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Originally Posted by caddis (Post 810683)

Slow,

I do not want any information that may hurt their case. So I will offer you this olive branch and say that in some cases limited info is better.

Now how about you concede that the MEC does not do as well as they could with communication to the masses on other issues? I am going to go for a simply one and use MEC meetings.

At the former NWA we would receive a nightly emailed synopsis of the days events. Why do we not get that from DALPA? In all honesty it should not take more then 30 minutes to recap the events in a short email to the members. A simply chronological recap would suffice followed by more details after the meeting adjourns emailed out to the members.

COOL HAND LUKE

"What we have heah is a failure to communicate..."

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Originally Posted by caddis (Post 810683)

Slow,

Now how about you concede that the MEC does not do as well as they could with communication to the masses on other issues? I am going to go for a simply one and use MEC meetings.

Conceded.:o

We can always do better.

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Originally Posted by TenYearsGone (Post 810658)

Where the "F" have you been? We missed you.

I have been here, just not posting.

I guess we could say I have been giving my keyboard a break. :D

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 810660)

Your statement that DALPA may not have been overly helpful to them could not be further from the truth. Can you give even a hint of what you based it on? Call and talk to your reps about the situation. You might form a different and educated opinion. DALPA or ALPA don't deal with these types of situation in public and especially in this case its not the place.

Agreed. I suggest this conversation is better suited for the ALPA forum.

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 810722)

I have been here, just not posting.

I guess we could say I have been giving my keyboard a break. :D

How many keyboards do you typically go through in a year??! ;)

This year I am on my second. :eek:

First one got killed by a kiddo, they used it as a trampoline.

Greetings,
I spoke with a fellow pilot who lives in ATL today. He is out on LTS, but the prognosis is excellent. He's still not able to put in a full day without getting fatigued, but is hopeful to return soon. He still likes to dabble in all things aviation, and hangs out with a friend who is doing a homebuilt during his after-hours, from time to time. This second gentleman is a pretty senior line maintenance A&P for ma' Delta. He has been tasked (the mechanic) with going over to Stockholm to observe 40---count 'em--40 MD-90s that are going through heavy C checks at Swiss air. The story I got was that barring any "significant" issues uncovered during said checks, those 40 were coming to us. $7 mil. a piece. Take this with a grain of salt, as w/ any rumor. However, my good friend who is out on sick leave is not a rumor monger in any degree or fashion. Even though this mech. is going over to observe, that does NOT make a sale. However....

Chuck

Those pesky Mechanics seem to know a lot and a lot sooner than we pilots do. :rolleyes:

If it turns out true, great, I like more jets. Might make me bid back to the 88/90!

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Originally Posted by chuck416 (Post 810742)

Sure about that? I thought Stockholm was about 1000 miles north of Switzerland? Now if it was Scandanavian Airlines (SAS) that would be another thing.

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 810743)

Those pesky Mechanics seem to know a lot and a lot sooner than we pilots do. :rolleyes:

If it turns out true, great, I like more jets. Might make me bid back to the 88/90!

I'm hoping there's some upward movement on the ATL88 with this AE. One can dream.