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11-07-2011, 07:55 AM

#79711

Carl Spackler

Back on TDY

Joined APC: Apr 2008

Position: 747-400 Captain

Posts: 12,487

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Originally Posted by hoserpilot

Move along??? Give me a break. You think only alpa supporters are bringing this up? Wrong. As a dpa supporter I have searched for this kind of info as well. I have come to the conclusion that Seham needs to go.....yesterday.

That's fine. Call Tim and let him know your feelings on the subject. He is VERY good about returning calls. But understand, I've come to the conclusion that Seham is EXACTLY what we need to decertify ALPA and help us professionally negotiate contracts. I do NOT want him to go....yesterday. I want him to stay, and I've let the DPA leaders know.

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Originally Posted by hoserpilot

We need to hear the pros and cons and come to an informed decision.

Couldn't agree more.

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Originally Posted by hoserpilot

I don't like Seham and will NOT continue to support DPA with his firm anywhere near my wallet.

I thought you just said we need to hear the pros and cons and come to an informed decision? Now you say you "don't like Seham"? Was your "informed decision" based on the ALPA reps and MEC bureaucrats that post here?

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Originally Posted by hoserpilot

Get rid of Seham now and I'll revisit DPA

Wait a minute...didn't you say at the top of this post that you're a DPA supporter? You need to get your story straight dude.

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Originally Posted by hoserpilot

Dpa didn't get the support required soon enough and is now becoming a divider in our upcoming negotiations.

Couldn't disagree more. The DPA is our only hope for the MEC to not roll over for management during this Section 6. Without the DPA gun to their heads, we have no chance.

Carl

11-07-2011, 08:01 AM

#79712

Justdoinmyjob

Looking for a laugh

Joined APC: Feb 2008

Posts: 4,099

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

It's always funny to be scolded for hurling insults,

Yet, you do hurl insults with the best of them. It really does take away from your argument. Consider me a fence sitter. I have issues with ALPA, but you aren't really selling me on DPA either. You come across as a mad kid intent on degrading everyone around him. It clouds your message. I would assume that all DPA supporters are like this, but I've had a few conversations with FlyingViking in the lounge and I know that's not true.

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

If you really were a rep for 6 years, you truly must have been an awful one. It's shocking how you could state what you've stated above because it shows such an amazing lack comprehension.

Wow. And I thought you were a serious person.

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Or people who need to lie about what's actually in the SWAPA contract..

11-07-2011, 08:10 AM

#79713

Justdoinmyjob

Looking for a laugh

Joined APC: Feb 2008

Posts: 4,099

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Wait a minute...didn't you say at the top of this post that you're a DPA supporter? You need to get your story straight dude.

See, this is what I'm getting at. Is it really wise to pee on your support, ala DALPA? I am more DPA than ALPA, thanks to conversations with others, but seriously, you are doing more to turn me off of DPA. I have to ask myself, Are all DPA supporters as angry and condescending as you? Do we have to toe the Spackler line, or can we be dissenting supporters? Will we be tolerated if we disagree with you, or will we be harangued as "closet ALPAites?"

11-07-2011, 08:16 AM

#79714

sinca3

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Apr 2009

Posts: 917

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Originally Posted by Jesse

Is anyone surprised by the attacks on DPA? Looks to me like the ALPA supporters have taken to the tactic of attacking anyone and anything that dares point out the problems ALPA has. Working to provide an option for an alternative? Hearsay! You should only try to change ALPA by emailing your reps, and volunteering; anything else is complete lunacy, and devoid of earnest desire for bettering pilots' lives!

Honestly, I'm on the fence when it comes to which organization is better for representing my interests, but reading the smear campaign here against DPA leads me to believe the lady doth protest too much. Instead, why not a more intelligent defense to justify ALPA's ways, or an admission that many things do need to change without the standard rebuttal that you need to volunteer to change it from within, or write your reps, or attend a meeting or else your concerns aren't worth listening to? Sounds like all that has been tried, and yet we hear the same tired excuses. Members are apparently fed up with the same ol' lines that have worked in the past; they're tired of being taken for granted; tired of ALPA thinking they're too stupid or lazy to do anything about it; tired of the status quo.

I haven't read ahead yet, so hoping this has been said.
Smear campaign by DALPA? What the hell is DPA doing???

