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In other news, here is the moron that, barring a miracle, used herbicide to kill the 130 year old oak trees at Toomers Corner in Auburn because of the Iron Bowl results and then bragged about it.

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FoxNews.com - Arrest Made in Deliberate Poisoning of Historic Auburn University Oak Trees

Harvey Updyke linked to poisoned Toomer's Corner trees by voice mail to Auburn professor, police report | al.com[/QUOTE]

This is one pathetic situation. I'm an Ole Miss fan, and as such, hate Alabama AND Auburn equally (insert harmless Collegiate humor here). I've seen a fair share of cross state rivalry, but this one truly takes the cake. The rest of his entire life has just taken a dramatically unbelievable change. Human depravity never ceases to amaze me. You Auburn alum & fans, I share your indignation in this sad, sad event....

The tone of the memo was inappropriate and illustrates that manager has no idea what effect the merger has had on former Delta pilots who are getting displaced from Delta bases. My guess is that this manager's commute has not changed.

Anyone offended by the above comment, feel free to swap former Delta for former Northwest.

You ought to do a little research into Soros and what he stands for....I'm not a huge Beck fan but he's spot on when it comes to Soros. One of my books might be a good place to start.

Yeah, but what are you willing to give up to get an enhanced commuter policy?? Oh wait..... nevermind.... :rolleyes:

The key will be for guys not to abuse it. I used it twice in 10 years at fNWA. :cool:

How does one abuse the policy? You either follow the rules of the policy or you don't. It's pretty black/white. Not sure how it's abusable?

Depends if they chose to be junior. Depends on who their friends are. Depends on whether they inconvenience anyone.

"Abuse" in this instance is entirely subjective.

Condescension Regarding New Commuting Policy
 

Gloopy, Bar, Phantom,

You guys are 100% wrong. Did you not get the memo, we have a great corporate culture! :cool:.

Before T-Square jumps in to refute me - I am talking about "Corporate" Corporate culture - not employees being pleasant and civil to each other, which should be, and thankfully is, a given. :)

Scoop

On behalf of all true Alabama fans everywhere...

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Your union dollars at work....

WASHINGTON | Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:39am EST
(Reuters) - More mergers of U.S. airlines are inevitable and essential for domestic carriers to compete globally, the new president of the largest pilots union said on Wednesday.

Lee Moak of the Air Line Pilots Association told reporters that passenger airlines are still too vulnerable to fuel price spikes and other business conditions that threaten industry profitability.

"I believe we need to be there sooner rather than later because we need to compete globally," he said. "How it will shake out remains to be seen."

Moak also said that carriers must demonstrate sustained profitability for pilots to achieve gains at the bargaining table, signaling the union will be patient as it moves forward in contract talks at several carriers.

oh but he did say..
However, Moak said it would be a mistake for airline management to misinterpret the labor group's position on what he called constructive engagement.

"We know there is a time and place for confrontation," Moak said

In the mean time....

ATA adds lobbyists in reorganization
ATA announces staff reorganization to focus on lobbying

By Christine Boynton | February 17, 2011

Air Transport Assn. President and CEO Nicholas Calio, who took over from James May in January, continues to put his stamp on the trade group, announcing a shake-up on Tuesday that saw the departure of long-time Executive VP and COO John Meenan and Chief of Staff Patty Higginbotham.

Calio, who served as chief liaison to Congress for former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush (ATW, Nov. 30, 2010), said the changes "reflect a shift, leveraging the association’s strong operations and technical expertise with a significant increase in outreach to key stakeholders to advance policy and legislative issues.

The association promoted Sharon Pinkerton to the new position of senior VP-legislative and regulatory policy. Tom Hendricks, who joined ATA in June as VP operations and safety was named senior VP-safety, security and operations. ATA also said it will hire a new senior VP-global government affairs and add other "top-line lobbyists" to its government affairs function. With other changes, the reorganization impacted approximately 10% of the association’s staff, ATA said.

"As an association, we have strong technical and operational expertise that we will better leverage in our advocacy efforts with Congress, the administration and other key stakeholders,” Calio said.