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Originally Posted by orvil (Post 1128946)

You need to chill out man. Carl's senior to you until he decides he's not.

I'd tell Carl to plan on not seeing his pension. That means he needs to stick around for as long as he can. If he does see it, then he's beaten the odds. At the very least, he needs to stick around for the medical, such as it is. It's just good planning. It's nothing personal.

You are right, you will never make 747 Captain. DAL will have codeshared them away long before you are senior enough. You will stroke out long before that worrying about things that you cannot change.

Consider yourself no longer DECOUPLED, and the above post applies Max Continuous Torque to the Widget.

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Originally Posted by Flamer (Post 1128929)

I seriously have no idea how you make it to work each day without voluntarily swerving into a bridge abutment.

Not an option. Kids to feed.

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Originally Posted by Elvis90 (Post 1128968)

It'll shake your heart as it passes by. Four F101-GE102 low bypass afterburning turbofan engines...fuel flow about 285,000 pph on takeoff. Definitely not designed for fuel efficiency.

Carter's abortion (actually Carter should have been aborted too).

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Originally Posted by The Cavalier (Post 1128943)

Which begs the question of why a DAL pilot commutes on DCI flights as S3C given that we own all the seats, name, and a good number of the aircraft.

If the Delta pilots think that nonrevving on DCI is unfair, and the DCI pilots think that nonrevving on DCI is unfair, then maybe it is fair and what we really need is more open seats. :confused:

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Originally Posted by Columbia (Post 1128977)

Carter's abortion (actually Carter should have been aborted too).

Good thing TH Ronald Reagan was pro-life!

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Originally Posted by Columbia (Post 1128977)

Carter's abortion (actually Carter should have been aborted too).

Carter cancelled the program...Reagan resurrected it as part of strengthening the military (remember the failed "Desert One" mission to free hostages in Iran). It's a mature system now, and has been used sucessfully in every US conflict since 1997.

You'll note that in the Air Forces current downsizing plan, no bombers are being cut.

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1128978)

If the Delta pilots think that nonrevving on DCI is unfair, and the DCI pilots think that nonrevving on DCI is unfair, then maybe it is fair and what we really need is more open seats. :confused:

I frankly don't care what DCI pilots think. They should board behind DAL employees on all Delta brand flights. Furthermore, explain to me how a bunch of empty seats are good for employees of an airline again?

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Originally Posted by Elvis90 (Post 1128981)

The back story was that President Carter had been briefed on stealth technology and was advised the B1 would rapidly become obsolete. He cancelled the program, but could not defend his logic due to the classified nature of the stealth program at that time. Reagan (not yet President) did not know about stealth and saw the B1 as a populist jobs program. Once elected, he kept his promises.

The B1B has been adapted to fight in ways not envisioned by its creators. If this aircraft had stuck to its original mission profile (high altitude bombing over the Soviet Union) it would have been target practice for trailer dwelling missile swine.

IMHO Carter was a submariner and stealth resonated with his ideas about war fighting.

BTW, what have those guys got against the great State of Nevada? Those landings are uglier than my attempts to land an MD88 in a crosswind.

a voice of sanity and reason ^

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1128862)

In two years I've gone from seniority number 9xx to number 5xx and I'm closer to the bottom now than I was six years ago.

This sure isn't working out.

I dont want to harsh on you but I'm curious why you have done nothing to improve your station. I went to the same flight school you did, at the exact same time you did and I've been at the majors since the end of 07'. To get there, I had to change airlines a number of times and move towns an equal amount. You have stayed at the same sinking ship for ten years and done nothing to fix your situation. Can't figure out for the life of me why you stay. Does not compute. Help me out. Why would you stay right seat at ComAir for 10 years?

I'm not trying to be mean but you need a kick in the a$$. Move on already. Damn.