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Scheduling is often widely inaccurate on the contract. However if a supervisor tells you that pick your trips and have him put them on your line. Not to long ago scheduling tried to rebuild a trip I was supposed to fly and put me back on it. Told him I did not think it was legal. He checked with a supervisor and said I was right and dropped the trip with pay. Turns out after talking with contract admin I was wrong and should have flown the trip. Damn the luck!

PilotWife2

11-20-2014 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1767129)

PilotWife2,

Are you familiar with angrypilotwife ?

Whoever she is, she is a great writer. Her articles are much more entertaining that the typical flight crew member's kiss and tell book.*

(Buzz excepted, he had something to write about)

Thank you for the intro to the "angrypilotwife". I just read her blog regarding how you can tell you are in a pilot's home. Am surprised she didn't mention the endless supply of hotel soap. Being married to a pilot, I now never have to buy soap again and have more tiny shampoo and conditioner bottles than anyone could possibly need. Also seem to be collecting an odd variety of airline snacks and drinks including canned water from Southwest....Not sparkling water, but just regular plain old water...in a can...

tomgoodman

11-20-2014 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by PilotWife2 (Post 1767420)

Being married to a pilot, I now never have to buy soap again and have more tiny shampoo and conditioner bottles than anyone could possibly need.

Holiday idea: Bag up all those soaps & shampoos and give them to a homeless shelter. They really appreciate it. :)

Trip7

11-20-2014 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1767382)

Sooo... I got a new iPhone 6 and played with the EFB today. The dichotomy is stunning.

On the plus side--when I bought a 32GB iPhone 5, it cost $299.

Today, more than two years later, Best Buy just gave me a $201 gift card for it. Didn't even need to buy a phone there (but I did). I wonder how they're making those numbers work?

Your 32GB iPhone 5 did not cost $299, more like $800. You paid $299 upfront and the rest was baked into your wireless service payments you were under contract for.

Purple Drank

11-20-2014 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip7 (Post 1767428)

Your 32GB iPhone 5 did not cost $299, more like $800. You paid $299 upfront and the rest was baked into your wireless service payments you were under contract for.

Good point--forgot about that whole "subsidy." Thanks for the reminder. :o

Tinpusher007

11-20-2014 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by chuck h (Post 1767408)

We picked up a new regional partner today, AWAC is getting 26 of endeavors 50 seat jets.

You mean DELTA's 50 seat jets.

EdGrimley

11-20-2014 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Tinpusher007 (Post 1767437)

You mean DELTA's 50 seat jets.

Speaking of jets that belong at mainline, I'm curious to know if there is any scenario with our current work rules where this guy and his regional airline could "code share" with Delta with the new C-Series aircraft?

Bombardier Showcases CSeries Aircraft to Republic Airways - YouTube

Purple Drank

11-20-2014 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by EdGrimley (Post 1767447)

In C12, I believe DALPA also gave the company a scope loophole for Republic.

Free Bird

11-20-2014 12:03 PM

Just saw on Deltaweb that the new Airbus order is to replace some 767 300 + 400 aircraft. No idea on the timeline, seems the sands of time are running out for the 767-400.

Anyone know if the 50 new Airbus jets are purely replacements?

gloopy

11-20-2014 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by casual observer (Post 1767380)

What is the upgrade from A330B to A320A like?

Take your 330B days off and multiply them by 0.58 then take your take home pay and multiply it by 1.07, and then back out crash pad/hotel expenses if commuting for an average of 1.9 nights away per trip with an average of 5-7 commutes monthly.

4 stripes though, so, yeah.

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