Better hope we break that paradigm if you want much of an improvement :eek:

what about the southwest contract?

ha! This is what mine would've looked like:

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Never said it did.. All I said was that 61% of us voted yes...

Any of you current mil guys see the survey about tricare backfill insurance from dal? Problem I see is it costs more than the actual tricare. At those prices I don't think they will get too many takers. Looks like the annual cost would be more than the tricare catastrophic cap.....which doesnt make sense?

A pertinent story from one of our Delta Connection carriers...

Pilots lock down cockpit over praying passengers
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Pilots on an Alaska Airlines flight locked down the cockpit and alerted authorities after three passengers conducted an elaborate orthodox Jewish prayer ritual during their Los Angeles-bound flight.

Airline spokeswoman Bobbie Egan says the crew of Flight 241 from Mexico City became alarmed Sunday after the men began the ritual, which involves tying leather straps and small wooden boxes to the body.

FBI and customs agents, along with police and fire crews, met the plane at the gate at Los Angeles International Airport.

Airport police say two or three men were escorted off the plane, questioned by the FBI, and released. No arrests were made.

Heard a similar thing happened last week on a New Orleans bound aircraft. Apparently it involved a strange ritual which had men throwing shiny religious looking strings of beads at women who attempted to defend themselves by lifting their shirts over their heads. :)

Maybe rethink Jet Airways joining Skyteam....
 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India's airline authorities caught 57 pilots over the alcohol limit about to take to the cabin of passenger-carrying jets over the past two years, but most were cleared to fly again, media said on Friday.
Only 11 of the pilots found to be under the influence of alcohol in random pre-flight medical tests between January 2009 and November 2010 lost their job, the Times of India newspaper said, citing a statement by Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi to lawmakers.

The rest were hit with varying punishments determined by their airline, such as warning letters or a fine.

To combat the rising number of inebriated pilots in India's skies, authorities brought in a rule last year grounding first-time offenders for three months and stripping the flying licence from repeat offenders.
Since the rule came into effect in December, a month when cases have traditionally peaked, no cases have yet been reported.

Reports of Indian passengers complaining of poorly behaved pilots are not uncommon. Two years ago, national carrier Air India grounded two pilots and two cabin crew after a four-way fracas in the passenger cabin left the cockpit unmanned mid-flight.

Such an 80ktsclamp kind of thing to do wouldn't you say?

Hey look, new routes:

MCI-BOS 2x OH CR7s
MCI-MSY 1x RP ER4
MCI-CMH 2x RP ER4
DCA-OMA 1x CP E75