holiday meals (for crews)
12-22-2010 | 09:04 AM
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Aggressive holiday pay is something I would like to see in this business. Too many airlines simply ferry airplanes out of the bases during the holidays resulting in long, unproductive, hotel sits.
12-22-2010 | 11:46 AM
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12-22-2010 | 02:36 PM
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At AirTran there is a Holiday Happiness Officer (HHO). It is pronounced "HO". The HO is on duty 24 hours a day during the Holiday travel season.
The HO wears a 'cornrowed' Santa beard and is armed with a Wiffle Bat. It is similar to a small baseball bat, however it is made of plastic and hollow. The Ho, armed with the Wiffle Bat enters the cockpit silently during turns in Atlanta. Without warning he cracks both Captain and First Officer across the face. The HO then quietly retreats from the cockpit before the crew can recover. As the 'HO' passes the shocked flight attendants he mutters ..... "Merry ********n Christmas".
It is meant to demean .. Not to injure.
Merry Christmas
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12-22-2010 | 03:42 PM
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Best I've ever seen was the year ASA handed out frozen Turkeys. Yes, the morons gave working crew members frozen birds. Pilots pretty much passed the opportunity to carry a Turkey around for four days. Flight Attendants latched on to these things like they were precious family heirlooms. Some carried two or three. The carcasses rode around in RJ and ATR overhead bins dripping on passengers' heads until they were soggy, moldy, mush.
Nice gesture from management who had absolutely no clue about what their employees did for a living.
Kudos to Delta for creatively thinking of something the working stiffs might actually be able to use.
Nice gesture from management who had absolutely no clue about what their employees did for a living.
Kudos to Delta for creatively thinking of something the working stiffs might actually be able to use.
12-22-2010 | 05:37 PM
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From: "Part of the problem." : JL
FWIW (jackS):
FedEx: Up to 50 USD (international layovers, I dont know the $$ amount for domestic) and on the company credit card for Christmas dinner which can be used 24th or 25th (26th too I believe but I havent read the details this year).
FedEx: Up to 50 USD (international layovers, I dont know the $$ amount for domestic) and on the company credit card for Christmas dinner which can be used 24th or 25th (26th too I believe but I havent read the details this year).
12-22-2010 | 07:48 PM
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At AirTran there is a Holiday Happiness Officer (HHO). It is pronounced "HO". The HO is on duty 24 hours a day during the Holiday travel season.
The HO wears a 'cornrowed' Santa beard and is armed with a Wiffle Bat. It is similar to a small baseball bat, however it is made of plastic and hollow. The Ho, armed with the Wiffle Bat enters the cockpit silently during turns in Atlanta. Without warning he cracks both Captain and First Officer across the face. The HO then quietly retreats from the cockpit before the crew can recover. As the 'HO' passes the shocked flight attendants he mutters ..... "Merry ********n Christmas".
It is meant to demean .. Not to injure.
Merry Christmas
The HO wears a 'cornrowed' Santa beard and is armed with a Wiffle Bat. It is similar to a small baseball bat, however it is made of plastic and hollow. The Ho, armed with the Wiffle Bat enters the cockpit silently during turns in Atlanta. Without warning he cracks both Captain and First Officer across the face. The HO then quietly retreats from the cockpit before the crew can recover. As the 'HO' passes the shocked flight attendants he mutters ..... "Merry ********n Christmas".
It is meant to demean .. Not to injure.
Merry Christmas
You just made me spew all over my laptop!
Well done, lad!
On a serious note, NWA Flt Ops provided very nice Thanksgiving and Christmas Day meals to working crews for a couple of years. Turkey and trimmings on a F/C tray along with a note from Tim Rainey, the VP of Flt Ops.
They discontinued it after a few dozen pilots and F/A's sent nasty letters, telling him to "Keep the meal and give me more money!"
12-23-2010 | 04:04 AM
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JetBlue pays Double Pay on T-Day/X-Mas/New Years. You would be surprised how senior some trips go. Often times not all Reserves are used. Almost all stations offer food to crews in Employee Lounge.
12-23-2010 | 05:01 AM
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From: 737/reclined
At AirTran there is a Holiday Happiness Officer (HHO). It is pronounced "HO". The HO is on duty 24 hours a day during the Holiday travel season.
The HO wears a 'cornrowed' Santa beard and is armed with a Wiffle Bat. It is similar to a small baseball bat, however it is made of plastic and hollow. The Ho, armed with the Wiffle Bat enters the cockpit silently during turns in Atlanta. Without warning he cracks both Captain and First Officer across the face. The HO then quietly retreats from the cockpit before the crew can recover. As the 'HO' passes the shocked flight attendants he mutters ..... "Merry ********n Christmas".
It is meant to demean .. Not to injure.
Merry Christmas
The HO wears a 'cornrowed' Santa beard and is armed with a Wiffle Bat. It is similar to a small baseball bat, however it is made of plastic and hollow. The Ho, armed with the Wiffle Bat enters the cockpit silently during turns in Atlanta. Without warning he cracks both Captain and First Officer across the face. The HO then quietly retreats from the cockpit before the crew can recover. As the 'HO' passes the shocked flight attendants he mutters ..... "Merry ********n Christmas".
It is meant to demean .. Not to injure.
Merry Christmas
You forget to mention the brown paper bags that he leaves in the pit with the expired cabin snacks in them......ho ho ho
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