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05-10-2014, 11:39 AM

#4941

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I use the new David Clark DC ProX in the CRJ. The ANR works great, super lightweight and comfortable.
$637

05-10-2014, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by John 3:16

Thanks brother. Can't start with what I have, because it's an Air Force issued helmet and mask...

Thoughts on traditional headset versus the lightweight models? Noise cancelling - active or passive? Not sure how loud an airliner cockpit is

In all the years you've flown you haven't had anything other than that? Either way, don't go getting or using some big clunky headsets you'll be wearing all day. I mean, if they are comfortable to you, then by all means use them. If you're going to the CRJ then telex are great, as well as bose. I prefer the telex to the bose however. Bose are just, well, big.

05-10-2014, 12:07 PM

#4943

John 3:16

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Originally Posted by jumppilot71

In all the years you've flown you haven't had anything other than that? Either way, don't go getting or using some big clunky headsets you'll be wearing all day. I mean, if they are comfortable to you, then by all means use them. If you're going to the CRJ then telex are great, as well as bose. I prefer the telex to the bose however. Bose are just, well, big.

Brother, we don't wear anything but helmets in fighters. I do have a cheapo pair of headsets, probably 30 years old, that I used in the very distant past when flying light aircraft. USAF heavy drivers might have headsets (I don't know if they're issued headsets or not), but we fighter folks just wear the helmet. Hard to attach NVGs and JHMCS to a headset!

05-10-2014, 12:23 PM

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[QUOTE=John 3:16;1640417]Brother, we don't wear anything but helmets in fighters. I do have a cheapo pair of headsets, probably 30 years old, that I used in the very distant past when flying light aircraft. USAF heavy drivers might have headsets (I don't know if they're issued headsets or not), but we fighter folks just wear the helmet. Hard to attach NVGs and JHMCS to a headset![/QUOTE

That made me laugh out loud. Literally.

05-10-2014, 12:34 PM

#4945

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Originally Posted by 450knotOffice

That made me laugh out loud. Literally.

Okay....not quite sure why, but that's cool

05-10-2014, 12:42 PM

#4946

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Originally Posted by John 3:16

Hard to attach NVGs and JHMCS to a headset!

Not if we use a little bit of creativity....

05-10-2014, 03:04 PM

#4947

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Originally Posted by John 3:16

Yeah I get that, but I figured you may have flown at least some GA outside of work and therefore had something else. I hate wearing helmets. I mean kevlar and it's even worse with NVG's. Then again, I was on the opposite end of what you were doing on the ground. At any rate, you can't really go wrong with a pair of the Bose or Telex. There were some other's mentioned as well. Lightweight is what I'd go for, next to quality.

05-10-2014, 05:22 PM

#4948

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Originally Posted by John 3:16

Okay....not quite sure why, but that's cool

It was the visual image of your last sentence.

05-10-2014, 10:12 PM

#4949

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Originally Posted by 450knotOffice

It was the visual image of your last sentence.

I get it

05-11-2014, 02:10 AM

#4950

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Originally Posted by NVUS

SkyWest, Inc.

1Q 2014 Revenue: $772,385,518.00 Net Income: -$22,887,193.00 Net Margin: -2.96%

SkyWest Airlines

1Q 2014 Revenue: $447,041,197.00 Net Income: -- Net Margin: .99%

Quick math tells me that .99% of $447,041,197.00 is a profit of $4,425,707.85

Further math tells me that -$22,887,197.00 - $4,425,707.85 means ExpressJet lost $27,312,905.

Good enough?

I like it when math is involved.

On a related note, I was surprised that both SKYW and RJET were trading below their respective book values. Typically, a company stock trades much higher than the company book value. For instance WMT is trading at 3.34 times it's book value.

Here is a list of some majors and their price:book value ratios:
AAL 22.7
DAL 2.73
UAL 5.85
LUV 2.35

By contrast, here are the figures for SkyWest and Republic
SKYW 0.43
RJET 0.84

In other words, theoretically, SKYW could be liquidated for more than the cost of all it's shares for a tidy profit. That's the type of news that makes folks like Gordon Gekko drool.