kilo are you guys the steel callsign i always hear out there?

We are "Brickyard". You had probably heard US Steel's aircraft.

oops that question was actually meant for tanker bob, about his guard unit in pit. sorry about that i read the wrong post

HercDriver, how much time do you have out of the cockpit? Are you just building currency time?

Yeah we are the STEEL callsigns. PA ANG

Kilo - Thanks, thats what I like to hear!

US Airways to Reduce Pittsburgh Service in Early 2008
Oct. 3, 2007
US Airways (NYSE: LCC) today announced it plans to reduce mainline flying in January from 31 to 22 daily flights, focusing on customers’ preferred destinations, as the airline continues to maximize the financial stability of its Pittsburgh operation. As part of the new schedule, regional flying to smaller cities is expected to be reduced from 77 to 46 daily flights. Most of the expected reductions for smaller cities reflect decisions that we expect to be made by independent regional carriers that develop their own plans and schedules. These carriers have not finalized their schedules so the overall level of Express flying may change.

Ok thats not what I like to hear!

Sig.... hum.. not sure how to answer you. Yes.. I was out of the cockpit professionally for over 10 years. Your comment about currency?...not sure what you are asking... but I am current IFR, etc, both ME and SE....

If what you are asking is if I plan on staying at RAH.... I cant answer that but I will say that I have never cared if I flew the biggest plane or the fastest plane or made crap loads of money. I flew the Herc for gods sake and that was a freaking awesome plane to fly, but she was neither fast, or sleek nor did we garner much respect from our BIG MAC ( C-5 , C-141, C-5 ) brothers.....( yes the C-17 was still in testing when i left the AF ) .... so I could easily see myself staying at one place. on top of that im 44 and have had some life changing experiences in the past few years.... flying and a decent QOL is what I require...and to work for a company that in some way maybe perhaps if thats possible gives a damn about its workers. I flew for nearly 3 years for AE ( when it was an all Tprop op ) on the ATR and there was NO respect from AMR or the AA pilots for the Eagles....

So I guess if your question is why is a guy like me coming to RAH...because they have a good reputation and because of some of the aforementioned reasons. The grass is not always greener on some other seniority list....if that makes any sense.

Not sure I have answered your question but if not PM and I will elaborate further.

kilo alpha do you know what that means to the 170 base here in pit???

That's a perfect answer, thanks.