Makes sense to me and would lead to significant QOL improvements for many reserves without any negative side that I can see.

Yep, you can GS on your Golden Days and they get paid back just like any other day off. You just can't get an IA on a Golden Day and scheduling is suppose to use their "best efforts" to not re-route you into your Golden Days. If you get a GS on a Golden Day you get a PB day for working that day and that PB day is not a Golden Day if that is the point you are trying to get across.

If I want to attempt rolling thunder, I want my Golden Days at the front of the month or on weekends. That way they can't mess with the days that are most likely to have low coverage and GS trips awarded.

In print, that sounds heartless. The reality is, that the owner should have read the the paperwork she purchased. Company is not responsible when temp. is below freezing. And come on, a hairless animal, in a cargo bin, in dead of winter. No amount of $ is going to "fix" the problem for this pet owner. The company doesn't actually, or perhaps (arguably) even morally, owe her a nickel. But get it in the press, and DAL looks like the bad guy....somethin' bad wrong with that.

Poor ***** Cats
 

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The takeaway ...

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Soros's fund more than quadrupled down on its position in Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL - News), buying more than 11 million shares last quarter.

You probably forgot that airlines could make good investments. So did everyone else. But in truth, the airline industry cut out so much excess capacity during the recession that its pricing power is now returning. Seats are full. Ticket prices are rising. The end of 2010 was the first time in more than 10 years that the industry had a profitable fourth quarter.

OHHHHH! Me want badly! UHHHHHHH those are cool.

TYG

That's my wife....stop it. ;)

So Soros is one of our major investors? Good God.......

Actually, the company can refuse to accept the pet at check-in when the temps are below 10 degrees F. If we accept the pet, we accept responsibility. Shipping pets is not a cheap endeavor. Now, you could ask the questions why the person just didn't carry the cat on board. Or the owner could have tried to do what this bright women tried. If not for postal clerks, puppy would have been DOA | StarTribune.com