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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 738560)
You'd be fingered for sure. I'm now and MD88 pilot and pilots of other types don't dare touch me for fear some sort of goo which leaks from every orifice in that jet might get on them.
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 738558)
Maybe if we dressed our flight attendants in school girl uniforms ... :)
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From an hour ago...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japan Airlines <9205.T> fell more than 5 percent on Wednesday after the Nikkei business daily reported the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and the Ministry of Finance are seeking court-led bankruptcy proceedings. The state-owned DBJ, JAL's largest creditor, favors a prepackaged-bankruptcy option, which is also preferred by the government-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp of Japan, the paper said. JAL, Asia's largest carrier by revenue, is seeking its fourth state bailout since 2001 as it grapples with $16 billion in debt, a massive pension deficit and dozens of unprofitable flight routes. Shares of JAL were down 5.6 percent at 85 yen at 0021 GMT, underperforming a 0.2 percent gain in the benchmark Nikkei average <.N225>. |
Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 738572)
Add "again" to that statement and it would be more accurate. There are still a couple hundred furlough bypass guys who will soon return on top of current Delta pilots. At the bottom there are pilots on BOTH sides that got a pretty unfair merger result using rational benchmarks to keep score of what was the status quo.
Hopefully, if they decide to merge again, it will be done during a period of expansion as to reduce the harm to pilots who have already seen a decade of stagnation and in some cases, steady moves down the ladder. FWIW, Alaska is not so large a group that Delta would need to make the same compromises to keep the AS side happy. With the input of a more balanced MEC more intent on representing its members (instead of National and without the pressure of Mutual Assured Destruction) I would expect a much better outcome than the junior pilots received in the last round of forced mating. Honestly, as a very junior guy myself, I don't care if they are merged in on top of me, as long as they are fenced off of the international equipment. I don't mind waiting my turn to do the flying I want to do, but I sure as hell don't want to see 1400 pilots who never had any hope of doing that flying at their carrier, slide in on top of me. HELL NO! |
Originally Posted by Superdad
(Post 738423)
Include them, don't include them, I don't care as long ALL the Alaska pilots are fenced off of international. At least for awhile.
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we need to get some Alaska pilots to join in on the conversation...
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Originally Posted by Superdad
(Post 738628)
Honestly, as a very junior guy myself, I don't care if they are merged in on top of me, as long as they are fenced off of the international equipment.
I don't mind waiting my turn to do the flying I want to do, but I sure as hell don't want to see 1400 pilots who never had any hope of doing that flying at their carrier, slide in on top of me. HELL NO! |
Originally Posted by BusDrvr
(Post 738629)
Umm... Alaska pilots already fly international.
They go to mexico and canada, in a 737. Not quite the flying I am referring to. |
Originally Posted by iceman49
(Post 738584)
It probably had a lot more to do with the BK, and the cost of manuals; lots of airlines operate differently than Boeing.
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Originally Posted by BusDrvr
(Post 738629)
Umm... Alaska pilots already fly international.
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