They can always fly you into X-days but not into Golden days ***. Doesn't matter if it is out of base or not. But it should not happen unless they don't have other coverage.

Thanks ACL, I don't recall seeing the Code-a-phone. It was always nice in DFW to call them as you were running (in panic mode) to their gates:D

We actually have 4 sky west flights between PHX & LAX now. Now I can go back to obsessing over loads. Ignorance is bliss on SWA:eek:

Ferd

The World is coming to an end
A pilot must keep up with this stuff to remain relevant to his wife and daughter(s). Apparently 99.98% of a guy's income just isn't enough.

I agree. Also, I flew CAL last month to give a speech in Cleveland. What they do is brilliant. You pay one price for coach, and then if you want the added leg room of the bulkhead or exit rows, you pay an additional fee of like $39 each way. Plus, they serve HOT meals for pay in the back. I had a cheeseburger and french fries that were pretty damn good. Makes our snack packs and soggy wraps pale in comparison. Hopefully we can learn from our competitors and provide a better coach experience.

Hey Buzz, we serve healthy food because we want our customers to keep coming back. I cannot understand serving a Cheeseburger and Fries unless you want to kill your customers and decay your client base....

I keed I keed. :D

I don't know ACL. I've had more medical emergencies on my flights lately then I can ever remember. Maybe some tasty, fat food is the answer. Apparently, our healthy stuff isn't doing the trick. ;)

Alright, it's time for the MARSHALL PLAN.

Now it could really be called the FORGOT TO BID PLAN, but that just doesn't have quite the ring and besides, when my dad was asked why I wasn't named a Junior he said "I didn't want my name on that train wreck." I feel the same here.

So the Marshall Plan... I mean the MARSHALL PLAN.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/...e1ab17e7b7.jpg

Those 250 CRJ-200s, 65 CRJ-700s, 50 CRJ-900s equals 20,850 seats.

That's about 139 MD88 flights in the 149 seat configuration. So here is what I... or Mr. Marshall... propose:

1. Permitted Aircraft for Category A (those are the DCI operations under a CPA) and C operations (American Eagle in LAX under an RPA) are now limited to non-jet aircraft seating no more than 65 passengers in a two seat configuration. This can include the ultra expensive Dash 8-400 or cheap used ATR 72-500s:

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1.A. Any DCI operating aircraft under this new plan shall have a longevity based pay that lasts no longer than 5 years with starting FO pay no less than 70% that of starting Delta FO pay and the rest of their pay set by Delta Pilots via an annual vote.

1.B. Any DCI that gives Delta pilots rights to reserve their jumpseat in advance, identical to Delta's current policy, then that airline shall receive super preferential stuff.

2. Category A operations are limited to flights within 250 nm from the departure airport.

3. Per the Buzzpat Amendment, Section 1.O is hereby deleted.

4. All former flights vacated by DCI jets because of the new rules to Section 1 will now and forever be handled as either a nonstop or 1 or 2 stop flight aboard a Delta Air Line's Airbus A319, A320, McDonnell Kickass Douglas 88 or 90, possibly former AirTran 717, 737-700 and -800, Boeing 757 and 767, Airbus A330, DC-10, DC-3, L1011, 767-400, 747-400, 747-800 and whatever else mainline owns at the moment.

5. Delta Air Lines shall scour the boneyards of former airliners for cheap cool airplanes and present the blast from the past. Such as converting 727s into two engine airplanes with a fake third engine or something similar.

If the Marshall Plan does not wet your appetite to a return of the good ole days then the statue, see if anyone can name the individual or better yet where that statue resides, then here is a new hood ornament for the plan.

I guess when you do an image.google search the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshal comes up right there with the Marshall Plan:

http://sarahmarshallfan.com/wp-conte..._d020_0868.jpg

There. You happy?

Why yes. Yes I am. :D

Carl

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