any scoop on the timing and/or composition of the next AE?

Thx

 

Call Arnie K directly & explain the situation. I had the unfortunate experience of doing just this 7 years ago. I had sent in a LOR for a buddy who I had no reservations about, I thought he was solid. Turns out he'd been fired from a job, multiple checkride failures and had been arrested by the DOJ for Immigration fraud. I was dumbfounded when I found out and felt betrayed. I called AK and explained the situation and apologized prophetically. AK thanked me for the update, appreciated my integrity for the tough call and succinctly said that person would be blacklisted from ever interviewing at DAL. I have since recommended 2 others who've both been selected. Had I not made the first call subsequent candidates that I wanted to recommend may have been tainted.

 

All small cat sailors,

I live on a small 325 acre private lake (lake redwine, Newnan)... nne/ssw 2mi long, 1/2mi wide... 35ft deep in the middle, 3ft at the ends... winds light to very strong, primarily w/wnw.

I've seen one on the lake with rounded hulls that goes slower than snot, and one with knife edge hulls that flies!

Any suggestions for a used/cheapish cat for my lake that is quite quick, works well in light & strong winds, and will hold 2/3 peeps? I.e., make/model/size/year?

Thx!

 

Hockey practice in the afternoon!?!?!? Holy cow! Our hockey practice was at the Bowdoin rink at 0500 AM!!!!!!! After that we walked to school in the snow!!!

And when at Hebron Academy, the rink was OUTDOORS!!!! Right near the base of Mt. Washington! Look at the weather there in the winter! It was so freaking cold the ice cracked!!!!!

And on the 88, who's got time to check the "correctness" of the AWABS? Just load the thing and let's GO!!!!

 

If I think I understand what your saying correctly...The new guy is trying to have a someone blacklisted?

I'm sure the new guy is a great dude, but I can't help thinking that is somewhat of a gutsy move, especially as a newbie. I know of a few former pilot colleagues, who I was never particularly fond of, get hired on by Delta. I've really always thought going out of my way to blacklist anyone as kind of a jerk move. I'm not labeling anyone here, just saying this is a very small industry and I couldn't imagine going out of my way to burn someone like that unless I truly felt it would save lives one day.

What's that old saying again....what comes around, must come down.

 

And we haven't even begun to see "big data" yet.

I get D-0, I really do. But stranding people (revenue or revenue-generators aka "non-revs) on the last flight of the day to get a D minus 10 is a punk move. Gate agents don't do it because they're mean, but because of an inappropriate emphasis from on high that takes common sense out of the equation and tries to make everything fit into a one size fits all policy memo. I saw a commuter and 2 triple titanium diamond coated medallions with briefcases and a carry-on running from an international first class flight to catch an RJ flight that was 7 or 8 prior with the door closed and jetway pulled. No sympathy from the agent. So sorry, "sir".

We do a lot right operationally. A lot. And much of what we do right is on time based. I get it, I really do. But disempowering the front lines to make common sense decisions in favor of policy memos is a step in the wrong direction.

 

Sadly, my last exchange with "those above" fell on deaf ears. DAL creates metrics to measure and manage problems. Occasionally they manage the metric itself and make the problem worse. They need to change the metrics to fit reality. Stations should be graded on having the airplane ready as they can't control when ATC lets us push. Latency is nonsense. Turn the beacon on early, get the chocks out and the ground crew away from the jet and safe. Then push as soon as possible. Who cares when the light came on or when the brakes were released? The beacon is a safety issue. Record the freaking time off GPS movement. Pay us from door closing and use GPS movement for out time. JMO, OFG

 

I hear ya. No one likes a snitch, and usually for good reason. However the very few instances of people in the industry I've known to go out of their way to "fully inform" about particular people have been justified. I've never done it, and only would ever consider it for one or two people. One of which got on at another legacy anyway (that no one there can believe because they weren't aware ) and another who isn't likely to get the call here even if we're deep into tier 3. So I probably never will, which is fine by me.

I'm an easy A and will rec just about anyone (although to varying levels of effort and enthusiasm) even those I wasn't crazy about working with or had personality differences from. I firmly believe we have to help out eachother and you never know when you need to cross over any given bridge. But there are a very few out there I think we all know who would be lousy fits at best, and in some cases flat out scammers or even safety threats.

It would have to be bad for me not to rec someone though, and really really bad for me to even go through the trouble of making a call. I think most are the same way. But sometimes it may be necessary.

 

Definitely the last of a breed.... You guys "load" things? What happened to flip cards?

 

I second this. I was always taught to spend all my effort trying to better myself. Why spend effort to hold someone else down? That just brings bad karma. What does this new hire lose if this guy he doesn't like is hired? The answer is nothing. The guy must have slept with his wife or something. If someone sleeps with my wife, I'm blaming my wife. I can't blame the guy because that would be hypocritical as I sleep with my wife.