Motch,

I've been in training the last 2 months so I'm sure the atmosphere here is different than it is on the line. But the vibe that I get from the people in the training center bubble is that the TA will get approved. They act like its a foregone conclusion.

I can't wait to see what Plan B and C are.

Don't give that place much credence, loyal company group for the most part over there.

My informal conversations on the line indicate this thing could go either way, and be very close. I do think the gloom and doom scenario rumor for LUAL should it not pass, is having a definite effect on them.

Says the angry 737 CAP.... Ummmm no where in my post did I say anything about the comfort, noise level, bag room, systems etc... I simply made a comment on the word "guppy". So thanks for enlighting us on the POS aircraft that is the 737, I might have never known its defects had you not pointed them out(I only fly it 80hrs a month). maybe you should bid back to your precious 756/777/a320/c172.

Agreed liquid. Yes I don't like the 737 300/500, but I can't complain about the 7377/8/9/er. Not a bad a/c. At least I can recharge my phone...

Eric

I know a captain that was on the 737 for 25 years and never heard the term guppy until this year. He doesn't get it. I realize the -500 looks like a "guppy" when compared to the 747, but what about all the 173 seat "guppies". I guess we should start calling the 757 a guppy too.

Get used to it; it's not going anywhere.

737 Family
Overall, the entire 737 family is the best-selling commercial jet in history, with orders for more than 9,700 airplanes through April 2012. More than 7,100 have been delivered.
On Feb. 13, 2006, Boeing delivered the 5,000th 737 to Southwest Airlines. Guinness World Records acknowledged the 737 as the most-produced large commercial jet airplane in aviation history.
On Dec. 16, 2011, Boeing delivered the 7,000th 737 to flydubai.
Typically, about 50 gallons (189 liters) of paint are used to paint an average 737. Once the paint is dry, it will weigh approximately 250 pounds (113 kilograms) per airplane, depending on the paint scheme.
With approximately 5,500 airplanes in service, the 737s (Jurassic, Classic and Next-Generation) represent more than a quarter of the total worldwide fleet of large commercial jets flying today.
More than 339 airlines in 117 countries fly 737s.*
On average, approximately 1,700 737 airplanes are in the air at all times.*
One 737 takes off or lands every 2.0 seconds.*
The 737 family has carried more than 15.6 billion passengers.*
The 737 has flown more than 106.5 billion miles; equivalent to approximately 573 round trips from the earth to the sun.*
The 737 family has flown more than 110.2M flights.*
The 737 family has flown more than 174.4M flight hours; the equivalent to one airplane flying nearly 20,000 years nonstop.*

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PG, How has the training been? Where are you going to be domiciled?

Good god man, if these guys get all hot and bothered over guppy, what will happen the first time we call one of their pilots a "bunkie" (international relief pilot).

LOL

Buy the way most UAL pilots have flown guppies, including me. It is the only Boeing I don't like, but I haven't flow a NG.

Anything else we can't say?

Just kidding guys.

Today is my last day in Houston. Its a long program...perhaps two full weeks longer than it needs to be. The pace was extremely slow and I'm definately ready to get out of dodge.

I start IOE next week in Newark. Obviously I will be watching for the opening of a DC base.