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Old 12-11-2014 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ExAF
In my opinion it usually results in more money for less days of work. I'll try to explain. [...]
Thanks! I think I get it.... Will have to crunch the numbers when the issue arises. Cheers!
Old 12-11-2014 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by cni187
There's an app called Find Craft Beer. Yelp works too.
I've got that app, meh...also taphunter and FindMyTap. None of them are really "good", spotty info and hard for you to provide input/update as a drinker. And NONE of them is worth a crap at finding real cask ale.

I walked all over DTW recently looking for beers, hit probably 7 places. I hate to say it, but I think the Buffalo WildWings place was actually the best beer selection. I have been to Jacoby's three times, I give it a thumbs down. Bottles only, not the german-beer-drinking crowd I was looking for.

And if anyone gets told to go to GreekTown for BBQ at "Red Smoke"-- PASS, that place is probably the 2nd worst BBQ ever eaten, behind only when Uncle Bob's pigsty caught fire and he didn't want to waste...
Old 12-12-2014 | 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Purple Drank
Is there anywhere to get a good craft brew near the dtw long layover? It's not in mycrewguide. Thx
Good mag. Buddy and I go to several places throughout the year.

Detroit, Michigan | Beer Guide | BeerAdvocate
Old 12-12-2014 | 04:41 AM
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Originally Posted by fsuskypilot
I'm relocating from NJ to NW Arkansas at the end of Jan. If anyone here commutes out of XNA to ATL or NYC I'd be interested to hear about it.
XNA can be tough commute, there are currently 6 daily departures to ATL with one being mainline and they are almost always full. Tulsa is an option they have 5 daily flights with 1 being mainline. There is also FSM but it only has 3 flights all being a 50 seat CRJ.

NYC is a pain from any of these as it becomes a 2 leg commute........ Ask me how I know.
Old 12-12-2014 | 04:41 AM
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Detroit Beer Company has good food and good beer.

Its too bad you don't stay in Ann Arbor. There are four brew pubs within walking distance and multiple craft brew bars. Jolly Pumpkin is probably my favorite. All of their beers are sour which is pretty unusual for a commercial brewery.
Old 12-12-2014 | 05:32 AM
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Stock might hit $50 today, still way undervalued.
Old 12-12-2014 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
Carl,

By "worst case" do you mean with the Virgin JV, or without?
With.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
Without the JV, something like 300,000 international widebody block hours are unprotected.
The company can always decide to shrink to zero. Nothing new there. When our MEC votes this TA in, then the company can shrink our international block hours by over 100,000 hours AND still keep the Virgin Joint Venture. Without the TA, they'd have to give up the JV if they shrunk the block hours below what we're currently flying.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
JV scope is limiting, not a goal.
When the MEC votes this TA in, we'll be agreeing to lower that scope limit by over 100,000 block hours annually AND the company gets to keep the Virgin Joint Venture.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
We should not assume to know what the Company's plans are; economics change moment by moment. But we can, and do, build baseline protections ... and in this case, ensure our participation in growth.
Participating in growth is good. Shrinking by over 100,000 international block hours annually while the company gets to keep the Virgin Joint Venture won't be good.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
Along those lines, Heathrow is slot controlled and it makes sense to run the largest gauge available into those limited slots. If so, Delta would have to add more international wide body block hours to keep up on an Available Seat Kilometer basis.
I thought you just said we shouldn't assume to know what the company's plans are.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
Again, we are debating an LOA which has not yet been fully vetted by and debated by our Reps, the men we trust to perform the job with the assistance of subject matter experts. We should defer to our Negotiator's Notepad and Reps' communications.
I know that's how you view our democracy here Bar. Most of us agree that trust but verify is the key. You think it should just be trust. I think your model is what's currently causing the deep division and dysfunctional behavior currently on display in our MEC.

Carl
Old 12-12-2014 | 06:14 AM
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DON'T COMMUTE

DON'T COMMUTE

Just move to Mecca and drive to work......It's not THAT bad!

Save your commuting/hotel/loss of GS money and buy a freaking castle when you retire!

Seriously....Don't commute. You'll live longer!
Old 12-12-2014 | 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
With.



The company can always decide to shrink to zero. Nothing new there. When our MEC votes this TA in, then the company can shrink our international block hours by over 100,000 hours AND still keep the Virgin Joint Venture. Without the TA, they'd have to give up the JV if they shrunk the block hours below what we're currently flying.



When the MEC votes this TA in, we'll be agreeing to lower that scope limit by over 100,000 block hours annually AND the company gets to keep the Virgin Joint Venture.





Carl


If the above is correct what is the suppossed upside of this TA?

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Old 12-12-2014 | 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Piklepausepull
DON'T COMMUTE

DON'T COMMUTE

Just move to Mecca and drive to work......It's not THAT bad!

Save your commuting/hotel/loss of GS money and buy a freaking castle when you retire!

Seriously....Don't commute. You'll live longer!
So should I not commute?
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