That Latin America flight will be Spirited.


How many crews do we have stuck in dc? I know we cancelled everything but I wonder if some got stuck. I was stuck there for 4-5 days back in 2002 or 03 at a hotel at tysons corner. The hotel ran out of food so the only thing opened was a gas station 2 blocks away. So I began walking in the snow and trying to get through the snow banks created by the plows. At one point I was lying on the ground but no cars were even on the road. I thought I was going to die of exhaustion. I gave up and went back to the hotel. That was before I began working out. I bet God was laughing. :D

The first question was answered. As to getting a ride earlier than scheduled from the long layover hotel, depending on what station you are at, check the sign in sheet and see if any crews are leaving around the time you want to go. I've done this lots of times and just tagged along with an earlier crew.

Denny

Ahhhhhhh, the old CoEx Days. :p

JAL To Keep Ties With American Air, End Talks With Delta -Report

Feb 7, 2010 08:59:06 (ET)

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan Airlines Corp. (JALSY, 9205.TO), which filed for bankruptcy protection in January, has decided to maintain its current tieup with AMR Corp.'s (AMR) American Airlines and will discontinue talks with Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), the Asahi Shimbun reported Sunday without quoting sources.

A formal announcement is scheduled later this week.

The two U.S. airlines are competing for a partnership with their Japanese peer to gain access to JAL's lucrative network of flights in Asia.

Opinions among officials of the struggling Japanese carrier, commonly known as JAL, have been strong to switch to Delta and its SkyTeam airline alliance from American's Oneworld alliance.

But JAL's new chairman, Kazuo Inamori, and quasi-government Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan have concluded that a switch to the different airline alliance would be costly and risky for JAL restructuring. JAL joined Oneworld alliance in 2007 and has been in tieup with American in the form of a code-sharing agreement since 1999.

Inamori said earlier this month JAL aims to finalize its choice of a business partner as soon as possible, as it seeks to get back on its feet under court-led restructuring.

Well we know how accurate the media has been thus far, so I'll wait for an official announcement.

Stupid APC question ...

How do we remove the sticky notes on the DAL threads when looking at the Major's category? I'm tired ot seeing DAL overkill on APC.

Thanks.

You're asking if say, you are NYC based, and the trip starts in ATL? I don't know the answer. When you look at the rotation, the first leg from MAC to ATL - then ATL to wherever. They might change the MAC to your base - dunno.

I do know that before this latest LOA there was no pay protection if the MAC flight canceled. The rumor is that the LOA that was just announced a few days ago, changed that.

Hey Clamp,

When you pass the 737's you do hear the song "The High and the Mighty" :)

Where do we go from here?

ANA or China which has more passengers. NWA survived in Japan for many years without JAL, but the number of Japan passengers has been declining due to the recession. So, maybe the new direction is China, where the economy is emerging with more passengers and the possibility of aligning code share with a large China carrier would be more profitable.

I thought we were talking to a couple of domestic Chinese airlines? Maybe we can buy JALs 747s and put them to use in China. :D

and maybe open that hub in DFW and take over Latin America via FLL. I guess that is part of the chess game, we still have nrt, it might not be worth as much as it was but how much was it worth in the age of the 787/777 anyways? Maybe it'll be right sized and while amr ties up cash and lawyers in a difficult ba-amr ati we go after Latin America via spirit and restart encroaching on their stuff.

Heyas,

Looks like we got played by JAL...I warned you guys that AMR was smarter than the average bear.

Nu

I know it doesn't sound good now but "it ain't over till the fat lady sings!":) And no I do not know anything.

Denny

Nu;
There are positives either way. Just let the events unfold. This should start happening quickly.....

Ok guys, let's chill and watch the interminable Super Bowl Pre-game. JAL will wait and the other stuff is out of our hands. Take deep cleansing breaths and chant WHO DAT!!

Does someone have an urban dictionary for my honky brain and tell me what Who Dat means?

If you really don't know and since you live near NYC, I guess you don't:

Who dat? is a chant of team support by sports fans, used especially by fans of the New Orleans Saints, an American football team. The entire chant is: "Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? Who dat? Who dat?"

From Wiki

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Cracka, It mean who da fu.. is dat.

Word to yo mama!

Who Dat, urban slang for "Nice" or hello sweet momma

Well at least now momma D can start filling us in on what the plans going to be going forward

I feel sorry for the family of the deceased. That's how I feel.

Who Dat is not recent Urban Slang. Its Yat. The New Ahwlins accent blue collar native is know as a Yat, as in Where Y'at Dawlin?. The old New Orleans cartoon Vic n' Natlie was classic Yat. Meet you on da neutral ground after I make grocery, an Who Dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints?

Gotta Live it to Believe It

Fix Scope............................?
Increase pay for Pilots...........?

I'm guessing that most guys will stay there and commute. Another good reason to try and get a better commuting policy. Just trying to see what the CVG guys think?????

Interesting video on Regionals. Will be on TV FEB 9th

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flyingcheap/

Who dat gonna cover #85?

Who is the Who?

A band that was past their prime before you were out of diapers! :D

The moderators agreed to leave them this way for a couple of weeks, so that we could keep the five threads together, and let people split up according to the discussion they favor.

After a while, they get cut loose again, and each thread is free to die or survive on its' own merits. Either way, we've gotten four focused discussions, and we seem to have gotten over the food-fight b.s. for now.

WHO DAT 31 to 17 NO !!!

The Trailer was very well done. i cant wait to see the whole story

Even if you are a young buck........I hope you are kidding!!!!:D One of the GREATEST groups of ALL TIME!!!! Sheesh!:D

Denny

I seriously had heard of the name, had heard a few of their songs, but I didn't know the songs I heard were them. I'm not trying to tease... too much. :D

Wow, Saints won. Congratulations Saints. This was a win-win for me, I like Manning a lot, I like the Saints, I cannot stand Reggie Bush but good for everyone else.

And I hope we can find our MSY overnight crews by morning.

One of the best albums ever was "Who's Next" by the Who. If you haven't heard it..........listen to it, you'll see what I mean. I'm dating myself but darn, it is one of the best albums ever!!! IMO :D

What a great game!! (Typing from my favorite watering hole!!) :)

Denny

I'll check Pandora and let you know what I find Mr. Crane.

My buddy had a MSY overnight tonight, oh boy.

I'm really impressed by the Saints coach, to go from Malcolm in the Middle (middle kid) to Super Bowl coach...

http://timstvshowcase.com/malcolm1.jpg

Were they the ones on the Bourbon Street shot on the balcony with beads and what I am sure are cokes?:eek:

Let me rephrase. I think the first flight crews are smart enough to not go outside, I'm thinking the late departure crews. The ones who know they don't have anywhere to be until late in the day! :D

Boy it'd be fun just to see Bourbon St right now.

You're right of course!

No matter what, though, it's gonna be hard to get much sleep tonight down on the Bayou!

Who Dat!

This is cool, I'm studying for recurrent and I wanted to look at my original initial systems CD on the 88. But I put it in a place where I wouldn't lose it and then misplaced that place. :mad: But you can download the initial and recurrent CDs now. Didn't know if anyone mentioned it or was in the same boat of being a overachiever like myself so I wanted to pass on the good news. :D

Wow - just what I was looking for after stuffing my self silly watching the super bowl! I can get started on my CDs! :D

But really - it's nice we can download them - makes it easier in case you lost yours or forget it at home, and it's 10pm the night before CQ starts - ack!

I'll be there tomorrow (Monday) at around 12:30pm. I wonder if they'll still be partying when I get in? :)

You might know before you land - if you get rerouted on the way to NEW, if you know what I mean... :p