Sink r8

Not so fast. Tsquare may be right that Pineapple Guy has a penchant for sarcasm, but he's putting extra words in his mouth. I don't think PG's post said anything about the number of ALPA supporters, and I'm not sure Tsquare is correct in his assertion that anyone (much less everyone) is forced to join ALPA.

All PG did with numbers in his post was to question Nerd's 50% articifial inflation in DPA support. That and he suggested only 2 people have stepped up to be reps, something I didn't see TSquare, Esquire, cover on cross-examination.

PG can be a bit arrogant with his numbers, of course, but T2 failed to connect on cross. The ruling is overturned by a higher court.

hockeypilot44

The negative bank happened the first few months on reserve. NWA tried to pay everyone 80 hours/month. Reserve was only 75 hours/month. After the first three months of not flying very much, you would be -15 hours (the maximum negative bank at NWA). It wasn't a big deal as the NWA bank was in dollars, not hours.

georgetg

+1 The AF JV portion of Section 1 is solid.

I wish the rest of our Section 1 had the same high level of checks and balances.

More AF upgauging of the Transatlantic fleet equals more ER flying to Europe, it's that simple.

Cheers
George

Columbia

The Most Dangerous Thing You'll Do All Day
Yikes!
We stand around a lot here at Men’s Health. In fact, a few of us don’t even have office chairs. Instead, we write, edit, and answer e-mails—a lot of e-mails—while standing in front of our computers. All day long. Why?

It all started last summer, when Assistant Editor Maria Masters came across a shocking study in the Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (one of dozens of research journals we comb each month as we put together the magazine). Scientists at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana analyzed the lifestyles of more than 17,000 men and women over about 13 years, and found that people who sit for most of the day are 54 percent more likely to die of heart attacks.

That’s right—I said 54 percent!

Masters immediately called the lead researcher at Pennington, a professor named Peter Katzmarzyk. Turns out, this wasn’t the first study to link sitting and heart disease. Similar research actually dates back to 1953, when British researchers found that (sitting) bus drivers were twice as likely to die of heart attacks as (standing) trolley operators.

Here’s the most surprising part: “We see it in people who smoke and people who don’t,” Katzmarzyk told Masters. “We see it in people who are regular exercisers and those who aren’t. Sitting is an independent risk factor.”

In other words, it doesn’t matter how much you exercise or how well you eat. If you sit most of the day, your risk of leaving this world clutching your chest—whether you’re a man or women—as much as doubles.

tsquare

Technically, you are correct, nobody is forced to join the ASSociation. But we are compelled to pay dues, at essentially the same rate as members, so while you win on a technicality, in practical matters, it is akin to federal taxes without a deduction for having a brain.

As far as DPA support, it is at best a wag. I guess you could get a scientific polling group to get a better read, but I would also bet that that group would find that alpa support isn't as high as PG thinks it is either. What those numbers are can be argued ad nauseum in the forum environment, so I guess we can declare a mistrial.

In summation though, I don't think that DPA is a real threat to the ASSociation. They know that in Herndon. So they aren't paying it any more than a little lip service. When DPA goes away.. and I have said this before... alpa will go back to the same old same old... not that the national pig has changed it's ways.. but the local version will go back.... time will tell. I request a continuance.

Sink r8

Without objection... so ordered.

tsquare

And as Paul Harvey once famously said, "Now page three"

tsquare

So just how is this Republic announcement going to affect us? I really haven't been following it.. I don't have enough RAM to process it all.. any of you geniuses have a Reader's Digest version of what it is all about.. and no Colonel Flagg.. I am not a communist.

NuGuy

Heyas T,

While it is true that you are going to pay the piper no matter what, there are ways of making your money more expensive.

Cancel dues checkoff, and make them bill you.

Nu

tsquare

I have thought about that before, but didn't carry thru on that for some reason or other. I think it is the WAY that they would bill you... I really can't remember. I'm still waiting to see some real action.. and being that it is only April, and they just took office in March, they still have a little honeymoon period to enjoy. But like Nobama is learning, that honeymoon will go away someday soon.... hopefully our guys will be vastly more "successful" in doing what they said they will...