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Old 02-09-2021 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by hummingbear
Yeah, I’ve got years worth of those stories, too. Yet I’m still here & so are you. So either we were too stupid to do anything about it, or it wasn’t/isn’t actually THAT bad.

Possibly some some combination of the two, in my case...
or.....like Andy in Shawshank Redemption......it’s worth it to crawl through that pipe full of shizz, because what’s waiting for you when you make it out is TOTALLY worth it. (Assuming you actually DO make it.....and I know plenty who didn’t.)
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Old 02-12-2021 | 11:31 AM
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How about we hedge on fuel now with the money we are spending on electric helicopters.
last I looked fuel was still one of our biggest expenses.
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Old 02-12-2021 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Bestglide
How about we hedge on fuel now with the money we are spending on electric helicopters.
last I looked fuel was still one of our biggest expenses.
Some business decisions are based on economic principles, and some are based on virtue signaling. We can “explore green alternatives” while maintaining old and inefficient mainline and regional fleets and still “save the planet” without actually doing anything.
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Old 02-12-2021 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Bestglide
How about we hedge on fuel now with the money we are spending on electric helicopters.
last I looked fuel was still one of our biggest expenses.
Another guy thinking he knows how to hedge fuel?! SMH. If we had hedged two years ago, we would have been crushed. As for the electric helicopters, it was a 20 million dollar investment, not 1.1 Billion from those posters that do zero due diligence, as normal. Sensationalism at its finest.
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Old 02-12-2021 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Aquaticus
Pre far 117 and the 8 hr overnight (block in to show) in some dump in the middle of nowhere to fly 5 leg 6 hr day with a cat rancher / mentally ill flight attendant and a captain who was too eccentric to get a better gig only to get to do a 10 hr overnight in the butthole of Texas that night... regional flying was really hit or miss but when it missed it would change your perspective of this career.
You won the Internet today.
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Old 02-12-2021 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by hummingbear
Yeah, I’ve got years worth of those stories, too. Yet I’m still here & so are you. So either we were too stupid to do anything about it, or it wasn’t/isn’t actually THAT bad.

Possibly some some combination of the two, in my case...
I agree. You have to be tough if you're going to be stupid. It makes me appreciate what we have and the people we get to work with at almost every level of this company. Nobody expected to be stuck at the regionals that long and every once in awhile you would hear of a normal guy getting hired and it would just stoke your fire just enough to make it seem worth it. I didn't have kids then but I honestly don't think I could have stuck it out if I did. I came close to office spacing a few times.
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Old 02-12-2021 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Aquaticus
I came close to office spacing a few times.
Fantastic.
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Old 02-12-2021 | 03:48 PM
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Old 02-13-2021 | 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by oldmako
Cucumber water for customer only!
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Old 02-23-2021 | 12:38 PM
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Got to love that April-May ESRL. No more 50hrs. Only 75% of your group average.
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