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BunkerF16 09-08-2015 06:15 PM


Originally Posted by PilotCrusader (Post 1967086)
Barger was a bad guy?

He was horrible.

CAPTAINPCL 09-08-2015 06:18 PM


Originally Posted by ShyGuy (Post 1967106)
You forgot the 4th quarter when the huge push was made to save APU time/usage. In the end we saved $300,000. In Jan/Feb they announced $300,000 worth in bonuses for management. Score!

Haha yep, I remember that, poor poor passengers had to suffer for that 300k!!!

HacksawDuggan 09-08-2015 06:46 PM


Originally Posted by gettinbumped (Post 1967028)
Unless he's convicted of a crime.....

Candidate needed: No responsibilities, 4.9 million dollars, plus other perks at United Airlines.
Requirements: Cease your employment with United Airlines.
Qualifications: Cannot be a criminal.

ridinhigh 09-08-2015 10:03 PM


Originally Posted by CAPTAINPCL (Post 1967097)
Wow..Reminds me of that crybaby Sean Menke that came to Pinnacle for a brief moment, cried on a conference call about being underpaid, gave himself a 600k dollar raise and then filed bankruptcy a few days later on April fools day. Then he bailed a month later with his golden chute.


After less than a year at Hawaiian he's moving on to a position at another carrier.

Hilltopper89 09-09-2015 12:49 AM


Originally Posted by ShyGuy (Post 1967106)
You forgot the 4th quarter when the huge push was made to save APU time/usage. In the end we saved $300,000. In Jan/Feb they announced $300,000 worth in bonuses for management. Score!

Meanwhile they estimate that during the 81 minutes we were shut down for server failure we lost roughly $40 Million...

BizPilot 09-09-2015 04:02 AM

Funny how big business has a higher bar on ethics than politics.




Smisek was named Aviation Week’s Person of the Year for 2010

jdt30 09-09-2015 04:44 AM


Originally Posted by BizPilot (Post 1967279)
Funny how big business has a higher bar on ethics than politics.




Smisek was named Aviation Week’s Person of the Year for 2010

It's kind of like winning the Nobel peace prize the day after you are elected.

knobcrk 09-09-2015 04:47 AM

That guy had used car salesman written all over him. It's finally confirmed. No more creepy smiles on safety videos!

clubord 09-09-2015 04:52 AM

Guess this finally settles the debate with my new sUA brothers....we did ultimately have the bigger scumbag.

UAL T38 Phlyer 09-09-2015 05:23 AM


Originally Posted by clubord (Post 1967295)
Guess this finally settles the debate with my new sUA brothers....we did ultimately have the bigger scumbag.

No, they're all about equal..JS just got caught.


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