Actually, you don't. Your posts are proving that. But I'm glad you sleep well.

If or when it comes to a MEMRAT vote? Yikes! But sadly, you do have a point there. The next scope give away by DALPA may well come via LOA without MEMRAT. As you know, that would not be against any ALPA or DALPA by-laws.

As I've said many times, it's just sad that our affiliation with ALPA means we have our own union as an opponent in scope negotiations. Our only hope is to stand strong against what our own union will likely negotiate. Or mandate.

Carl

Newk hit a bird... I mean a flock of birds... a flock of geese... a flock of pterodactyls... all flying in single file... right on the nose cone last year.

As you can see, this is a DC-9 flown by Newk after that event:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../6/1320675.jpg

Now compare that to an RJ.

Ummmmm, I think Newk already has a date tonight. Now back to the "Deliverance" marathon on AMC. Who knew Grumman made canoes? :)

Out of all the possible choices, the MEC picks Mayans and Comair to form the basis of an April Fools joke.

I guess that makes sense. :rolleyes:

Guys,

I am scheduled for training in June - So I can go as early as May. What is the deadline for entering Golden Days for May?

Scoop

Whoops, I had to go get a smaller picture. :D TOO LATE I GUESS! HA

Uhhhh, in JFK again tonight. Anybody else hate this place? At least the drunk Euros are entertaining at the bar. Can't wait until the dollar improves!

Here is a reason to teach you kid to love football but to play basketball or baseball for a living...

(Withheld) -- Former NFL lineman Shane Dronett's transformation from an affable prankster, quick to flash a wry smile, to a person who was often frightened -- and frightening -- was subtle at first.

It began in 2006, with a bad dream.

"He woke up in the middle of the night and started screaming and told everyone to run out of the house," said Chris Dronett, Shane Dronett's wife. "He thought that someone was blowing up our house. It was very frightening."

Chris tried to dismiss the incident as isolated, except that two weeks later, there was another outburst, then another, until they were an almost-nightly occurrence. And as Shane's fear and paranoia began overwhelming him, so did episodes of confusion and rage that sometimes turned violent.

Only three years after retiring from the NFL in 2006, Shane was suffering. The tragic culmination of his pain came when he committed suicide in 2009 at 38.

Scientists at the Boston University School of Medicine's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy tested Shane's brain tissue and confirmed that before he died he was suffering with a brain disease -- chronic traumatic encephalopathy -- that seems to afflict football players.

"There is evidence of CTE in his brain making him yet another former NFL player who had definite CTE," said Chris Nowinski, co-director of the traumatic encephalopathy center. Nowinski said the center has found evidence of CTE in the brains of 13 of 14 former NFL players, including Dronett.

Usually found in much older dementia patients, CTE is an accumulation of an abnormal protein in the brain called tau, which is associated with repeated head traumas -- concussions or subconcussive hits -- that are not allowed to heal. CTE can also diminish brain tissue and is associated with memory loss, depression, impulsive behavior and rage.

Ex-Falcons lineman had brain disease linked to concussions - CNN.com

I've never heard anyone complain...

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1301714000

Too bad he didn't have tiger blood.