Keep it Professional....

I never thought about it until this thread, but I've always pronounced it "shi-taqua", emphasis on the "T". I think MQAA and I are in the same boat.
 
MQAAord said:
Hmm, I'll go out on a limb and say that with my combo Wisconsin/Chicago accent when I say "Chautauqua" it starts with a "sh" sound and ends "itaqua". Not any insult meant, it's the accent.
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I love this girl!!! (in that platonic..never met ya..one of the guys...friends...kind of way of course! EEEEAAASY FoForever!! :D ).
 
MQAAord said:
Hmm, I'll go out on a limb and say that with my combo Wisconsin/Chicago accent when I say "Chautauqua" it starts with a "sh" sound and ends "itaqua". Not any insult meant, it's the accent.
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Amen. "Chicago Center, Chautauqua..." becomes "Shigagosennertaqua..." after the 20th time of the evening.
 
Polar742 said:
The occasional mis-pronunciation of my "CHAUTAUQUA" call never bothered me. Most people can't say my last name, and it only has 6 letters. Two of which are the same.

Miami did have the habit of calling us "Chotsky"...I guess IBT had a similar code. I was at the merge in MIA one day. ATC kept calling a chotsky 6xxx, so I kept looking for a metro. Had he done "CHQ" I would have moved.

The only thing I found un-professional were the following:

After calling, I'd hear a whispered "SCAB" in IAD.....

Oh, the best? Taxiing out, and having mainline (20 yr-ish) seniority guys flipping the bird from a company with a blue and grey paint scheme. It's one thing if only the cockpit crew can see it, but when you do it so all the pax can see it...that exudes class.

Oh well...back to off days.
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Why do people constantly throw out or use the term scab, without the offendee ever fulfilling the actual definition of the word?
 
They were just jealous of Republic. Pretty much every pilot @ AWAC is. Those guys are with a company with a future and at least seem to have a direction they are going, and aren't tied to one broke airline (US Air).

At AWAC we are coming up on 6th year FO pay. You've got a lot of disgruntled F/O's here they have seen reverse movement in the seniority list, and displaced captains that still haven't re-upgraded. Morale is pretty low.
 
wheelsup said:
Morale is pretty low.
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I don't doubt anything you've said. We are in a similar situation except for the fact that we still have 10% of our pilot group on the street.

That said, for a professional (in any profession) moral shouldn't have ANY bearing on professionalism.

Now, if you want to argue that beat down regional pilots aren't "professionals" we can go down that road, but I don't think you really want to do that.
 
JumpWake said:
Eeek. Aren't crashed flight numbers supposed to be retired...especially at the airline where it actually occurred?!
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A few years ago I heard an Alaska MD-80 on approach to SFO call Norcal as "Alaska 261" on the same routing as the flight which crashed. Granted, about 7 years had passed but it still surprised me.

I don't think you'll find it written anywhere that flight numbers have to be retired after an accident. As years go by, and flight schedules shift, flight numbers change, I can see one getting by. In a book about Skywest's first 20 or so years, I read that Skywest actually said they wouldn't use the flight number of the Metro which crashed in SLC again. However, it popped up a few times here and there years down the road, but sooner or later someone would catch it and the flight number would change.

I'd think it is safe to say however that crashes that are well remembered by the public, such as UA93, will never be used again. I doubt any passengers on a 9E LIT-MSP flight 3701 would think twice of it the way most of us here would.
 
wheelsup said:
They were just jealous of Republic. Pretty much every pilot @ AWAC is. Those guys are with a company with a future and at least seem to have a direction they are going, and aren't tied to one broke airline (US Air).

At AWAC we are coming up on 6th year FO pay. You've got a lot of disgruntled F/O's here they have seen reverse movement in the seniority list, and displaced captains that still haven't re-upgraded. Morale is pretty low.
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Matt,

Are you serious? A fellow AWACer and saying this? You do realize that you, as a CA get paid more for same year pay than the guy sitting in the 170 seat? Me as the FO gets more too...

