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Old 05-31-2009 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Dougdrvr
Is it true that you do volunteer work for the local Suicide Hot Line
Yes he does. He advises "a shotgun and 4 feet of chord..." to most of his callers.
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Old 05-31-2009 | 06:17 PM
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I'm guessing you work for Expressjet. There were other airlines bidding for that Continental flying. Chautauqua was not the lowest bidder.
I'm sorry, but yes they were. Flying is not awarded to the highest bidder.
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Old 05-31-2009 | 06:34 PM
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Ha!

I think Sky was pulling on some chains and a couple of you guys bit.

The OP is essentially calling for a Industry-wide illegal strike, and lucidly explaining why the economic effect of degregulation over last three decades have made such action essential if the profession is to survive as a profession, and not just a hobby of the independently wealthy and voluntarily poor.


Skyhigh is saying we're too chicken.


If you're not, then you really ought to start banging on your LECs and MECs and tell them you're willing to risk it all. Because its gonna take a whole lot of us to start saying it for our Unions to start taking the idea serously, and not dismiss it as the crazy rantings of a few cranks. Because your MEC knows if they instigate it they are the ones who will lose thier jobs and go to jail. So if they don't have the support of the whole union, they won't be willing to even talk about it.
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Old 05-31-2009 | 08:19 PM
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I just like to throw you guys a joke now and then. By the way a cactus makes a nice houseplant for a pilot.

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Old 05-31-2009 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by tpersuit
I'm sorry, but yes they were. Flying is not awarded to the highest bidder.
It's not always awarded to the lowest bidder either. If I still worked for Chq I would post the memo stating we weren't the lowest. Either way, get over it.
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Old 06-01-2009 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jabwmu
It's not always awarded to the lowest bidder either. If I still worked for Chq I would post the memo stating we weren't the lowest. Either way, get over it.
CAL management has stated multiple times, verbally and in memos that Chautauqua was the lowest bidder. No one here needs to get over it, in fact you brought it up and I just corrected you.
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Old 06-01-2009 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by SkyHigh
I just like to throw you guys a joke now and then. By the way a cactus makes a nice houseplant for a pilot.

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I had one in the early years but it inexplicably jumped from a 7 story ledge.
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Old 06-01-2009 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Dougdrvr
I had one in the early years but it inexplicably jumped from a 7 story ledge.
SkyHigh probably talked it into doing that.
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Old 06-01-2009 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by JetPiedmont
SkyHigh probably talked it into doing that.
No, I tried to talk the house plant into changing careers.

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Old 06-01-2009 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by tpersuit
No one here needs to get over it, in fact you brought it up and I just corrected you.
I personally don't care. I tried to answer his question. Re-read the 1st post. Believe what you want. Maybe this will help you. Expressjet is the greatest regional airline ever.

Originally Posted by Joachim
One of the worst aspects of the current situation is the psychological warfare that we must suffer through. Did Continental Airlines award flying to Chautauqua because they were better or significantly cheaper? Or was it to play two pilot groups out against each other and thus weakening both groups. Go jet is another prime example.
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