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09-18-2011, 04:30 AM

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Timbo

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Originally Posted by cpberry1

Thanks FlyZ!
A few days in Maine watching the leaves turn this week...
Patrick

Patrick, you'd betta getcha Maine Rap on when you go up!

Here's something to use for practice:

Mister Man - Eben - Maine Rap - YouTube

Yo!

09-18-2011, 07:20 AM

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FrankCobretti

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I'm very seriously considering moving the family home to Southern California in two years. Would one of you LA-based bubbas be willing to PM me your phone number so we can discuss the nuts & bolts of working there?

09-18-2011, 07:34 AM

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Bucking Bar

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Here is where you start:

https://careers.alaskaair.com/Alaska-Main.asp

09-18-2011, 07:36 AM

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Columbia

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Here is where you start:

https://careers.alaskaair.com/Alaska-Main.asp

Lol-Cathay would also be a good bet, no kidding.

09-18-2011, 07:58 AM

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Ha!

Moving to a stagnant or shrinking base may seem counterintuitive, but I'm willing to sit right seat for a long long time in order to live near relatives and teach my kids how to surf.

Also, it kills me that they don't know the proper usage of "dude-man," as in "Dude-man, you can not eat two double-doubles in one sitting!"

09-18-2011, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Still curious about the lack of explosion and fire.

I don't have an official answer, but if I may speculate:

The airplane hit with enough force to pulverize the entire aircraft structure. I don't see a wing or wheel or anything recognizable in the post-crash video. I imagine there wasn't a big spill or puddle of fuel, there was just a cloud of fuel vapor that burst from the debris and floated away.

Also, judging by the weather conditions in the videos (also notice how the race flags were horizontal and wind noise chokes out the announcer in the audio) the cloud would have dissapated in seconds.

Assuming there was nobody smoking when the tanks first disintigrated, and no severed electrical wiring (lights, sound system) in the impact zone, there would be no source for ignition.

09-18-2011, 09:49 AM

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Does anybody know where in the PWA it outlines how we get paid for at home study such as CQ and other training CD's? I can't find it anywhere. I'm assuming it's some kind of percentage of the length of the training CD.

***EDIT: Found the info. 1 minute of pay for 3 minutes of CD run time. Page 11-8 of the PWA.

09-18-2011, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by cpberry1

Thanks FlyZ!
A few days in Maine watching the leaves turn this week...
Patrick

No problem. We found a Delta flight to Munich this past summer (after searching through pages and pages of AF/KLM connections through CDG and AMS). The passes work great once you find a route actually flown with DAL metal.

09-18-2011, 01:03 PM

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Well it took me 18 hours to run that CD because I was surfing another window for underboob, so...

09-18-2011, 02:21 PM

#75820

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Originally Posted by Columbia

Lol-Cathay would also be a good bet, no kidding.

Delta's course concerns me. As it shrinks, costs will increase & revenue base decrease. As costs increase, it will wish to outsource. While saying we are in "Comair mode" is an exaggeration, the pattern is the same. In the second quarter comparison, Delta's non fuel cost per seat mile was up nearly 5%, compared to the next highest 3% at United. Airlines that aren't shrinking are keeping their non fuel CASM increase below 1%.

Also, as we shrink we cede market to our competitors.

History shows, airlines do not shrink to profitability. Bastian told investors our early retirements and other measures will help reduce costs to 2010 levels. I'll go on record now and state, I doubt that will happen.