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Translation: I'm a loyal left wing AFL-CIO kind of guy and I hate Fox News, so I must call them Feaux News because my favorite hottie Rachel Maddow uses that term. Also, since buzzpat has correctly called me out on being a BS'er, I need to change the subject and demean his work. It's cool though, maybe nobody will notice.

Was that so hard? It certainly sounded like a number you pulled out of your backside, yet again.

Now for the rest of thread who probably doesn't remember the context of this question in the first place, it was slowplay's desire to minimize the difference between SWA's pay and ours. One of his arguments was how much more SWA pilots have to work in order to get their $230,000 per year, so he pulled the 87 hours per month average out to attempt to show that our lower pay rates were not telling the whole story. But the story is what it is. SWA captains average $230,000 per year and average 18 days per month off...Delta captains do not.

Oh don't be that way slowplay. I've given you these free translation services and this is how you treat me?

Carl

Where you been bro??

Carl

Dang it Clamp! Major man-law violation here.

You need to repent...and fast! This is Sunday...atone for your sins!

Carl

Air India cancels flights as pilots strike for pay | ajc.com


Air India cancels flights as pilots strike for pay

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NEW DELHI — Air India pilots demanding more pay are on strike for a fifth day in defiance of a court order to return to work and spare the airline from further losses.


Passenger jets from Air India, India's national carrier, that were meant to be flying international routes sit idle at gates, at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 29, 2011. The strike by one of the carriers pilots' union entered the third day leading to cancellation of dozens of flights including several international ones, according to local news reports. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

A waiting traveler stretches her legs as passenger jets from Air India, India's national carrier, that were meant to be flying international routes sit idle at gates, at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 29, 2011. The strike by one of the carriers pilots' union entered the third day leading to cancellation of dozens of flights including several international ones, according to local news reports. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Travelers wait as passenger jets from Air India, India's national carrier, that were meant to be flying international routes sit idle at gates, at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 29, 2011. The strike by one of the carriers pilots' union entered the third day leading to cancellation of dozens of flights including several international ones, according to local news reports. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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The strike has forced India's national carrier to stop taking new bookings and to cancel all but 40 of its scheduled 165 flights Sunday. It has forced after similar cancelations each day since the strike started Wednesday.

The airline is also coping by hiring chartered flights for some routes. It says the action is now costing around 12 million rupees ($2.67 million) a day.

The Delhi High Court had ordered the 800 striking pilots last week to call off their "brazen" strike. It launched contempt of court proceedings Saturday when the pilots refused to go back to work.

Supposedly end of May or early June. No info on what's going to be on it.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the AE slide some more. From this week's Update, SD said they are doing a company wide budget exercise and will be determining pilot block hour requirements going forward. Also, the training department will probably lose some more money, so they will want to avoid anything major - that's one of the reasons that the ATL 767 to 7ER conversion hasn't happened as promised.

Fun times with our uncle.

How does training lose money, just part of doing business...does anyone proof read those updates?

I don't think we know half the stuff that goes on. Delta pilot's wife was in Miami looking for hotel to have Corp meeting. One of the hotels she talked to used ALPA as a reference in that they chosen them for their meetings. After learning this, asked her to call back and see if she could find out what the cost were to ALPA. Hotel response back to her was, "WE can not discuss our rate with ALPA in that we are in litigation for damages to the conference rooms caused by ALPA". Could not find out any more details. Makes one wonder if there is something to this and what really happened. ONE UNHAPPY DUES PAYING MEMBER. I will be asking my reps about this?:rolleyes:

Party like a rockstar dude!

Reminds me of the Paris crew room with some unbelievably out of hand stuff. I was never present for any of it, but to me it is surprising that normally responsible adults can be abnormally irresponsible.