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Originally Posted by CAP10B (Post 2749514)

There's a couple problems with hotmic.

First, no squelch. Five hours of wind noise through the other guys microphone on a transcon while he rocks his rubber band is fatiguing in itself.

Secondly, the lack of "judicious use of hotmic." As much as guys say that they like to use hotmic...totally fine, but they'll be the ones humming, burping, & talking to themselves in the dead space between essential communication. When you're done with your spiel, flick the hotmic switch off.

If you're reading this and you're thinking...nah, that's not me, I don't do that....Guess what, yes you do, and I can hear you 5 by 5.

Finally, there's a cool rocker switch right in front of you if you want to use the intercom, and when you're done, let go of the button.

I agree with everything you said. It's actually something that used to drive me nuts. Now I'm just so grateful that a guy uses hotmic that I don't care that much about hearing him chew his food, etc. It's amazing how you don't realize how good you've got it until you don't have that thing anymore. For instance, I never knew how good I had it with scheduling software at my previous airline until I came here...

I am very conscientious about only leaving hotmic on when I'm talking. I'm sure there have been times when I've forgotten but it's rare. As has already been said, turn the volume down on the intercomm if you have to. I know it's not perfect, but if it's this hard to get guys to just use the hotmic, imagine how hard it will be to get them to only use it while talking instead of for an entire flight.

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Originally Posted by DELTAFO (Post 2749538)

Turn the volume down or even off on your intercom. Problem solved.

Uhhhhhh, doesn’t that defeat the purpose of hotmic?

Denny

It’s amazing how 15000 RJ pilots around the country have figured out how to turn hot mics on and off appropriately but we can’t figure it out.

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Originally Posted by BlueSkies (Post 2749409)

Ok, can someone who doesn't like to use hotmic explain to me why they prefer leaving an ear exposed and yelling back and forth in the cockpit over hotmic?

I'm just trying to understand...really.

At a previous airline I flew with lots of senior CAs who were similiar in age to the current guys I fly with and they all used hotmic. So it's not a generational thing.

I just don't get why some guys are so against hotmic. I get it a little more on the older 737s without the new comm panel, but even then all it takes is a rubberband. They even have them available in the CPO!

Sorry for the rant.

100% with you. It is ridiculous. People are yelling at each other with one ear cup off of their NC headset. We all should be using whatever we need to to protect our hearing IMO. If the company Won’t pay to put voice activated hot mike on every airplane they definitely aren’t going to do anything about your hearing loss. Some 757s have it too BTW.

are we able to deduct union dues? I'm knocking out my taxes online and it's showing me as able to. I thought they got rid of this deduction with the tax change this year? Thanks

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Originally Posted by Gspeed (Post 2749542)

Great. Another reason to not want to go to the Guppy.
#itsthelittlethings

So that’s reason number 14,235?

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Originally Posted by Scooter432 (Post 2749863)

are we able to deduct union dues? I'm knocking out my taxes online and it's showing me as able to. I thought they got rid of this deduction with the tax change this year? Thanks

Straight from H+R Block

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I have a tax question about deducting union dues. Can I deduct union dues from my tax return?
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An employee who paid union dues prior to 2018 may have been able to deduct them as unreimbursed business expenses, if the total of the dues plus certain miscellaneous itemized expenses reached a certain level. The employee then deducted the dues if the employee was able to itemize deductions.

Tax reform changed all that. For tax years 2018 through 2025, union dues – and all employee expenses – are no longer deductible, even if the employee can itemize deductions.

However, if the taxpayer is self-employed and pays union dues, those dues are deductible as a business expense.

Also, even though unreimbursed employee expenses are no longer deductible on the federal return, some states, such as Minnesota and Pennsylvania, may allow the deduction on the state tax return.

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Originally Posted by Scooter432 (Post 2749863)

are we able to deduct union dues? I'm knocking out my taxes online and it's showing me as able to. I thought they got rid of this deduction with the tax change this year? Thanks

Short answer - no, not deductible on the Federal return, some states might allow it.

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Does anyone know if this before rotation rest is going to interfere with our ability to be assigned a greenslip prior to a trip? Let's say I have a 4 day trip, am I now ineligible to do a 1 day greenslip on the day prior seeing as it's blocked out for "rest"?

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Originally Posted by m3113n1a1 (Post 2749957)

I don’t think so. I think the rest period was always taken into consideration when awarding GS, etc...only difference is now it’s just visabke on your schedule.