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Old 04-22-2015 | 06:42 AM
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Hockey, if Carl was as selfish as you paint him, he would not be wasting his time here trying to better our profession. I'm pretty sure he could coast out and be just fine. My read is that he's trying to make this a better profession for all seniority levels, even the guys who haven't been hired. I find that he's holding the company and especially "our" "union" accountable for their actions and inactions.

We need fewer guys pretending the emperor is magnificently clothed, and more guys pointing out that the emperor is, in fact, buck naked. For crying out loud, the last 3 guys I flew with had no idea the company was in blatant violation of AFKLM scope.

We need more Carls.
Old 04-22-2015 | 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
You also get the additional 5 years, so it wasn't at your expense.

Carl
To be fair, everyone did get another five years. But, you got five more years as a 747 captain. many pilots got five more years as a 88 FO.

Big difference
Old 04-22-2015 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44
I'm a junior former NWA guy. Since the merger all the DC-9's have been parked, all the 747-200's are gone and all the 747-400's are soon to be gone. Throw in the older NWA 757's and 320's that are on the chopping block. You are left with some 319/320's, 75's, and a handfull of 330's. This merger probably saved your job longterm. You have been a 747 captain forever and you get an extra 5 years at the top thanks to age 65 at my expense. You are on a fenced fleet so you are still like your own airline. When you get displaced, you are going to go to the 777 which pays exactly the same. You come off as a selfish prick on here. Your pension was frozen and you have been hitting government limits adding to your 401k the last 5 years. Every year you get 270 hours of sick leave which is almost a third of what you lost. We are tired of hearing your sob story. You had a career that most of us can only dream about and it is nothing you did. You are no more experienced or a better pilot than any pilot here. Just lucky. Understand your audience. To me it's like walking out of a steakhouse and *****ing about it in front of a homeless guy that hasn't eaten in a week.
amen, carl used to say things that made sense but hes really been obnoxious a while now, but im pretty much over what he has to say. its an embarrassment to former nwa pilots all over

thanks hockey
Old 04-22-2015 | 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Xray678
To be fair, everyone did get another five years. But, you got five more years as a 747 captain. many pilots got five more years as a 88 FO.

Big difference
5 extra years on the Mad Dog is a gift.
Old 04-22-2015 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Flamer
5 extra years on the Mad Dog is a gift.
Old 04-22-2015 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
Check out the 'leaked' info on the chit chat forum. The company wants an 'outside party' to verify all sick leave over 100hrs.

Not YOUR doctor, but someone else.
That's ok with me. Let's use the FAA. Very few of us would ever fly.
Old 04-22-2015 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Elliot
That looks more like a 717 than an MD88.

An angry puppy, not a Mad Dog!
Old 04-22-2015 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
Tim, if your sure the company will make 10 billion in 16 all your financial problems are solved!
Not if Richard gets his way and we change the profit sharing formula, again, and we pay for our own pay raises through less profit sharing, again.

If we can't get huge pay raises now that the company is making BILLIONS, and the industry has learned how to operate at a profit, without changing profit sharing to 'pay' for those raises, then WHEN will we EVER be able to achieve any significant raises?

Our MEC seems to think we are still in Bankruptcy and doesn't want to 'rock the boat'.
Old 04-22-2015 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
Not if Richard gets his way and we change the profit sharing formula, again, and we pay for our own pay raises through less profit sharing, again.
Can you prove this hyperbole?
Old 04-22-2015 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Purple Drank
Hockey, if Carl was as selfish as you paint him, he would not be wasting his time here trying to better our profession.
He's helping our profession by anonymously ranting on an internet massage board viewed by less than 2% of our pilot group?

By that standard, you've done more to help the profession than the Wright brothers, Dave Behnke, and Roscoe Mcmillan all put together.



(P.S., for those new hires on here....especially the ones flying Widebodies, Google Roscoe Mcmillan + Delta)
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