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Old 02-04-2011, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by johnso29 View Post
Wait! Is it Saturday already? I thought it was Friday.

Yup......magic iPhone says Friday. Phew.
Thought I spaced out for a day. Wouldn't be the first time.
Oops..my bad. Wish I could say I was on the other side of the date line!
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Old 02-04-2011, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by nwaf16dude View Post
Oops..my bad. Wish I could say I was on the other side of the date line!
Whoops. Never considered that.

My international is MEX, GDL, MBJ, CZM, etc.
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Old 02-04-2011, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by NuGuy View Post
Heyas,

You have to remember that a lot of what gets posted from a certain crew is nothing more than "unofficial" crowd control.

Nu
Very true.

We are still bent over.
Certain participants are mainly here to provide a dab of Vaseline.
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Old 02-04-2011, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver View Post
And don't forget about when he compared us to janitors.

And this wasn't necessarily in his testimony... but don't forget about labeling our potential strike a "murder/suicide"... and then the whole turning the other employees against us thing. I could never have imagined that anyone could have such a complete lack of respect for what we do.

That was a very dark time and I'm glad it's behind us. The attitude towards us by the other employees was absolutely appalling. By far the worst thing I think I've ever seen in all of my career. I hope none of us ever see anything like that again. EVER.
Well......Bless his heart!!

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Old 02-04-2011, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by nwaf16dude View Post
Since we're all apparently bored on a Saturday night, give us some details on said conversation
Example 156.51a on how you can tell this is a forum of airline pilots.
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Old 02-04-2011, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler View Post
Well......Bless his heart!!

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Carl has been assimilated!!!! Welcome to the Borg. His quote shows our merger is truly complete.
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Old 02-04-2011, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver View Post
And don't forget about when he compared us to janitors.

And this wasn't necessarily in his testimony... but don't forget about labeling our potential strike a "murder/suicide"... and then the whole turning the other employees against us thing. I could never have imagined that anyone could have such a complete lack of respect for what we do.

That was a very dark time and I'm glad it's behind us. The attitude towards us by the other employees was absolutely appalling. By far the worst thing I think I've ever seen in all of my career. I hope none of us ever see anything like that again. EVER.
... and while he stayed up at night worried about how much pilots were being paid for their work, his staff was writing checks in the millions to Mesa for work they had never performed. Mesa was paid performance bonuses over $3 million when their performance was so substandard that Delta eventually canceled their contract. Here's a brief recap for anyone interested in the details.

http://www.bnet.com/blog/airline-bus...confusion/1804

Personally, hes very likely a fine gentleman. But, he had no business criticizing pilots doing their job while his employees in his department did not do their job.
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Old 02-04-2011, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler View Post
Well......Bless his heart!!

Carl
He goes to my church. If it weren't for Delta (ironically), I was going to a leadership conference that he's speaking at on Monday.

Crew scheduling said "no, we're giving you an 8pm sign in the evening that you get back from a redeye at 6am." Bless their hearts.
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Old 02-04-2011, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by NuGuy View Post
Too many.

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No, the number flown isn't the problem.....Too many that aren't flown by pilots on OUR list IS the problem.
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Old 02-04-2011, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Lifeisgood View Post
Just a friendly reminder to all the drooling exRJ drivers out there.. The rates a great, but the rules are a million times more important. You can negotiate the rates, but once you loose the rules they are very hard to get back.

The company will try to play the game of modest increase in rates lowering the rules - be mindful of that.
And if you think if we'd ever get these rates back - think WE should and WE can.
It will take a fight, which will only be harder if too many of us feel "how lucky they are to finally make it to the majors!"
Frankly, the last group you need to worry about "feeling lucky" are the "ex drooling RJ drivers."
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