11-07-2011, 08:26 AM

#79715

A6danimal

Line Holder

Joined APC: Feb 2007

Position: Quality and Craftsmanship since 1966

Posts: 92

Where's the AE?

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Originally Posted by FIIGMO

Where is it???

The AE, where is it? What is the word on the street???

Yeah, that's why I'm on this board - looking for some news. Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?

11-07-2011, 08:34 AM

#79716

Scoop

Super Moderator

Joined APC: Dec 2007

Position: DAL 330

Posts: 6,879

SWAP Board

I posted a trip drop on the SWAP board and it does not show up in the Open time section via I-crew. I am surprised because I had to check a block about allowing it to be posted.

Does it only show up on the E-crew board vice I-crew?

Thanks Scoop

11-07-2011, 09:01 AM

#79717

Dirtdiver

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Apr 2008

Position: 767A

Posts: 791

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Originally Posted by Scoop

Pilot to pilot swap board is a completely different animal from open time on E-crew/I-crew. It will show up there if you put in for it to be a personal drop, after the next PCS run. It will appear as a qualified (Q) trip. Somebody can pick it up, but not trade for it.

11-07-2011, 09:09 AM

#79718

forgot to bid

veut gagner à la loterie

Joined APC: Apr 2008

Position: Light Chop

Posts: 23,286

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Originally Posted by Waves

Did you notice how it jarred the right flap section? They kind of move anyway, but generally not that much. I saw a Luftansa A-340 hit so hard that it actually bounced back up about 50 feet. I thought they were going off the runway, but they managed to regain control. Looks like this 747 pilot realized his late flare and tried to fix it, but too late. I'm sure glad I've never done anything like that; not even twice!

Ok, Ok, my third landing in the 88 was so hard that I think it may have changed the orbit of the earth.

I think I saw this in Die Hard 2 or something, probably somebody adjusted the ILS or something so that the airplanes would hit the ground rather than land.

When I was new on the 88 I had my best landings but then one day, I bounced. And I do mean bounced. Not bounced on the struts but the wheels on the ground, but God made me do it again. Luckily I haven't done it since but unfortunately for me one of the passengers gave me hell about it and smiled about it the whole time.

The passenger, I kid you not, SRQ-ATL and sitting in coach:

Gave me that look with sunglasses on. If I was quicker I could have said "Captain Kirk wouldn't have done that..."

But word to the wise you commuters, need to catch your commute out of ATL? Gate probably occupied? Desperate? Minimize your flare. Greasers are guaranteed to send you to the penalty block waiting for a gate until 20 minutes after you were due in and all the passengers get off mad and nobody says nice landing. Slam it in, gate's open, everyone gives you the evil eye. It's the funniest thing.

11-07-2011, 09:23 AM

#79719

Waves

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Mar 2010

Position: SLC 767ER Captain

Posts: 602

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Originally Posted by A6danimal

Yeah, that's why I'm on this board - looking for some news. Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?

I haven’t really been keeping up on the so called 400 767 Advance Displacements you guys have been talking about and maybe someone has already covered it, , but I heard if it does happen, it’s merely the replacement of the last 767 Domestic category with the International like the rest of the bases. I also heard that the training department is concerned about doing it now because they are supposedly in the process of moving the NWA sims to ATL. Just a reminder to those possibly affected by the 767 Domestic category going away; remember this, when this category does go away, the advance entitlement vacancies for the ER category is open to everyone. It is not just a conversion. The Domestic 767 category will just go away. So just think of your displacement as if you are coming off the L-1011 or MD-11. Even if one is displaced from the 767 Domestic, doesn’t ensure a position on the ER. If one is near the plug, one should have some displacement preferences in. I’m pretty sure that’s what they told us when it happened in LAX and SLC. I’m sure that there will be some warnings posted by DAL regarding that issue if and when it happens.

11-07-2011, 10:26 AM

#79720

Smokey23

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Joined APC: Oct 2010

Posts: 668

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Or people who need to lie about what's actually in the SWAPA contract...eh Pineapple Guy?

Carl

Speaking as a SWA guy, from my occasional lurks on this thread, I maintain that NONE of you know what our contract is like! Honestly, when SWA comes up here, some of you sound like anthropologists studying a new indigenous culture that is very foreign to your own. It's quite entertaining...keep it up, please!