41 years... and still on the 737. Why would someone subject themselves to that??

Easy, their hearing is gone!

GF

I think that's exactly how Management wants it, so it's 'unclear' to us who is flying struck work, which basically makes a Strike completely inefective. That, and they pay the A holes in DC a lot more than we do!

Frank Lorenzo was (is) big buddies with Bush 1. They're both from Houston. Lorenzo was one of his biggest "Campaign Contributors".

Now that "Corporations are People Too"...do you think any jack wad Senator in DC looking for Re Election Contributions is going to vote "Our Way"?

How much money does the A4A give them, vs. ALPA PAC? And how much is Emirates going to give them? I've been an ALPA PAC giver since I was off probation, but I can do simple math. A4A gives about 10X what ALPA PAC gives. Emirates can give 10X that.

I'm thinking Cabotage is coming, and sooner than any of us want to think about. Good thing Delta has about 14 Code Share Partners around the world.

I can see me finishing out my career on the 737 too...

What? Wuzat for us? Hu?

Sorry for nerding out ... but here's a friend and mentor explaining his stage acoustic set up. He's got the best tone of anyone I've ever heard play. Part of the trick is his use of alternative tunings which expand the range of the instrument. While his Olsons sound the best the carbon fiber guitar handles the tunings and travel better than anything.



BTW, James Taylor describes Dave as "my favorite guitar player." Taylor sets up his Olsons really well too.

How you been buddy?

I hope you get back to MCO soon, or I get up there! Maybe we can divert to BDL on the way to DXB.

Let's see...hmmm....Bradley...that begins with a B, so that's got to be in the Jepp Alternates at...

Windsor Locks!

Timbo

Pretty good, just finishing up a SCEL trip, day off there made for a wine tour. Yeah, I have to get to FL soon. It's actually warming up in the Great White North, 70 at BDL today.

GF

While we are talking tone. Anyone think this resonates with Richard Anderson's Pinnacle excitement in the Q1 2013 Earnings Call ?

Based on Mr. Anderson's comments Pinnacle's going to be an alter ego of Delta. Before you write your rep to complain consider not a one of them objected to ALPA's actions (previous Reps) and our contract is silent on another pilot group effectively wearing our uniforms (with minor changes), being handled by our agents and even maybe being staffed with Delta Flight Attendants. Behind the cockpit door we all look the same ... just they're a heck of a lot cheaper to pay.

... we really did not need to have this problem in 2015, but I think we are going have to deal with it then. By that time it will have a lot of momentum behind it.

You just have to trust Lee Moak. Right now there is no viable opposition to his regime. He and his disciples have an iron grip on the union and they are taking us down this new path whether we like it or not.
I hope they have a long term vision for how all this outsourcing and mainline scope dilution is going to benefit pilots someday. I just wish they would better articulate that vision.

I think the 83 guys AND gals are called super scabs and then there is a group called scratch backs and crawl backs. I dont remember the classification. I just remember there is some differences and there is something to the ALPA says its over but in reality they were still labeled as such. Basically there are differences.

CAL was made up of a lot of different groups who hated each other. But despite their differences they came together... to hate Coex.

What are you saying? Also, I thought that Delta mainline pilots voted in scope easements....(I'm not trying to be argumentative, if you can believe that).