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02-09-2010 | 08:23 AM

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KC10 FATboy

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From: Legacy FO

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

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

Those engines are huge.

Will the 747-800 be more fuel efficient than the 777?

02-09-2010 | 08:26 AM

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formerdal

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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy

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?

Either for the trip you missed or for the reserve days you missed.

02-09-2010 | 08:30 AM

#28293

iaflyer

seeing the country...

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From: 73N A

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot

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.

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

Yea, a hub in Beijing or Shanghai would be nice, but I can see the Chinese as demanding too much - making it not profitable for us. Sure - they might allow us to fly a few routes from S. Asia to Shanghai, but not the profitable ones. I think they are still very protectionist over there.

02-09-2010 | 08:32 AM

#28294

forgot to bid

veut gagner à la loterie

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From: Light Chop

Today:

BEIJING (Reuters) - Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country boost defense spending, adjust PLA deployments, and possibly sell some U.S. bonds to punish Washington for its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan.

02-09-2010 | 08:58 AM

#28295

forgot to bid

veut gagner à la loterie

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From: Light Chop

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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy

Will the 747-800 be more fuel efficient than the 777?

I don't know, any aircraft wonks that might know?

02-09-2010 | 09:43 AM

#28296

acl65pilot

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From: A-320A

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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy

Lets put it a few ways and you decide what you are paid.

reserve:
Even if you are assigned a trip then call out sick, you are only paid and credited from your sick bank for the reserve credit per work day. Not each day if some were off days, but not X or * days.

line holder:
You are paid and credited from your sick bank for lost flying, not days. Ala 21 hrs trip over four days, 21hrs from your sick bank. This holds true for all trips.