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buzzpat 08-10-2010 07:01 PM


Originally Posted by tantrum (Post 853913)
Unless it was with another dude...:eek:

It was....

ranger3484 08-10-2010 07:03 PM


Originally Posted by Nosmo King (Post 853858)
Did you try Skyfire?

I have a Droid2 reserved for purchase Friday on a layover :D

I've tried Skyfire and Opera..... No dice.

forgot to bid 08-10-2010 07:06 PM

Well thanks guys!!! I have a lot of things I'm going to do to this phone and see if it improves.

By the way, I recommend the Otter Box. Its $49 at Best Buy but only $18 on Amazon. I once saw my slippery thin two week old iphone falling off my little side table on the 88 once on takeoff, so I grabbed and it threw it in the cup holder. 10 minutes later I pulled it out and it was wet... turns out it had been sitting in a cup holder with 3" or so of water. I dared not turn it on, I put it up against the windshield which had the sun coming in just perfect. Phone was okay, I've never had a problem with it. I was lucky. So I got the Otter Box.

forgot to bid 08-10-2010 07:06 PM


Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 853987)
It was....

SUPER, CHEERLEADER PIC STAT...

forgot to bid 08-10-2010 07:36 PM


Originally Posted by Schwanker (Post 853938)
Wasn't Mr. Blum...aka...Mr. Diane Feinstein part of this along with the Beach Boys(Wilson/Checci)?

Wikipedia on NWA: The year 1989 also saw major changes in ownership at the airline. Northwest was purchased in a 1989 leveraged buyout by an investment group headed by Al Checchi, Fred Malek and Gary Wilson, with KLM, and many others. To pay off the debt incurred in their takeover, the new management sold many of the airline's aircraft to leasing companies, and sold property around the world, including land in central Tokyo. The expense of the buyout was so great that in 1993, following several years of losses due to industry overcapacity and a traffic downturn following the Gulf War, Northwest threatened bankruptcy unless its employee groups agreed to three years of wage cuts. After signing the concessionary agreements, Northwest made its first profit since 1989.



Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 853963)
http://icanhascheezburger.files.word...rns-lesson.jpg

I'm sure this picture can be related to something contract related.

Hmmm. We can work with that.

Boomer 08-10-2010 08:05 PM


Originally Posted by Superdad (Post 852952)
Heard a good one today, the company is sniffing around asking if we would take a 45% pay increase for 100 seat scope.


Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 852985)
If they can afford a 45% bump in pay for 12200 pilots for a 100 seat jet, they can afford to fly it here.

Actually, wouldn't it be a 45% raise for around 5,000 pilots? That's how many might be left if scope is lifted to 100 seats.

The rest of the domestic/Canada/Mexico flying would be thrown to DCI to fight over like table scraps. Don't do it, and please tell your friends.

I was talking to a Delta pilot last week and he had absolutely no idea what the C-series is, how many seats it has, or that Republic is the launch customer. When I told him that it will be flying in two years you could almost see the wheels start turning as he did the math. I hope he doesn't represent the majority at Delta when it's time to vote on the next deal.

DelDah Capt 08-10-2010 08:25 PM


Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 853963)
http://icanhascheezburger.files.word...rns-lesson.jpg

I'm sure this picture can be related to something contract related.



Don't mess with Porcupines:

http://www.jasonjolly.com/storage/po...porcupine1.jpg


According to the story, Dog survived, but Vet pulled 1347 quills. Not sure if this is Contract related either.

Jesse 08-10-2010 08:40 PM


Originally Posted by DelDah Capt (Post 854012)
Don't mess with Porcupines:

http://www.jasonjolly.com/storage/po...porcupine1.jpg


According to the story, Dog survived, but Vet pulled 1347 quills. Not sure if this is Contract related either.

That's one persistent dog. Kind of like a Delta FA flying until she's pulled out of the cabin.

Boomer 08-10-2010 08:48 PM


Originally Posted by DelDah Capt (Post 854012)

Now I know what I'm gonna go as for Halloween...

forgot to bid 08-10-2010 08:57 PM

My gosh, that is absolutely one of the worst pictures involving a dog that I've ever seen.


Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 853787)
The point ppl are trying to make is that this "rumor" has been going around for some time. My point is that even if the Neg Committee had a TA that allowed this sort of thing, the MEC Reps would have to vote to ratify it. IMHO if would not get past the first step (right now) but if it did, the reps would vote it done. God for bid it went past that it goes to MEMRAT since it is a significant change in our PWA.

I am not sure that the company wants to obtain 100 seat scope concessions at the current point in time. It would be a win for them in regards to leverage against us, but the unintended consequences are that the pilot group would revolt. With that possibility they may get a more radical group in the MEC and that is probably not something that DAL wants.

My "fear" if you will is these super regionals. These guys are getting to the point that they will control 30-50% of a mainline's lift each. When they get to that level, they will be able to exert extreme leverage on the mainline carrier in regards to pricing, pass though costs, et al. What it comes down to is that they will determine the cost of their operation, not DAL or UAUA, etc. If they opt out of their ASA's they literally could shut airlines like UAUA, DAL, LLC etc down. That means that if they demand something airlines like DAL would probably have to give it to them. In turn when they get to this power level, they may be able to demand and obtain the coveted 100 seat market.

What DAL did with the sale of CPS to TSH is continue to spread the flying out enough that no one or two carriers had this sort of control. The devil is in the details in regard to the next step. If these ASA's allow the carriers like Pinnacle, CPS, et al to be sold or acquired by carriers like RJET and SKW, then the above scenario is very likely. If the ASA's state that DAL has the right of first refusal, or a sale nullifies the ASA then there is a change that the super regional airlines will never get to this level of power.

I suspect that airlines like SKW, and RJET will try to buy airlines like Pinnacle/Mesaba, TSH, Expressjet (done) etc so that they can exert better pricing power on their mainline partners. If the mainline carrier balk it will cost these regionals dearly. If not and they allow these transactions to transpire, I suspect that it will be the mainline pilot bargaining units that will be the ones the mainline carriers will be coming after.

I feel fairly confident with the makeup of the LEC voting reps on the MEC. These pilots seem to get it. Of course time will tell.

Worth repeating.

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BTW, the new Delta.com homepage is a nice change of pace, looks good.


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