Are you sure she doesn't know me?

I keed, I keed...Look at me smiling, I keed. :D

Carl

OH, yeah, yeah that's the ticket.......ummm........yeah, yeah you're right!!:)

Denny

Nevermind ...

Naw, find one of one of my favorite childhood cartoons.......Atom Ant!!!:)

Denny

For Denny!

I like! I like!! Now that thar is a heeeero!:D

Denny

No limitations for SE taxi on either aircraft. The DC9 does have to be fairly light to SE taxi, otherwise it takes way too much power to get rolling.

The only limitation on the A320 is 3 min warm-up and 5 min warm-up on first flight of the day for the engines. Seems like in your situations there was more then enough time to SE taxi and still get the warm up. SE taxi was never pushed as hard at NWA as it is at DAL, so many guys are still adjusting to the concept. I know that seems wierd, but in the environment that NWA operates often times a SE taxi won't work. Icy ramps and taxi ways can be very difficult to taxi on, especially when turning into gates.

My previous time on the 320 I often witnessed SE taxi, but the PTU is very noisy and often can make passengers uneasy. If you're not familiar with the 320, in a SE situation the PTU transfers hydraulic pressure from one system to the other because it's normally the engine driven pump that does so. You'll often hear it on the engine start, and it's a real whiny choppy noise. Also, when in a SE taxi the shuttle valve in the braking system makes loud clunking noises. I personally don't think these are reasons to NOT SE taxi, as a simply PA before pushback will soothe the uneasy fliers.

As far as the gate situation, often the ramp personnel will plug the power in but run off without verifying it's working.:mad:

Then we're stuck calling ops trying to get ramp peeps back out to check it, but we don't have time to wait because we are on a 25 minute turn with an aircraft change.

Denny,
I am being altruistic here. Please accept my altrusticity as you are senior to me and by suggesting this I am offering something that will... sigh... keep you senior longer.

I highly suggest Ms Jillian Michaels from the biggest loser. She has a 30 day video. Its easy on the eyes (especially her helper) and she'll kick your tail in 20 minutes and your wife will do it with you.

Yep.

Not afraid to admit it. I prefer looking at women while I'm working out. I'm down 15 lbs.

I'm so tempted to post some of these pictures I find of Jillian Michaels and friends but I won't... ;)

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Bill Lumberg, did anyone help you change your avatar picture?

Interesting discussion about "early Section Six".

A couple things I think we may be overlooking:
We can talk to management anytime we want. We can even "negotiate" about any subject, any time we want. Section six is not required for bargaining to take place.

However, a "Section Six Notice" is the big one. It has a very specific legal meaning under the RLA and starts a number of "clocks" ticking and triggers several legal duties and requirements.
The 270 day max for early talks is in the contract for a reason. It protects both parties. Under current circumstances, there is very little chance that management will waive that provision and open section six talks early.

Besides the RLA time clocks, if section 6 talks are under way, then "status quo" applies. That has a number of very powerful legal effects and it basically puts the entirety of our contractual relationship under the jurisdiction of the NMB.
Section 6 also provides for either party to force a start to mediation under the NMB and get the whole ball rolling on mediation, arbitration proffer, cooling-off, PEB, Congressional action, etc. That's a huge political risk. For both parties.
Are you confident Obama would let us strike? Not me. The economy is fragile and he's got other irons in the fire.
Is management confident he would stop a strike? Nope. Bush they could count on; not Obama.
That's why they will never agree to open early. JMHO.

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