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Old 05-27-2015 | 03:04 PM
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What's the damn hurry to get a contract? Last time we got one in 8 weeks and the company went on a spending spree, hence we left money on the table. Write your reps, no concessions. Best environment for us in my 30 years here. Record profits, record retirements, profit sharing. Time to get some.
Old 05-27-2015 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TED74
Anyone know the impetus of this? MD crews are arguably the hardest-working for any given hour of flight...why do they accept less than the others?
Couldn't agree more. Time to fix that this round. And "resting" in a passenger seat.
Old 05-27-2015 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Purple Drank
I know why tsquare needs a new screen name. He found a cocktail waitress on Match.com. She was going to blow him off like they usually do, but he kept bragging about how much money he makes. She did a Google search, and found he would be gone more than half the time, so she bit the bullet and chased the money.

Two weeks later, they were married. Two months later, she wanted out. She was sick of him wearing his Delta hat when mowing the lawn and sitting on the throne; tired of being berated when there weren't any Milano cookies left in his snack basket, and totally over being made to a walkaround every time they drove somewhere.

She found the best divorce attorney she could find. Tsquare went cheap (imagine that) and hired a lawyer with 10 teeth. During the proceedings, she was asked to describe their sex lives. She said, "fast, compulsory, and unfulfilling." To the same question, tsquare responsed, "expeditious and economical."

Long story short, she took him to the cleaners. She got his best moonshine still, his coonskin cap collection, and his most prized possession: his "tsquare" screen name.

That's probably why he's even more of an antisocial misanthrope as Bender Rodriguez...and explains his contract wants, too.
THIS is some funny stuff man! I'm not sure if Bender is TSquare... IMO, Bender is about 200% more foolish, anti-pilot/pro-company-coffers than TSquare seemed. I can't make it through a single post from BR without reallly thinking he's someone hired by union-busting consultant to prepare the battlefield and break all pilot opposition.
Old 05-27-2015 | 03:46 PM
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From the latest email I got from DALPA, a change to FAA wait times for self-medication. Both of these items are what most folks take for a cough or allergy/runny nose thing... If I have to wait 60 hours for the one and 48 hours for the other now, it will literally double the amount of times I will have to call in sick--even if I might be pretty much "on the mend" and getting over my symptoms, I'd still not be legal to fly for 2.5 days! Who stops taking cough medicine when trying to get better for a trip, 2 days prior???

This is kind of a big thing, surprised I didn't see anyone discussing it?

"The wait time from taking diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in many cold and allergy products including Benadryl, has changed from 12 hours to 60 hours. The wait time for taking dextromethorphan, the active ingredient in many cough medications, has increased to 48 hours.

Wait time is defined as the time from when you last take the medication until you engage in ANY activities pertaining to flight, such as flight planning or pre-flight inspection. "
Old 05-27-2015 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Roadkill
From the latest email I got from DALPA, a change to FAA wait times for self-medication. Both of these items are what most folks take for a cough or allergy/runny nose thing... If I have to wait 60 hours for the one and 48 hours for the other now, it will literally double the amount of times I will have to call in sick--even if I might be pretty much "on the mend" and getting over my symptoms, I'd still not be legal to fly for 2.5 days! Who stops taking cough medicine when trying to get better for a trip, 2 days prior???

This is kind of a big thing, surprised I didn't see anyone discussing it?

"The wait time from taking diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in many cold and allergy products including Benadryl, has changed from 12 hours to 60 hours. The wait time for taking dextromethorphan, the active ingredient in many cough medications, has increased to 48 hours.

Wait time is defined as the time from when you last take the medication until you engage in ANY activities pertaining to flight, such as flight planning or pre-flight inspection. "
I was reading some FAA stuff regarding this and most medications. Their take is one must wait 5x the half-life of the med. That is, if your med says take every 4-6 hours, then 5x6 hours must pass before flight duties. This general rule was for medications not approved for flight duties. And even these require proof that side effects don't happen.

