Originally Posted by whalesurfer (Post 1822263)

As far as your second point, yes, I think Louisville IS a good citi to live in. I think the issue of what makes a city awesome or awful boils down to our backgrounds and regional preferences. Many if not most Northerners, Californians, etc. have a somewhat negative, prejudiced opinion of the South in general and no matter what you say, if it ain't in Jersey, Brooklyn or Orange County they'll always hate it. Of course, the same can be said about Southerners who get based in Ontario, California.

Is it the best place on earth? Of course not, however Louisville is a clean, safe and very hospitable city. In general it's cheap to live there and people bend over backwards to be kind to you. Now, if you happen to have allergies you won't like it. ..and if you're an uncompromising Yankee, you'll probably develop allergies just so you can hate it. ;)
As always, YMMV.

Originally Posted by UPSFO4LIFE (Post 1822302)

Not as great as a hotel room, but for Gods sake man, get some earplugs! Beats the crap out of what we had before.

Originally Posted by whalesurfer (Post 1822135)

L'il - sleeping rooms are "as good as possible"? Really?! C'mon, let's get real....
I sleep with earplugs and have a white-noise app on my phone.... honk, honk, honk... "Hopefully", one day when I go deaf I'll be able to get some sleep there... honk, honk...

Originally Posted by L'il J.Seinfeld (Post 1822311)

You do know on the other side of the river 5 miles from the airport is the state of Indiana, right? I'd never think of Louisville as a southern city. I hate the dirty South and this isn't that. It's much more of a Dayton, Indy, or Cincy feel to it. Now if you go south of the airport into Hardin or Bullit counties you start hearing dualing banjos pretty quickly.

Originally Posted by whalesurfer (Post 1822327)

You hate "dirty South"? ..and apparently dueling banjos. Wow! How nice of you. Bless your heart.

Originally Posted by whalesurfer (Post 1822322)

Without a doubt they're "better than before". Heck, pretty much anything is better than before.. However, L'il said they're "as good as possible". No, they're not. ..and ear plugs don't help me very much..

Originally Posted by UPSFO4LIFE (Post 1822335)

kind of curious why the Union abandoned noise proofing the rooms that face most the outside. A few years ago I was in several of these rooms that were insulated by the union, not UPS. It seemed to make a lot of difference, but the insulation was taken down a few months later and not another word was said by the IPA. Seems like more can be done, but as usual, progress was halted!:confused:

Originally Posted by Jetjok (Post 1822770)

What a f'ed up place you guys work at, where your union has to actually install soundproofing into rooms that the company built, on company property, so that company pilots can actually get a little sleep, to help them stay awake during their company operations. That's just freakin' incredible. They should be ashamed of themselves, but I guess they really couldn't afford the extra few bucks a room for the insulation. It's just gotta suck working for a company that is "just getting by.";) Condolences.

Originally Posted by Sideshow Bob (Post 1822857)

Meet Max Profit...

As Fred eyes his retirement and/or a MBA-type takes the reigns there, you may well face your own. Neither of us has any control over who the BOD picks to run the show, but we do elect and run our own unions. Perhaps you guys should work on your side of the street in that regard and stop the civil war in FDX ALPA we keep reading about. Just watch you don't screw the pooch and get eaten alive...again.