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09-28-2019, 07:44 PM

#11

tomgoodman

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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer

No. The flow is NOT a guarantee. It can go away at any time. And in the past it has even flowed backwards.

That applies to the Mississippi River as well, but it’s unlikely.

09-28-2019, 07:50 PM

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amcnd

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Originally Posted by tomgoodman

That applies to the Mississippi River as well, but it’s unlikely.

Ya. The flow back happened to me. I don’t think it will happen again. But you may be getting on the back side of it.... Just be ready to spend 2x what they tell you and you won’t be disappointed.. mine was 3x..

09-28-2019, 07:56 PM

#13

Startcrying

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Originally Posted by amcnd

Yea, what chip said.

09-29-2019, 12:16 AM

#14

No Land 3

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If you can tough it out commuting and build enough experience, you may find working at a company with true home basing like ATI, Omni, Kalitta, Western Global, etc to be a good fit.

09-29-2019, 06:59 PM

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Paid2fly

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Originally Posted by startcrying

yea, what chip said.

09-29-2019, 07:28 PM

#16

TransWorld

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tomgoodman

That applies to the Mississippi River as well, but it’s unlikely.

Only during the 1811-1812 New Madrid, Mo. series of earthquakes. Strong enough to ring the church bells in Boston.

09-29-2019, 07:51 PM

#17

tomgoodman

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Originally Posted by TransWorld

Only during the 1811-1812 New Madrid, Mo. series of earthquakes. Strong enough to ring the church bells in Boston.

That’s the one. Badflaps and I were having clam chowder and wondered what all the commotion was about.

09-30-2019, 06:17 AM

#18

TransWorld

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Originally Posted by tomgoodman

That’s the one. Badflaps and I were having clam chowder and wondered what all the commotion was about.

During one of those, I was flying my Cessna 172 to land at Col. Lambert’s field. That grass on the runway was moving so fast, I thought it was waving at me.

09-30-2019, 12:18 PM

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sflpilot

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Originally Posted by amcnd

This isn’t going to be popular again but the flow exists to keep the regional in existence. I’m sorry if some people don’t want to except that. I know everyone says retirement numbers are what they are but they’ve metered it from the beginning. That should tell you something about their intentions.

09-30-2019, 12:26 PM

#20

sflpilot

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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer

No. The flow is NOT a guarantee. It can go away at any time. And in the past it has even flowed backwards.

Yes I remember back in my day all of those mainline captains involuntarily displacing Eagle Captains. Or even the deal that Republic signed with USAir to let them come in and get Captain jobs.