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09-22-2014 | 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by DALMD88FO

I think that some NFL teams do get to hand pick their FA's, however it is NOT the players doing the picking. I would imagine the players wives, coaches and coaches wives would rather them not be Hooter's types as this is just a distraction.

Just looked it up on deltanet. There are open charters meaning anyone charter qualified can fly them, then there are dedicated sports team charters where the same flight attendants only fly for that team.

You're right. Some teams have dedicated FAs, some don't. One day last year I flew the Navy and Kentucky football teams. Navy had dedicated FAs, Kentucky didn't.

09-22-2014 | 08:24 AM

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You're right. Some teams have dedicated FAs, some don't. One day last year I flew the Navy and Kentucky football teams. Navy had dedicated FAs, Kentucky didn't.

I grew up in Kentucky. I TOTALLY understand that.

09-22-2014 | 09:11 AM

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Cutting through the 50 day, again.

Well below the resistance level of 41-sinking below 38.

? is will it be down on higher volume at the close.

Not looking healthy.

09-22-2014 | 09:57 AM

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Cutting through the 50 day, again.

Well below the resistance level of 41-sinking below 38.

? is will it be down on higher volume at the close.

Not looking healthy.

I observed a soft wholesale market in housing 30 days ago, but a cyclical downturn always happens when the kiddos return to school and families stop moving around. Given that today's market is driven by August housing numbers there is no "news" for anyone who has been around for a few seasons.

The bond market is probably unsustainable, but that is nothing new.

09-22-2014 | 10:03 AM

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The teams hand select the FAs for the charters. Do the math...

I'm not sure that's right. I didn't get the impression that they were hand picked.

09-22-2014 | 10:12 AM

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I'm not sure that's right. This was not a bunch of 25 year old newbie eager to please FA's. In fact, I'm pretty sure most were over 60, including the male flight attendant. So, I think your "math" solution might be wrong.

I hope the LA lead that I had with the Lakers last winter wasn't hand picked. She had a large wheelie cooler, and she cleaned out the galley after we got in and put all the leftover meals in it and went home. Maybe she was going to take it to the local food shelf.

09-22-2014 | 10:37 AM

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I grew up in Kentucky. I TOTALLY understand that.

You are not talking about girls that they had to tie a pork chop around their necks to get the dog to play with them......are you?

09-22-2014 | 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by TheManager

Cutting through the 50 day, again.

Well below the resistance level of 41-sinking below 38.

? is will it be down on higher volume at the close.

Not looking healthy.

So what? Fundamentals are still really really really good.

Technical trading is voodoo.

09-22-2014 | 11:01 AM

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You are not talking about girls that they had to tie a pork chop around their necks to get the dog to play with them......are you?

Them's my peeps........

09-22-2014 | 12:32 PM

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How is that done? Do they go to Bubbaville and have a lineup? Do the FAs wear numbers? What is interesting is that one charter I did was an NBA team, and half the FAs were not of the type that many on here like to describe as the ones that will save our industry. IOW... not Hooters models. Since sports guys are GUYS for the most part.. why aren't all the chosen ones Hooters models? Kinda puts the whole theory about the necessity for drop dead gorgeous FAs to rest now doesn't it?

The teams interview the FA's, and hire the ones they want on the charters. Some college teams too. I guess it's the coaches or the staff that does the interviewing, not the players, but I hear that sometimes the players (and coaches) do request certain FA's for a flight. I don't know why that's so hard to believe...

And yes, I've definitely seen some FA's wearing players numbers