Originally Posted by Maddog Waddle (Post 746492)

Lets dispense with the formalities. I just want what you think is going to happen

Originally Posted by Sink r8 (Post 745809)

This feels a little bit like having your teenage daughter storm out of the room screaming "You hate me!".

Let's try it again.

First, let me say this: Carl, we love you all Northern Brothers like family... because you are, OK? Maybe you need a hug, and maybe we need to say together "It's not my fault, it's not my fault..." and have a good cry together.

...but we don't hate you.

OK, now... I think what the guy was saying is that the company is trying to float the message that that one side is growing, the other side not, in order to influence representation issues. They have put some stuff out on DeltaNet, both for Inflight and ACS suggesting same. Check it out for yourself. I can't access the IFS part from home, but it's on the ACS part (Departments>ACS>Memo from Gil Somebody).

The original poster wasn't endorsing the message, but pointing out the not-so-subtle hint he thought was being given. The reason he had to put up the part you find offensive is that quoting the company's message would be meaningless without it.

And maybe I'm wrong. Maybe he wasn't alluding to that ACS/IFS message, and just looking at fleets, and all he was saying is that the company is in fact shrinking one side to drive a message, I still don't think he was making any derogatory or false statements. We did park the B-747-200, and we are parking DC-9's. That's not offensive: it's only true. We also both parked 757's, as you say. OK, fine. No matter which way you look at this, you have to really want to be offended, in order to end up offended.

I think that's why there weren't any (other) debates after his post.

Originally Posted by satchip (Post 745812)

Carl, what's false? DC-9, 742, and 755 fleets are shrinking. The first two are not coming back. Sucks for all of us but it's the truth. The 90s, 73s and 777s are all growing number of airframes. What's the false part?

Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy (Post 745827)

Carl, you crack me up. You forgot to include the last two words of my sentence there, which were vital to not being taken out of context. hahah His quote came in response to some other quotes, but I digress.

See ya on the radios...

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 745993)

I hereby eat my prediction that Favre was going down.
The old man was spectacular.

Originally Posted by Hawaii50 (Post 746042)

Dude you may have just awoken Carl again. Standby for incoming comments about your mother and accusations of you being ill-informed, puffed up, and arrogant. :)

Originally Posted by Hawaii50 (Post 746055)

You must be a blast to fly with :eek:. Where's the false statement? The 757 reference was the fNW 5500 series 757s that can't be retrofited with winglets and have seen a high number of grounded aircraft. The original question came up after a dinner discussion with some FAs over the meaning of an IFS memo about shrinking fNW fleets and growing fDL fleets and the benefit to them of resolving their representational issues. It was a pretty inocuous question in my mind.

Originally Posted by BigGuns (Post 746022)

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 746057)

You do realize that Carl is one of the really smart guys on here. I can't think of much he hasn't been right about over the years.

Make fun if you like...........but he does have credibility:cool: