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Im not a fan of the leather jacket, nor the child molester raincoat. I have a really nice pea coat from Banana Repulic that I wear, looks very professional and its very warm.....................however I get yelled at by the Chief Pilots that its not company approved

Quote: Originally Posted by Da Magic "And the reason for the vaca/disp in the northeast is that they want to move guys from JFK to LGA????" Well, duhhhh!! But what's the reason why??? I was in que but had to leave after listening for 45 mins. Can someone post what they say about that, if it gets brought up. Thanks. Basically nothing, Andy L (JFK CA) called and asked specifically about that and the jetbridge swap LOA....

[quote=Theonemarine;714061] Quote: Originally Posted by CaptKrunch Reread mine, I think we're getting at the same thing . Have to love how management plays on words I DONT HAVE TO READ I AM BEAUTYFUL!!! I just missread what you typed

Quote: Originally Posted by AirWillie No airline pilot that makes less than a bus driver should be wearing dress coats as well. The leather jacket is a symbol. Any airline pilot making less than a bus driver should be wearing a windbreaker instead of a blazer.

Sounds like OJ is trying to exercise his option on those 700's. Probably too late though, I tend to agree with UAL that a one-for-one replacement can't happen AFTER the termination of the original contract...that would have to be a new contract.

http://207.41.16.133/rfcViewFile/09cv7352.pdf is the entire filing already linked in the first post. Enjoy

Quote: Originally Posted by johnso29 Couldn't it be different for Air Wisconsin? I know on some aircraft it's 60 knots to prevent ingesting FOD. I don't have the book in front of me, but from memory I believe it's begin stowing them at the 80 knots call, and have them stowed by 60 for AWAC. If that's not exactly it, it's something similar and I usually stow them by 80 anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by johnso29 Why is it soooooooo hard to understand that most of the larger RJ's(NW's in particular) are a result of BANKRUPTCY!? Do you honestly believe that BANKRUPTCY did NOT have something to do with this? These large RJ's, along with MASSIVE paycuts, frozen or dissolved pensions, and less favorable work rules were CRAMMED down the throats of Legacy Pilots because management teams were able to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Semaphore Sam Relatively new Compass Training Scheduler is ex-NWA. She is first-rate...sometimes cannot accommodate requests, but only with good reasons. One can only ask that best effort to accommodate requests be made, which is how she operates. If she is an example of ex-NWA, those personnel were quite fortunate under her tutelage; in my previous life, I dealt with some really BAD-attitude schedulers. Sam the...

Yup me too. I was climbing the ladder during the "Vietnam" retirement wave that was supposed to happen. In the 1970's there was suppose to be a WWII shortage due to retirements. I am sure that those guys eventually retired but it really did not seem to make much of a difference downstream. Skyhigh