"Operational reasons" means getting to the next gate (we're supposed to be at the aircraft 35 min prior) this includes having to grab food on the way. I always stay and say goodbye unless this is the case.

That's the plus 14C check.

The Minus 14C check is:

RUN Away, Run Away!

"Should" and "Whenever Possible" gives a lot of leeway. I think you'll agree that most pilots do stick around to say goodbye, until the last stragglers are almost off. But it's not required. If it was, it would say "must". And it doesn't. Many pilots are headed to the next flight to work and do the preflight. But FA's will continue to write up pilots because they think they are commuting or they just hate pilots. Nobody cares, it just goes into the circular file... What does this have to do with FA's texting while doing their job?

"Whenever Possible" Sorry, I deal w/ El Lay traffic, and it's not possible for me to hang around.

Baja.

I wear my hat and give a hearty handshake with a congratulatory phrase to each passenger for surviving the experience of having the drunken gorilla that is me flying them to wherever we haphazardly arrived at.

Should I need food or the need to write someone's phone number on the wall in an airport bathroom, the "should" excuses me from any sort of eye contact and stuttering to passengers postflight. I go diving out cutting off people trying to catch their -5 minute connections and fart as close as possible in front of them in an effort to accelerate my speed up the jetbridge.

Are there oil pan issues?

Why do you keep posting that I work for Alpa. I simply call my reps now and then. You have the same access. It's seems that everyone who disagrees with some of the crazy stuff posted here is some kind of ALPA employee. The fact is there is no one posting here under ALPA control.
As for the flight attendants getting a union I simply posted what the results might be and changes you would likely see. I actually support the flight attendants in their quest for a union. They will however have a long hard road ahead of them once the vote is over. They are such a divided group a really functional Union will take a long time to evolve. You also forgot to post the context of those replies. The statement was wouldn't it be better for us if the flight attendants had a union. Those were the answers as to why it would not be better for pilots. It would however be better for the flight attendants if they can achieve a cohesive group.

Loving the C10 ... if I only had the garage space.

Do you know me from High School, or something? My DD then was a 57 Ford Custom Sedan, 390, 4 speed. My favorite builds have always been historically correct, "what if" designs. Like an alternate history for cars. The kind of stuff Steve Strope is now famous for.



I built a "what if Ford had the idea of a GTO 10 years before GM?" ... drivetrain was a 390 (called a "Big Block" but actually a medium block) and (I think it was a Muncie 4 speed) and at 9 inch Ford Rear Axle (which you car is probably already sitting on) with a limited slip differential. While not year correct, I stopped at about 1959, since the 60's stuff was another generation of cars (nobody could differentiate the differential, but the rubber that thing would lay down was legendary enough to get my nemisis kicked out of school when he claimed by "work" as his own)

Don't get me wrong, I dream of the new Ford "Coyote" V8's. But frankly a 50's Ford just isn't a good drive with a high reving modern engine which has the volumetric efficiency of a recent Winston Cup motor. The other issue is size. The DOHC heads are ginormous. Probably fit easily in your car, but I'd do a lot of measuring before buying anything. I assume someone has figured out the electronic engine controls and wiring (that would scare me from a 2012 swap). The suspension on 50's Fords was good for its day and robust, but absolutely terrible by modern standards. The most any sane person is going to do is cruise and enjoy the ocassional hellacious burnout. With those limitations in mind, an old school torquemonster like the 390 is going to drive right, sound right and look right.

The other consideration is, what sells? I've not been in the market recently, but the new Coyote v8 crate motor is easily twice thew money an old school engine would be.

Just my humble opinion. Everybody's got cool ideas and maybe I'm too conservative.

Going to the Detroit Auto Show this year? If so, PM me. I'm going to try to get up there to look at the Mustang 350R (my new Contract 2015 goal). Ford had me at "Flat Plane Crank."

Lecturing us isn't going to build any goodwill towards your cause.

We don't hang out at airlineflightattendantscentral and quote company policy about taking food and booze off the airplane. Don't crash our forum and expect a warm response to your hectoring.

When did SWA lose their subforum? Just noticed L&G SWA