Nah bro "military background" jeez dude get it right, guys like you have no idea what its like for THKooj. Sometimes during the reenactments random people would go on jogs through the "battlefield" and it would really throw off the realism!

If you can successfully read back the clearance accurately without using short hand then you aren't who I'm talking about and I'm confused why you're even talking to me. I guess trying to flex that you're the radio king? Contact crew scheduling.

nah, tbh I misread the first message I replied to but then I had to keep it going.

You are by far my favorite poster to read on APC. Never a dull post.

Anyone got any insight on PHX. We’re slowly (at least according to AirPortal) increasing flying there. Is it going to continue or is this just the 75s version of CLT?

Its not going to be a base if that’s what you’re getting at. It’s just AAG juggling the schedule and the ‘Voy doing through flying to cover it.

I’ve been hearing rumors that TC is going to Atlas. Can anyone confirm this?

I wouldn’t be surprised

Yep I can confirm

Same
He will be leaving

Is he a cool dude or no?

I said over a decade ago that the company was built by much smarter people than the ones running the show currently. That all they knew how to do was to grease the wheels somebody else built and put in place. That means beating and threatening people into compliance. Increasing wages and working conditions as a last resort. When something out of the ordinary happens they go into instant analysis paralysis.... nobody wanting to do anything, for fear of being told they were wrong later. The end result is the whole thing grinds to a screeching halt.

As totally predictable a decade ago, as it is now.

Very good guy, and he'll be much happier being treated like an adult, compensated better, and when hiring does pick up again, he'll be applying as a heavy driver with international experience.

Yes, sorry. I should have been more clear about the topic

Do ya know if he coming to the 74 or 76 side? I will have to keep a eye out for those initials on the seniority list. I agree, I am so far much happier here vs my previous WO.

He is a great guy and will be an asset to your company. 74 I believe.

One more vote into the great guy pile

He’s gonna be missed! Now, would we have a new election or ER is taking over?

I would think a new election, however I’m sure ER would handle it until it was complete.

They have to do an interim for the rest of the term. That’s what they did when TC took over for SP in 2019 when he flowed. TC was elected for the remainder of the term. I would think if the rumors are true then there would be some sort of announcement to the pilots of a vacancy? Anybody can run that is in good standing. Maybe The Commander should do it.

Yeah I agree, you stated much more eloquently, but that was what I was trying to say.

fake news.

Nobody EVER leaves AMERICAN AIRLINES (regionals) for ACMIs or dumpy little narrow body carriers like spirit!


signed,


1LT THBoob

Battalion S9, special assignments- Re-enactments
5th Infantry Delusion

I think there are going to be many leaving the AA universe soon.

😂😂😂😂😂 You made my day👍.

you can slap all ranks on him. He's probably undergoing periodic PTSD counseling sustained during his 6 month deployment in hollywood vietnam. His trigger is from the jungle boots he wore so please let's all be informed and help with him with his road to recovery during these unprecedented times. 🙏

I’m sure he’ll send out an “it’s been an honor to serve this pilot group” email as soon as he hands in his notice to the company.

I’m pretty sure his term was up in Sep, and elections require 90 days, so we were only a few months from new elections anyway.

I never really had any interactions with him, but I haven’t heard a bunch of bad things, so... I guess that’s a positive?

THKooj.............

Have you not seen tropic thunder??? That stuff can do a number to re-enactors...

​​​​​ Unfortunately I haven't seen it. Nothing can be compared to actual conditions when you can pause, play or edit simulated. When you start exchanging fire with the enemy, there's no story line until you survive to tell the story. Reenactors can walk off the stage😄😄😄 and still claim side effects like Uncle Thekool J.

I think you may be immune to sarcasm in people’s posts.

