Something to make you feel better about short call Buzz.


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Carl

Carl, you always know how to cheer a guy up! Ive been missing me some Anna!:D

American Airlines expected to announce jet orders

AA to announce order for 400 new jets tomorrow. Half Boeing, half Airbus. And possibly possibly spinning off Eagle.

Carl, you pride yourself on having the facts, and you are lacking in them right now.

USair East and America West still operate under their respective, separate contracts. They each operate the same equipment for different rates under the Airways name. This is why Usair and America West are listed in the comparison. Education is key...


Now then, there is apparently an LOA in the works over their that will give a 36% raise or so to those types. THAT will help big time in our fight for mo money and thus mo problems.

Fair enough Clamp. Thanks for the correction.

But Air France/KLM should also have been in there. There's only one reason they're not.

Carl

Sending in a card doesn't mean you are voting for the DPA yet, rather asking for a vote to choose. Competition is good, especially when ALPA represents RJ pilots and mainline pilots. ALPA has to understand that we want their FULL attention when it comes to OUR contract, and not to manage our expectations while comparing us to our so called "peers" on the low end of the scale like USAir. The Delta pilot shouldn't have brought up the SLI, but you should have taken his advice and taken the card and sent it in. If you had an agent, would he have to listen to your wants and needs, and fight for you? If he instead thought you couldn't get much, or compared you to someone weaker, would you keep him? Sending in the DPA card is a way to tell that agent to fight a little harder for what YOU want, not what they think you might be able to get.

And while we're at it, I apparently momentarily lost my differentiation between "there" and "their." I have become who I hate.

AF/KLM would be interesting to see, however the document at least at first glance is well done. I'll always give credit where credit is due. The negotiations environment handout was very interesting as well (and well done again).

I need to get my box of crayons and speak n' spell to digest the comparison.... and probably some beer.

Nah, you're a good speller. You'll never loose that. :D

Carl

Thank's Carl, Your a grate friend!

The only time I think it makes sense to use a GS over a reserve pilot is if you don't want to risk losing the only person required to show up. If you run out of reserves you are left using only GS's which may not be good if they dry up or are not interested in the available flying, so in those times I could see where they use the GS's over the reserve pilot.

You're good.

As with any congressman or President, there is no heat to do the right things until there is a threat of losing the next election. That's why a reelected senator tends to be rather dangerous.

this is form the DPA site:



You're giving into pier pressure.

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When I was a kid my dad bought me a shirt in California that said pier pressure, for years I just assumed I was spelling it right. Right along with congradulations. When my brother graduated from h.s. he got a mug that said congradulations, I figured, you're celebrating an education so obviously it's spelled right? Surely? And it sounds right?!

Stupid play on words.