I don't think he's giving it a 100% pass as much as he's saying that Fox News presents a contrived contrast of the news against other media outlets. Trust me, there is plenty of shows on Fox News I can't stomach, but I think the network plays an invaluable role.

If majority of news organizations leaned right, I would say the same about MSNBC.

Honestly, majority of news reported these days is driven at being sensational in an attempt to gum up knee-jerk emotional responses from the public. Journalistic integrity free of bias is for all intensive purposes gone.

But who knows, after 80 hours in Ghana I could be ebolaing myself.

remember when msnbc was relevant?

Me neither.

Come on guys it's not that hard...... Just bid a new plane and go to the schoolhouse for assimilation. :eek:

I do agree though....... Having just come through a training event the chatter in the cockpit is crazy. I find this to especially be true during our most critical phases of the operation! While I think briefing things are good we should focus on the importance of the brief not the laundry list someone has devised.

FWIW have you ever read what Warren Buffet says about gold? I would never invest in it. Ever. Invest in America. Check out kickstarter.com. gust.com. We are at the launchpad of incredible innovation. Decades of superior gains.

JMHO

Jerry

Okay, obamacare is the law right? Do you guys dislike that this guy is telling the truth or that the truth IS the truth?

The fact that he is a pompous, elitist, holier than thou notwithstanding.

I think crap is crap, and you can't excuse the outrageous non-news behavior of networks that are ruthlessly killing journalism, on the basis of whether they're closer to your own leanings. They're all mostly crap.

If you want news, I think you have to import it. The BBC is probably OK, and as much as I hate to say it, I suspect Al-Jazeera MIGHT be somewhat more like an actual news network, but I have a strong bias against them.

Which leaves the Onion.

Good luck with that ebola. There is some stuff on Deltanet that should clear it right up for you.

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Very nice post on profit-sharing three pages ago, btw.

For example, assume Delta earns a PTIX of $1 billion. Delta will provide eligible employees with a total profit sharing of $150 million ($1 B x 15% = $150 million). Also assume that the total annual compensation for all eligible employees was $3.75B, and that your individual annual compensation was $100,000. To determine the percentage of profit sharing you will receive, divide your individual annual compensation by the total annual compensation ($100,000 / $3.75B = .00002666667). To determine your personal profit sharing payout, you would then multiply this number by the total profit sharing amount (.00002666667 x $150 million = $4000).


Prior C2012...15% on first 2.5 billion
$2,500,000,000 ($2.5 B x 15% = $375 million)
Total annual compensation for all eligible employees $3.75 B
Individual annual compensation $120,000
($120,000 / $3.75B = 0.000032)
Personal profit sharing amount....(0.000032 x $375 million = $12,000)

Post C2012...10% on first 2.5 billion
$2,500,000,000 ($2.5 B x 10% = $250 million)
Total annual compensation for all eligible employees $3.75 B
Individual annual compensation $120,000
($120,000 / $3.75B = 0.000032)
Personal profit sharing amount....(0.000032 x $250 million = $8,000)


Difference in total profit sharing (15% to 10%) amounts to a reduction of $125 million.
Essentially 5% of $2.5 billion (2.5 B x 5% = $125 million)


Under the above assumptions.....that equated to a net loss of $4,000 for a pilot who earned $120,000 in annual compensation.

In terms of percentages that equates to a loss of 3.3333%

So in terms of real dollars amount of monetizing the C2012 profit sharing reduction on the following assumptions...
A pilot earned $120,000 in that year with overall
Annual compensation for all eligible employees at $3.75 billion

It equated to -3.3333% which in 2013 / predicted 2014 will not only cover our raises, but also give back .3333% back to the company.


This is how I understand it, but please chime in if anyone thinks I'm missing something.
Specifically I'd like to find the actual annual compensation amounts for all employees to make these figure completely accurate. I'm assuming that $3.75 Billion is close to the mark.

The onion is actually an awesome source for current news.

Neither. I like the fact that he's telling the truth, and I always like that the truth is the truth. The problem is that this video was blacked out by every news organization except Fox News. Were it not for Fox News, I would not have seen this video of Obamacare's chief architect describing the importance of the law's lack of transparency and the reliance on "the stupidity of the American people." Now people like Gomerglideslope feel like this is a non-story and any news organization that does air this non-story should be denigrated. Gomerglideslope and the like want to save me from wasting my time watching non-stories by ensuring those non-stories never get aired.

I need to hear all sides and all opinions in order to make the best decisions. The conservative view is only aired on Fox News. That's the problem. It's that lack of balance that is driving the ratings drop at all news organizations...except Fox.

That he is, and that kind of attitude never helps. But a guy like that can't help himself.

Carl

Since I wasn't part of the negotiation team, is it possible that no raise was planned but instead they essentially traded a guaranteed 3% payout for a possible one at a cost of .3333% to the pilots?

Nice work though