Having a friend nearly die and end up with third degree burns on his legs and feet and seeing it all from the next helicopter over. Walking away from an accident where the transmission accessory module missed me by inches because the pilots lost SA due to a brownout and seeing that the other crew chief wasn't so lucky. Having a close friend and pilot die in his Chinook when the other pilot got disoriented and they were so close to the water he didn't have time to react. Being on the wrong side of a line of tracers and hoping they don't find you tonight. Being on the correct side of those tracers and having to live with the sight of what .30 cal. does to a truck full of enemy men when fired at 3000 rounds per minute. Watching one of four blades break in half as the rotor spins down and realizing that centrifugal force was the only thing keeping you alive after the RPG hit the disk.

I should be dead. Those are only some of the stories. I haven't felt, or maybe just haven't admitted to any long lasting effects psychologically. I can only say that I no longer have the capacity for fear. This can be a very bad thing when being in traffic with selfish drivers or any number of other every day situations. My neighbor who was a crew chief in Vietnam feels much the same. He crashed or was shot down eight times in the 13 months he served in the Americal Division. He was there from '68 into '69 and went through Tet. Combat affects everyone differently but there are always scars. His are poor hearing, both knees replaced, and terrible arthritis from the beating his body suffered in all those crashes.

Needles to say, I don't have patience for any stolen valor BS. Tkooj do yourself a favor and keep it to yourself.

One vying for the job is openly interviewing and trying to get on elsewhere already..... not sure what he's thinking even wanting the job if he's already one foot out the door.

If I were you guys, I'd recruit a lifer that isn't going to leave.... get long term stability into the leadership.... oh, and not a check airman, instructor or anybody else the company can get to behind the scenes. A DFW guy would be a plus to avoid all the hotel and related expenses, it adds up. You'd also get somebody who put the interest of making Envoy a better job rather than selling wages and work rules for "faster flow" (how's that working out?)

Ever thought about maybe trying to get hired as a permanent MEC chair? Seems like that might be right up your alley.

This would be hilarious but I have a feeling no deal would ever get signed again.

How would one recruit a lifer? Why would you go from a cushy lifer schedule to being the bucket everyone ****s on for less money?
Easier said than done. It is a pretty darn crap job.

solved it, before start checklist.

have you changed the chairman’s FPL? They used to be 90 hrs IIRC and were “supposed” to do some fly back.

How do you recruit one? Try asking a few. When I rebuilt all the committees in NY it wasn’t a stampede of people asking for jobs. It was repeated emails, Facebook posts, EL posts, and a lot of talking. As we picked up our pace and started having positive impacts on things for the pilots, more started volunteering without us seeking them out. Want a lifer, go get one. There’s probably several who’d be good, would do it, but just don’t know how to go about it.

why? The 2014 December TA/CBA that passed was me. I was the tie breaking vote. It initially failed, I demanded a wording change to remove language that thanked ALPA national for their help getting this deal. We got more help from the APA back then. All we got from ALPA was please take this deal. Anyway, the wording was removed, motioned to reconsider and we voted again and it passed. Yours truly being the swing vote both times.
the NY base closure LOA was me.... the ALPA lawyers refused to go back in and ask what we wanted. The NY FO rep and myself went in without the lawyers and got everything we told the lawyers to go ask for, but had refused.

don’t believe everything you’ve been told. We had a really good MEC back then that worked through pretty tough times

Now, if you mean to imply the company would walk in, see me, and about face and leave.... I’d agree with that. Pretty sure the MEC threatened the company that they’d hire me as a outside contract negotiator..... they responded, “you wouldn't really do that, would you?” (By the way, for our MEC folks, if you need somebody to do or tell them something you aren’t comfortable doing, I’ll do it.... they can’t fire me anymore or even threaten it like they used to) LOL

Jerry Glass did tell a room full of management back in 2014 that I was the anti-Christ. I just called him a jackass. They threatened to fire me over that one too.

The required flyback amount was just increased. Senior guys get way more than 90hrs of credit with more days off. I dont see why anyone would do it. Better to enjoy those 18 day off lines with 92hrs credit, add a few OT turns and you are at 105 hours with 16 days off. Not even close to the crap the MEC chair has to deal with.