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Originally Posted by Flamer (Post 987496)

I got a better one. Give them line pilot per diem and someone can go on a "lunch run" at 1030.

Now, if they are already receiving per diem while eating for free that's an F.

Not happening. If you have done ALPA work you understand that you are paid a daily perdiem, expenses to a certain allowable amount, or the association covers a meal when they cater it. You cannot layer it, Concur will not allow it an neither will our Treasurer. That is a misnomer.

On the drink issue: If you have pilots start buying their own they they will expense them and the cost goes up. The current way is cheaper. As someone previously said, it is paid out of the each attendees allowance. (Perception v reality)

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Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 987636)

Well, from personal experience both with a line and on reserve for several years at DAL, either I'm a total loser or that's simply not true. I've only broken 87 a few times and NEVER on reserve. Me thinks he overestimates dramatically.

I don't most line holders fill up almost every month, and or GS a trip to bring total credit will above ALV +15. Heck as a reservist, I have been hitting ALV +15 almost every month for the last year. Most of this on 15 days of work.

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 987557)

You aren't thinking like a reserve guy. Say for example that 10% of a category puts their trips out on the swap board and all of them are picked up by out of base guys. This trend continues for a period of time... Now, those guys that dropped their trips aren't gonna just sit home and not fly for 30 hours a month are they? they are gonna pick up trips from open time that are more suited to their desires... So what happens when DAL re calculated the number of reserves required? Hey.. we got all these reserves sitting around doing nothing.. we don't need any additional manning. That and the fact that greenslips are gonna dry up because when trips don't get dropped into open time because some other guy is flying them.. they won't go out as a GS... This is a concession guys... Sorry, but it is. It doesn't force the company to fix the abortion we call the reserve system, and we bail out the manning again. Copme to council 66 LEC meeting next week.. If I can make it, it's gonna be a barn burner.

Unfortunately I cannot attend the 66 meeting. Your post seems a little counter intuitive. Are you concerned about reserve staffing hence more pilots or are you concerned about greenslipping which promotes more overtime = less pilots?????

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Originally Posted by Nosmo King (Post 987853)

The implication for an atl a330-200 base would be very long block times
such as africa and deep sa routes. Don't think you can open up a base that just flies- 200s
as all pilots fly both models. Methinks the flying for the 330 out of atl is starting to look unattractive except for 2 or 3 destinations.

The deep SA flying is great. Africa not so much. These base conversions were off the table and as of last week, seemed to be back on. Got to love ADD thinking. That said, if we are pulling block hrs, now is a good time for a training footprint this big.

YouTube - Chuck Yeygur's Online Pilot School (Commercial Pilot Academy)

This video is freakin' awesome!! I'm on my phone so I can't embed it. 80, fix that will ya? This is a must see but don't spit your beer on the monitor!!!!!

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Originally Posted by 944Turbo (Post 987975)

Bin Laden's dead!

Bout time.

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Originally Posted by 944Turbo (Post 987975)

Bin Laden's dead!

More specifically, bin Laden is dead and we have his body.

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Originally Posted by Nosmo King (Post 987980)

More specifically, bin Laden is dead and we have his body.

Unfortunately, there is nothing that could be done to him alive or dead, that would be true justice.

Gear jerk?

http://www.austinpost.org/files/arti...ator_Drone.jpg

How do you even flare that thing?