that the sender of that communication have the intestinal fortitude to identify themselves. I have had a couple of PM exchanges with guys active in this thread who know the answer, one pleading with me to just let it go, but for some reason, they are afraid to divulge. Why? I don't always agree with my reps but I will give them credit for taking ownership of an issue and not hiding behind the skirt of RM and BH like one of the candidates is doing now. I would have preferred the message body to say something like, "Hey, my name is Bob Lipchitz and I am running for Council 44 FO Rep. Attached please find some answers from me and other candidates to questions that RM and BH think are important. I realize they may not be the issues that are important to you though. If you have questions you would like me to answer, please email me or call me at 555-555-1212." But that's just me. I've studied the answers to the "survey" and studied the websites of the candidates. Lots of talk. A chicken in every pot. Yadda yadda. I have no issue with that. It's what politicians do. I am looking forward to giving the candidates that win a year before I confront them with the answers to their survey questions and ask them "What happened?" I agree with you on one point though. I am grateful to those willing to serve. I just hope that when and if they win, they hold themselves to the same standard as those they would attack. I'll believe it when I see it. The bottom line is that the questions that were asked are highly representative of the questions many of our pilots are asking, and many of the answers do a good job of differentiating between the various candidates. The questions are not "slanted", and the questionnaire was never represented as a comprehensive survey of all issues. The candidates whose answers appear on the questionnaire all agreed to supply their answers and all agreed to have the questionnaire and answers distributed in the manner in which it was distributed. It is completely irrelevant which candidate actually hit "send" and sent it to ALPA National to be distributed... they ALL agreed for it to be sent! This is a non-issue and sounds to me like sour grapes and hardball politics. IMO, you and your cadre of politicians should be embarrassed. |
Originally Posted by dragon
(Post 702067)
Guys,
Hearing rumblings the post SOC bid is going to be bigger than previously reported. How so???? Details??? |
I am just returning from a leave and I am trying to figure out icrew/ecrew. Is there a good tutorial? How is the best way to learn the system. One big thing is I want to look schedules on the fleet I am going back to.
Feel free to pm me. |
Can someone PM me the Council 44 questionnaire with the canidates answer? I saw it in the working stages on the DALPA boards but the answers were never published.
Also I would be interested to read the candidates web sites. Under the old NWA system it seems like we had more visibilities of what was going on in the other councils. I not a council 44 member but there votes still effect me in council 1. Thanks |
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