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Originally Posted by DAL330drvr (Post 958358)

Do guys still wear the uniform jacket down to South America this time of the year or is time yet to leave it behind?

Can you also ditch the hat without the jacket?

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 958313)

ftb.... I think I'll be going russian if I hit the numbers.

The Su-37 would satisfy all my super rich requirements of: fast, loud, LOUD, able to pull plenty of G's, and deathtrap to make the newspapers. :D

I think all the fine folk living around LZU would appreciate me doing 300 knot full afterburner overheads again and again, don't you? I wouldn't get in trouble by doing 300 knots by calling myself "southwest."

You know its up to $127 million now. With that kind of money, I think I'm going to start an airline. The business model will be heavily reliant on flying routes where other airlines did not have direct flights, such as what Ryanair does in Europe, thus keeping competition to a minimum, and on flying into secondary airports, rather than heavily-trafficked ones. I'll also sell advertising space on the interior and exterior of the aircraft, as well as selling merchandise on board. It will be al le carte type of an operation. We'll operate a brand new fleet of either 737s or A320s, depends on who gives us the better deal! It's perfect. It's awesome. Every day will just be filled with just wins. All we do is put wins in the record books. We win so radically in our underwear before our first cup of coffee, it's scary. People say it's lonely at the top, but I sure will like the view. and we'll have goddesses as flight attendants. It'll be an international sensation.

Or I could invest heavily in Avatar Airlines! I think they want to buy new 744s and fly the LAS-LAX or somerthing for a few bucks per seat.
AVATAR AIRLINES - Official Website

"Avatar Marketing: A-list celebrities will be flying on our planes, but even the D-listers are important when they fly Avatar to Las Vegas! We treat everyone like a star at the "Avatar Parties" planned for early 2011. Keep your eyes open! The press is coming soon on how our innovative airline will rewrite the book on setting trends and getting the word out about the fabulous city of Las Vegas!"

Okay, 1 more fun quote. This time from Gaddafi:

There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in life and driving her to carry out man’s duties in order to be equal in rights.

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Originally Posted by DAL330drvr (Post 958358)

Do guys still wear the uniform jacket down to South America this time of the year or is time yet to leave it behind?

I always matched the Captain - but technically, it is not required in tropical destinations.

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Originally Posted by Amish Pilot (Post 958364)

I just looked it up in the FOM on my last trip. The uniform jacket is optional after March 1st. Going with short sleeve shirts till next winter. (Now, Amish has got to start thinking about moving the fish house off the lake before the the ice melts). :D

Thanks! :D

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Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 958159)

Leaders think about win win ways to go through section 6 with a pilot group. Typical management only thinks about getting pilot groups as close to section 8 as they can.

This kind of section 8?

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 958245)

Now satch, imagine if you get what you're asking for and there is a C141 Love Machine around. It could be more than this website can handle.

I will not be posting the rest of the night. If I get caught with this one, I'm dead. Account's deleted. And I'll have to start over by a new name.

Did somebody say C141 Love Machine? OK, I'm listening....:D

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Originally Posted by Columbia (Post 958380)

Can you also ditch the hat without the jacket?

No................... :(

That Avatar Airlines thing was interesting... here's info on the founder, who did the same thing in the 90's and got sent to prison for fraud and SEC fraud. Many of his investors were pilots, who all lost 100%. Now he's trying it again but calling it "Avatar"... some guys just don't want to work!

I-Team: Who Can You Trust?

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Originally Posted by Roadkill (Post 958481)

Not surprised. I heard it called Family Airlines for a while. Flying a 744. Here, let Captain Dan explain... YouTube - Captain Dan of Family Airlines

Although i was reading on the 747 when it was with Continental back in the 70s. Long before Lorenzo and the strike and Texans took over. :D So intriguing. I actually got it from Wiki, but they have their sources listed.

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Continental (with Pan Am and Trans World Airlines) was a launch airline for the Boeing 747 aircraft. On June 26, 1970, Continental became the second carrier (after TWA) to put the 747 into U.S. domestic service. Its upper-deck first class lounge and main deck "Polynesian Pub" won awards worldwide for the most refined cabin interior among all airlines, as did meal services developed by Continental's Cordon Bleu-trained executive chef, Lucien DeKeyser.[13] Continental's 747 services from Chicago and Denver to Los Angeles and Honolulu set the standard for service in the western U.S.[10][13] When asked by one Denver customer service agent in 1974 why he flew Continental wherever he could, Hollywood legend Henry Fonda remarked, "This operation is class; strictly class!"[13]

On June 1, 1972, Continental's widebody DC-10 service began. Six had insisted that Continental place a large order for DC-10s with manufacturer McDonnell Douglas. This decision again proved prescient, since the publicity associated with Continental's splashy 747 service in the Chicago-Denver-Los Angeles-Honolulu backbone corridor had stimulated not only increased market share, but increased traffic for all carriers in the markets. Additionally Denver, Houston and Seattle were experiencing very rapid growth. The DC-10s quickly assumed most of the duties of flying between Denver and Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and Seattle (and between Houston-Los Angeles).[10][13]

During the 1970s, Denver continued to be the central hub of the Continental system. The 747s were focused on the Chicago-Los Angeles-Honolulu routes, with a single daily round trip through Denver. The DC-10 aircraft operated in large inter-city markets (usually from Los Angeles to Chicago, Denver, Houston and Honolulu; and from Denver to Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and Houston). DC-9 and B-727 types predominated over the rest of the system, as well as supplementing frequencies in the DC-10 markets.[13] Next to Braniff, Continental operated fewer aircraft types (four: the B-747, DC-10, B-727-200, and DC9-10) during this period than any U.S. trunkline, affording substantial savings in parts, maintenance, and crew training logistics and costs.[13]

Serling, Robert J., Maverick: The story of Robert Six and Continental Airlines (ISBN 0-385-04057-1), Doubleday & Company, 1974.
Davies, R.E.G., Continental Airlines : the first fifty years, 1934–1984, Pioneer Publications, 1984.
"Continental Facts." Continental Magazine. July 2009. Retrieved on February 8, 2010.
Christian, J. Scott, former Continental employee and manager, Bring Songs to the Sky: Recollections of Continental Airlines, 1970–1986, Quadran Press, 1998.

I guess it was interesting to me because I never knew Continental was ever any good.