Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 930154)

Dude, trust me. You think my books are well researched....;)

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 930155)

Ferd, It means that you did not bid a specific trip, and to compete a line of time for a junior guy they removed your awarded trip and assigned another trip that fit your parameters so that they could fill the junior bidder up with a full LOT.

(At least that is why the PBS gurus told me it meant. I could be wrong

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 930156)

I filled my first few FCR's out today.

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 930157)

But is was a specific trip on a specific day, not a generic.:confused:

I'll drop a note to one of the PBS guys. Not a big deal, I like the trip I got........but I had evil plans for March:eek::D

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 930160)

I've never filled one out before... this crap has gotten so bad lately I've already done 2, and I HATE paperwork.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 930163)

Understood, but they wanted feedback so I gave them feedback.

I also know that good or bad they want feedback on hotels so, I will be filling those out a lot more.

Originally Posted by slowplay (Post 929594)

So if the management of your company tells you that they're going to order new aircraft, don't believe them. It's just a trick...

Slow:

Not really a trick, but given past events, that many here haven't forgotten, some skepticism may be in order.


If the management of your company doesn't tell you that they're going to order new airplanes, don't believe them. They're just mismanaging the place, or trying to manage your contract expectations, as the order will be placed afterwards....

Got it.;)

Until the said replacement aircraft are on the ramp, no *****in or bragging allowed. :cool:


I posted before...we've got 34 DC-9's that are really old. In 2016 we'll have over 60 757's that are 25-30 years old. There'll be a bunch of MD-88's that can't fly NextGen and the early A320's that are over 25 years old. There'll be a bunch of 767's and ER's that are over 25 years old. The FAA just put out an AD on older 757's for fuselage stress. My bet is there'll be more rather than less of those technical issues as the airplanes get older.

In spite of what Scambo says, maybe we ought to encourage management to do a prudent fleet renewal. Maybe that's what they're telling you they're doing.

Wait, it's all about expectation management and the contract.

Not really ALL about it , but surely part of it, IMMHO.


Sorry, I forgot!:o

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 930163)

Understood, but they wanted feedback so I gave them feedback.

I also know that good or bad they want feedback on hotels so, I will be filling those out a lot more.

Originally Posted by Ball Breaker (Post 930064)

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/...-2_375x300.jpg

This one can!

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 930174)

Speaking of.. the new SMF hotel is AWESOME.