Mem9guy

Just got my manuals to go to training on the A320. Sent me all of the contents and no binders. I can switch out my DC9 Vol. I and FCTM binders, but I was wondering if I am on my own to come up with something for the QRH and the Vol II?

acl65pilot

Well I would e-mail them again and tell them that you are a 9 driver and that you were not initially provided these binders. They can send them to the MEM CPO free of charge, and may even send them to your house for free, but that depends.

You can also buy new binders for all of your manuals if you want to keep your 9 stuff. I think there is a price list somewhere on the Manual Services site.

On a side note, I have noticed that the binders at the typical office stores work well too. (Sans the QRH which is opaque)

slowplay

Not exactly (on a couple of points ;-).)

Before RAH, there was American Eagle, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR corp. AMR corp owns a company called American Airlines which operates "other than permitted aircraft types." When this language was negotiated we were already code-sharing with AE in LAX. Your argument would not hold up in a grievance.

Because you wish something to be true doesn't always "stretch" to the truth.

BigGuns

That was perfect! It really does amaze me how many CA's I fly with still think you can nav fix-to-fix with fms inop. (And I mean inop, not "database outa date inop" )

With all that trianglulation and math, even if we could, I'd say unable... give us a heading.

UncleSam

Oh George, you bring back old memories. I put together one of these in 81 and progressed to Heathkit shortly thereafter.

1234

I agree that if the bidding is done with few/random large bids, a practice bid is really of no value because pilots will most likely change their bids when it is time for the real deal. That is why I like the monthly bid as you can get a better idea of what people are really doing as you watch it over time. The APA system we had was nice (not perfect by any means though) in the fact that you could pull up a list and get names of every person with a bid in for a particular position and where they placed it in order of preferences. Typically if it was listed as a 3 or 4 and higher, odds were that the individual really wasn't trying to get the position but was gunning for a different piece of equipment. I guess similar to what we have now with really only breaking it out by the top 3 and then overall.

As I sit here and type out a long answer, I am realizing that what we are really dealing with is the large transitions due to the merger and I guess that no matter what system we have/use the negatives are going to be witnessed at a much larger percentage during this transition compared to the relatively status quo we are used to (yeah, we each had base closures/realignments but by and large their wasn't as many large movements as we are going through now). Once we get back to some sort of normal, I believe that either system will be working fine and most of us wont really care much one way or the other. That said, I would still like to have it done monthly since it does put a little more control in the pilots life for getting out of a bad situation.

Fine, I don't care if people see what I am bidding for or not, and if asked, I would tell them (I am not bidding anything for the next couple years). You do know that everyone can see exactly how you do your monthly bidding (yes, after the fact, but odds are you don't change your strategy all that much).


Absolutely agree with your above comment.

formerdal

Not a matter of wishing at all. The FAA has set this precedent, numerous times in fact in corporate and charter operations. Just because no one has tested the legal argument in 121 ops doesn't mean it will not hold water. I still believe Dalpa has made the choice not to.

Pineapple Guy

And can you give me one reason why they would WANT to make that choice [not to press to test] unless they were quite sure it was a losing case?

Seriously.

Other than the usual DALPA loves RJs; DALPA is a pupper of DAL management, blah, blah, blah.

Check Essential

The Master Chairman needs RJ votes to become President?

ALPA National wants to represent all the Republic pilots to get the dues income?

Sink r8

Stupid me, I haven't really tried to figure out the identities of the participants on this board. And I guess I must be very naive, because I never connected ********* I always have felt that Alfa and Slow are connected to the union, but never did I think we would get someone in ******* position actually trawling the forums so actively. If the Comm Chairman was focused on effective communication, rather than engaging individuals in this manner, maybe it would cut back on some of the more ridiculous debates, both here AND on the cesspool that the DALPA forum has become.

I'll take my confirmation or denial via PM, thanks.