I had my new house on Guam torn down based on one of ACL's earlier posts, but I'm thinking of building again, based on one of his posts today.

I'm sorry, not "torn down"... "tore-up".

I am, after a all, a "South" pilot.

I see the rumor and speculation on this board no different than looking at the destination WX before you launch...

You have no control over the WX
You probably will go anyways
Its just a forecast so its subject to change, it might be better, it might be worse.

Looking at the WX before you launch helps you formulate a plan (or many plans) instead of just pressing on and finding out at the last minute that things are different from what you expected...

I can't see how as a pilot you wouldn't want to do the same thing with this industry...

YMMV

Cheers
George

GUM has always been a "Second Option"

The requirements haven't taken effect yet - 120 days from the final rule was published - I don't have the exact date but it was probably published around the 1st of the year, so end of April is when the requirements take effect.

Second, Congress didn't pass anything - from what I read, it was the DOT who issued the final rule.

For reference purposes for those who scratch their heads and say "where in the you know what would we fly out of Guam?"

Plenty of places. Lets take another look at GUM via our CALMike friends:


http://www.airlineroutemaps.com/USA/...Micronesia.JPG

One option that I could see is making Guam a "Far East" hub. Fly 737/757s from South Asian markets (Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong) to Guam to connect up with widebodies flying from Guam to our US hubs. It allows Korean Air to connect northern China with the US. Divide and conquer.

Oh yeah, ode to the now flying 747-800:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../1/1650180.jpg

Those engines are huge.

FtB;
She sure looked pretty yesterday!

As for Asia. GUM or a nice East-West-North-South Hub in GUM and Beijing or Shanghai

Sure bet we could hit Latin America from both. :D

(allows the US to get around issues with transitory passengers on US soil. Not GUM but the other two)

Stupid question.

I call out sick. During the time I'm sick, I miss a 4-day trip. In the schedulers eyes, I was sick for a total of 6 days.

Do I lose 6 days of pay out of my sick bank, or do they only charge you for the days you were supposed to work?