Too lazy to look it up as I self medicate with an IPA.
Old 05-27-2015 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Roadkill
THIS is some funny stuff man! I'm not sure if Bender is TSquare... IMO, Bender is about 200% more foolish, anti-pilot/pro-company-coffers than TSquare seemed. I can't make it through a single post from BR without reallly thinking he's someone hired by union-busting consultant to prepare the battlefield and break all pilot opposition.
He's tsquare, trust me on this. If you were cyber stalked by that dude as much as I was, you'd recognize him too.

Carl
Old 05-27-2015 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Flamer
Always take the first offer from he car dealer don't ya? It's ok, I don't like to be confrontational either. We'll get em next time.
Originally Posted by Roadkill
From the latest email I got from DALPA, a change to FAA wait times for self-medication. Both of these items are what most folks take for a cough or allergy/runny nose thing... If I have to wait 60 hours for the one and 48 hours for the other now, it will literally double the amount of times I will have to call in sick--even if I might be pretty much "on the mend" and getting over my symptoms, I'd still not be legal to fly for 2.5 days! Who stops taking cough medicine when trying to get better for a trip, 2 days prior???

This is kind of a big thing, surprised I didn't see anyone discussing it?

"The wait time from taking diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in many cold and allergy products including Benadryl, has changed from 12 hours to 60 hours. The wait time for taking dextromethorphan, the active ingredient in many cough medications, has increased to 48 hours.

Wait time is defined as the time from when you last take the medication until you engage in ANY activities pertaining to flight, such as flight planning or pre-flight inspection. "
This is a rough one. I know that on layovers if sick mid-trip I might have been tempted to take one or the other to get me through the night and home the next day, now, not so much!!
Old 05-27-2015 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
He's tsquare, trust me on this. If you were cyber stalked by that dude as much as I was, you'd recognize him too.

Carl
Flamebait aside, don't flatter yourself ace. If you are successful in your quest to get dALPA decertified, it is a huge feather on your resume for your other union busting job. Probably get a room in the C suite for it to boot. No Carl, you are as transparent to me as the window I am looking out of right now. You will be exposed in due time for who you really are which is no friend of pilots OR labor in general.

Cyber stalked. Funny stuff.
Old 05-27-2015 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Roadkill
From the latest email I got from DALPA, a change to FAA wait times for self-medication. Both of these items are what most folks take for a cough or allergy/runny nose thing... If I have to wait 60 hours for the one and 48 hours for the other now, it will literally double the amount of times I will have to call in sick--even if I might be pretty much "on the mend" and getting over my symptoms, I'd still not be legal to fly for 2.5 days! Who stops taking cough medicine when trying to get better for a trip, 2 days prior???

This is kind of a big thing, surprised I didn't see anyone discussing it?

"The wait time from taking diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in many cold and allergy products including Benadryl, has changed from 12 hours to 60 hours. The wait time for taking dextromethorphan, the active ingredient in many cough medications, has increased to 48 hours.

Wait time is defined as the time from when you last take the medication until you engage in ANY activities pertaining to flight, such as flight planning or pre-flight inspection. "
I read it and the first thing I thought of was "is this some kind of union way of saying call in sick?" Kind of like the old contract negotiation "be safe" or "BOB" campaigns /key words. Maybe that was just me who read it that way.
Old 05-27-2015 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by BenderRodriguez
Flamebait aside, don't flatter yourself ace. If you are successful in your quest to get dALPA decertified, it is a huge feather on your resume for your other union busting job. Probably get a room in the C suite for it to boot. No Carl, you are as transparent to me as the window I am looking out of right now. You will be exposed in due time for who you really are which is no friend of pilots OR labor in general.

Cyber stalked. Funny stuff.
Carl is no friend to this pilot group?

The founders of the AirLine Pilots Association are all spinning in their graves with disgust and disappointment.

Delta is making billions in record profits and returning billions to the shareholders for no other reason than to enrich our execs more than they already are.

We have many DALPA leaders working 24/7 to deliver us for less and take draconian concessions.

Carl speaks for our profession and the vast majority of the Delta pilots.

You and your Whiskey Delta friends are the "I got mine club."
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