A) What did happen with that 747 at JFK?

B) For all the super premium widebody and super premium geographical bases, just imagine if we were UAL and CAL? CAL brings EWR, CLE, IAH and Guam. UAL brings ORD, DEN, IAD, SFO, SEA, LAX and I think NYC? There are so many CAL pilots commuting from DEN and LAX that will want in, I'm sure UAL pilots are not thrilled about anything other than CAL's scope.

Another messed up situation like this one... Lots of pilots here blame North and South, I'm guilty too. Reality is management closed many bases over the years, yet many of the pilots stayed out west. The senior pilots tell me about LAX being 1600 pilots strong on the DAL side at one point. Now there are 60 narrow body FOs in LAX, SNA and ONT. The reality is Alaska has picked up a vast majority of this flying. MD88 in LAX? Gone after the merger? Now many of those pilots with hundreds of thousands to several million in equity aren't ready to give that up for the sake of driving to work, hence commuting. Senior west coast pilots end up in various bases, likely flying bigger equipment while mid and junior seniority pilots ponder the cause of stagnation. The reality is scope and relaxation of codeshare has hurt nearly every pilots career. Remember, our contract says SEA isn't a hub, that has consequences that reach all the way to ATL.

The key there being a NEW category.

Wrong signal?
 

Here's something they should check: Are the buttons on the handheld parking light controller color-coded or are they all covered with black rubber waterproof caps?

I believe they're all black. Thats why they have to look up and confirm what they're sending you, right?

However, don't we just kind of sit on our hands and when we know we're going to be towed? The tug goes out to meet them so they know there is one down there and you wouldn't power up a plane knowing a tug was down there and watching rampers approach the plane at 45 degree angles.

Looks to me like the clue is with the ramper on the bottom right of the screen. He backed up and was signaling a brakes release or for arguments sake set brakes. It was 5 seconds after he was satisfied and walks away that the plane visibly begins rolling and then it goes into the tug. At the same time, the rampers were walking away with the tow bar. Seems somebody ran a wheel route on a screen pass or the ball was snapped before the QB was ready. Football. :D

But hey, I wasn't there and this ain't airliners.net, we'll let the company tell us if it matters to us. On that note, did you remember the thing about the AA 777 rolling away from the gate and taking the door off or something on the way? I've got to look that up.

**** happens.



Again, not cussing. Just fun to use the ****'s. :)

9/12 1:00 ET At NY Giants -6.5 Carolina 40
9/12 1:00 ET Miami -3 At Buffalo 39
9/12 1:00 ET Atlanta -2 At Pittsburgh 37.5
9/12 1:00 ET At Chicago -6.5 Detroit 44
8/14 2:50 ET Brakes Off 747 -1.2' Tug
9/12 1:00 ET At New England -4.5 Cincinnati 45
9/12 1:00 ET At Tampa Bay -3 Cleveland 37
9/12 1:00 ET At Jacksonville -3 Denver 40
9/12 1:00 ET Indianapolis -2.5 At Houston 48
9/12 1:00 ET At Tennessee -6.5 Oakland 40.5
9/12 4:15 ET Green Bay -3 At Philadelphia 47.5
9/12 4:15 ET San Francisco -3 At Seattle 37
9/12 4:15 ET Arizona -4 At St. Louis 39
9/12 8:20 ET Dallas -3.5 At Washington 39.5

I should've taken the 747 to cover the distance, wow!

I don't see the best game of the week-the jets... :)

If only...

DC-9 Super 90 Original design study that ultimately led to the MD-90 family
MD-90 Series 30 Initial production model intended to replace the MD-83; 113 built
MD-90-30ER Extended range model based on the Series 30 but with additional fuel tanks in the forward cargo hold and strengthened wing structure for operation at higher gross weights; 3 built
MD-90-30IGW Increased Gross Weight variant of the Series 30 with strengthened wing structure and landing gear; 1 built
MD-90-30T Trunkliner Proposed 147-passenger model with dual main landing gear for operation from rough airfields, was to have been built by Shanghai Aviation Industrial Corporation for Chinese operators; cancelled
MD-90 Series 10 Proposed shortened fuselage model to carry reduced passenger loads of 111 to 116, intended to replace the MD-87; cancelled
MD-90 Series 40 Proposed stretched model for up to 181 passengers; cancelled
MD-90-40EC Proposed Series 40 variant with increased payload and fuel capacity for European operators; cancelled
MD-90 Series 50 Proposed extended range model with additional fuel capacity and increased gross takeoff weight; cancelled
MD-90-55 Similar to the Series 50 but with a revised cabin layout making room for up to 187 passengers; cancelled


Fly DC Jets! Where's my choir?

9/13 7:00 ET At NY Jets -2.5 Baltimore 35.5
9/13 10:15 ET San Diego -4.5 At Kansas City 45

Heyas,

Someone posted a good outline on the new duty/rest rules over on the DALPA forum.

If you have the time, I'd read it.

Nu