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Amish Pilot 09-16-2010 05:47 AM


Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 871266)
Kind of early in the morning and maybe a little unbecoming of one of those great professionals the company is spending all this money on with their "keep climbing" ad campaign on to be referencing a woman (any woman) as having a "punch me" face, don't you think, ts? :rolleyes:

Come on newKnow, she is only 70 years old. I saw Betty White take a hit in a football game:

YouTube - Snickers Commercial: Game

JABDIP 09-16-2010 05:49 AM


Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 871223)
I think my logic was pretty obvious. I disagree with yours. It's a moot point anyway... I just don't think it was right. The reason I think it was concession is because prior to the merger, fNWA did not have any 7ERs. After the merger, not only did they get them, their categories were effectively protected from pillaging from the other side. Like I said, the issue is moot, I just think Frog had a valid point. It's not worth arguing any further.

Not sure why you guys are worried about this because according to the experts on here those will be the junior bases anyway so who gives a hoot???????? No one would want to be based there!:eek: Plz some one bump me out of here so I can bump into a nice southern base.

tsquare 09-16-2010 05:58 AM


Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 871266)
Kind of early in the morning and maybe a little unbecoming of one of those great professionals the company is spending all this money on with their "keep climbing" ad campaign on to be referencing a woman (any woman) as having a "punch me" face, don't you think, ts? :rolleyes:

ANYBODY man/woman or otherwise...that has a gun to my temple and a hand in my wallet deserved to get punched.
:D

tsquare 09-16-2010 06:00 AM


Originally Posted by DALMD88FO (Post 871283)
Not to throw a wrench in your statement, however there was training involved. Everyone in category went out and got bounces in an actual 767. I would say that would be considered training and more expensive than the two day international procedures course taught at the headshed.

As for the 7ER's given it would be any 767 that currently shows up in your bid package. You had zero before the merger.

It doesn't matter anyway since this is the way the company and ALPA is going forward with this transition.


This^


Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 871284)
Actually, it was bounces and TOE.

And This^^

And as I said, this is not an argument worth persuing any further.

Amish Pilot 09-16-2010 06:07 AM


Originally Posted by JABDIP (Post 871297)
Not sure why you guys are worried about this because according to the experts on here those will be the junior bases anyway so who gives a hoot???????? No one would want to be based there!:eek: Plz some one bump me out of here so I can bump into a nice southern base.

JABDIP, it's not so bad, you just need to find things to do with your free time. (Long Call Reserve) Lets see, here is my to do list:

1. Change the oil and put new plugs in my snowmobiles.
2. Put up tree stands & cameras for deer season.
3. Split & Stack wood for winter.
4. Wax x-country skis.
5. Mount snow tires on spare rims.

Best of all if I get all my chores done, I can play on my days off. I perfer the DAL reserve system to the old NWA system. I get way more done.

acl65pilot 09-16-2010 06:15 AM


Originally Posted by Amish Pilot (Post 871306)
JABDIP, it's not so bad, you just need to find things to do with your free time. (Long Call Reserve) Lets see, here is my to do list:

1. Change the oil and put new plugs in my snowmobiles.
2. Put up tree stands & cameras for deer season.
3. Split & Stack wood for winter.
4. Wax x-country skis.
5. Mount snow tires on spare rims.

Best of all if I get all my chores done, I can play on my days off. I perfer the DAL reserve system to the old NWA system. I am get way more done.


I agree. I actually like LC reserve. On SC I do not do things like Power Wash the house, wash the car, cut the grass, etc. I do chores that require less sweat like cleaning, dry cleaning, etc. I just drive around with all of my stuff in my car. I never go grocery shopping on SC because that is a sure fire way to get a short call out. Other than that, it is the same, but only if you live in base.

That is why, for the commuters I do not mind getting a some sort of credit for SC so that they (commuters) can bid away from it(on a daily basis). It is all the same to me.

NWA320pilot 09-16-2010 06:21 AM


Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 871290)
Ok. Maybe I'll rephrase. Is an ER a type of airplane, or a type of flying the airplane does?


Are there no 757's that do ER flying?


New K (still learning long after SOC)

I have to agree with this..... ER is a type of flying. TOE is given for operations in a specific theater hence the reason Int'l guys receive it.

As for the bounces in the actual aircraft that was DAL's decision, and the cost associated with that decision have no bearing on what constitutes an ER. While fNWA had no 767 aircraft the pilots there had been doing ER type flying.

alfaromeo 09-16-2010 06:32 AM


Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 871290)
Ok. Maybe I'll rephrase. Is an ER a type of airplane, or a type of flying the airplane does?


Are there no 757's that do ER flying?


New K (still learning long after SOC)

ER is shorthand for 767-300 ER. It was also how the international categories were referred to that flew the 767-300ER. Both NWA and DAL had ETOPS certified 757-200's before the merger. The controversy is that Delta used to have domestic 767 categories that flew the 757's and 767-300's (non-extended range) domestically and the "ER" categories only did international. Since the merger, Delta has been phasing out the domestic categories and a lot of the "ER" flying has moved Westbound to the mysterious Orient, while the A-330 and 767-400 have filled in that flying to Europe. So the old ATL and NYC "ER" categories have been picking up more domestic time. It offends their sensibilities and much angst has ensued.

You would think that in CVG, where our category was eliminated and shipped off to DTW and SEA, that we would doing the majority of complaining. We have been doing and would be glad to continue doing the lowly domestic flying rather than commute. I guess you can never please some people. Change happens, some people deal with it better than others.

TOGA LK 09-16-2010 06:43 AM

Good morning Gents...

Keep Climbing!

fly2002 09-16-2010 06:48 AM

Alpa prez
 
So Moak is running for ALPA President I see.....what do we think about that boys?


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