I am not jealous, I pitty them. I always think it is funny how they think they are better than us....ohh really, how is that cancelation pay working for you...how is that full DH pay working...ohh I'm sorry you only get half. You should thank your lucky stars you work at a reputable company where people say...AWAC, those guys at least have a legit contract. We are not looked at as the guys who will do anything to fly the stupid 170/175 and NOW 190!! I would rather be in our position than in Republics...they are directly working againts all the airlines they fly for which will be interesting when their contract is up. And I hate to say it, but between Airtran and Southwest, they are going to get their "Midwest" deal smoked. I wouldn't be caught dead at a company that just let 100 pilots lose their job while standing back saying...well we tried to work with them and get them on property. Yeah right, they were smart and said you can kiss my *ss before I let you pay me nothing to fly those 170 and 190's.

So if you would like to be at the "better airline", by all means, you are free to leave, I am sure they would love to have you.
 
Pilotdude3407 said:
Matt,

Are you serious? A fellow AWACer and saying this? You do realize that you, as a CA get paid more for same year pay than the guy sitting in the 170 seat? Me as the FO gets more too...
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That needs to be run through the fact checker. And youll see more 175s then 170s. But this will turn in to a this regional is better then that regional thread which is a dead horse. Its real easy to say what you "would" do, but the truth is, you would go to work, collect your check, and go home. The midwest guys are getting integrated based on the law, we cant speed that up. In addition to that, there will not be any off the street hiring until all the Lynx, F9, YX guys have been given a shot. THey will be treated as new hires, until the SLI integration is complete and then they will go where their adjusted seniority will allow.
Your airline doesnt have a bullzeye on its back, because you havent grown in some time. Sign a new deal with XYZ airline for anything from Q4s to CR7s etc, and youll have the kids on the playground (reference the name calling callsign thread) giving you a hard time.
 
Pilotdude3407 said:
Matt,

Are you serious? A fellow AWACer and saying this? You do realize that you, as a CA get paid more for same year pay than the guy sitting in the 170 seat? Me as the FO gets more too...

I am not jealous, I pitty them. I always think it is funny how they think they are better than us....ohh really, how is that cancelation pay working for you...how is that full DH pay working...ohh I'm sorry you only get half. You should thank your lucky stars you work at a reputable company where people say...AWAC, those guys at least have a legit contract. We are not looked at as the guys who will do anything to fly the stupid 170/175 and NOW 190!! I would rather be in our position than in Republics...they are directly working againts all the airlines they fly for which will be interesting when their contract is up. And I hate to say it, but between Airtran and Southwest, they are going to get their "Midwest" deal smoked. I wouldn't be caught dead at a company that just let 100 pilots lose their job while standing back saying...well we tried to work with them and get them on property. Yeah right, they were smart and said you can kiss my *ss before I let you pay me nothing to fly those 170 and 190's.

So if you would like to be at the "better airline", by all means, you are free to leave, I am sure they would love to have you.
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You might wanna jump down and take a deep breath of the air down here. It isn't as dirty as everyone up there is telling you.
 
falconvalley said:
You might wanna jump down and take a deep breath of the air down here. It isn't as dirty as everyone up there is telling you.
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Every regional sucks to work at in comparison to most majors. Picking on each other as a penis measuring match is stupid as your company is likely to suck just as much.

Now picking on each other in the spirit of fun and good intentions is all kinds of fun.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
Every regional sucks to work at in comparison to most majors. Picking on each other as a penis measuring match is stupid as your company is likely to suck just as much.

Now picking on each other in the spirit of fun and good intentions is all kinds of fun.
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You smell of rich mahogany.
 
CRJDriver said:
I've heard it all...

BlowJet, HoeJet, Scabs, Chicken Taco, Shaniqua, ...ty Kitty, Dickyard, s...tyard, Clown Air, Freedumb, SkyPest, Blowgan, ...

You can figure out the airlines ;)
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I think I'd like to see a video of Caneman reading a list of callsigns. It'd be pretty smoooooth. :p
 
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