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I have now gotten old enough and cranky enough (and I commute on my "own metal") where I will just go up front and tell the operating crew that it's hot as *bleep* in the back - and there are about 100 self propelled space heaters still boarding. I have to make the uniform last the full 4-5...

The real victim(s) in this whole debacle was the short call reserve crew that went home as soon as the last flight launched out of the sEWeR and probably got an "out of position" after the orig crew was (probably) pulled and went home with pay.

There was an element of "rolling the dice" - but there was also a good chance of a rescue, depending on what the Illuminati ultimately decided to do, those decisions are really above our pay grade. I also really think it's a math problem at this point for those of us not at a carrier that's "too...

I've been at my shop for 15 years (as of next month or so) - this last year I've been displaced out of my home base for the 2nd time. They haven't made a profit since before the plague. My seniority has been going backwards for the past 2-3 years. I have 14 years left till mandatory retirement...

It’s cheaper or equal to fly from JFK to FLL than take an uber from JFK to Manhattan. (Or Jersey) It’s about 1/2 the price to fly from JFK to FLL to take the Brightline from FLL to MCO. 6 people at Olive Garden - it’s a special night- 3 are asking the other 3 to go ‘steady’ - is more...

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The website is down now. Redirects here. All flights are cancelled. If anyone is stuck out on the road - see this thread. Sorry everyone. This sucks. I remember flying into Midway the day ATA shut down and talking to a crew trying to get home as I was collecting my stuff before going to work...

And... there it is. The website is down. Again... if anyone needs a ride home on JetBlue please send me a message.

I don’t know how many active yellow bus drivers we have on here, but if anyone gets stuck somewhere that AzulNorte has a flight to/from where you need to go please PM me and my buddy passes are yours for the taking. I’m also sure that others will chime in… so post here or send out those PMs...

Congrats. And good job.

I believe that the 30,000 ft overview of this is ensuring ther integrity of whatever your scheduling system is. Seeing a "calendar" is just one way of protecting overall schedule integrity. Trips/Pairings/Rotations - they aren't lines of flying. They are "commodities." As soon as we turned...

And First Class transcon DH's and picking up flying on top of RSV guarantee. Those two things would also be life changers for me since I'm a permanent RSV on purpose bidder. But who knows what's gonna happen.

That's been the pairing that's made the most sense for the last 15+ years - and I would welcome the mashup - except for the part where I have to learn how to fly the 737. (which is why I'm worried that it won't happen) But, I'd still go back to school in a hot second and sit in that cramped...

We have this problem at my shop. I firmly believe that no one at any shop should be able to "block" their calendar. Any pilot should be able to look at the schedule of any other pilot - because the company can do it. The union has access to it. Etc. Etc. When did a line of flying suddenly...

You would be driving to work (~3-5 years after the announcement) and that would be life changing. Me too. Again. I take this article with the same grain of salt as EVERY so-called article that has mentioned this topic. I selfishly want any result that would allow me to drive to work in LA.

I seem to remember that the old DC-9's that I flew at USA Jet had permanent staining back there... they also took out the lav's a million years ago during the cargo conversion, but the aft of every single aircraft still smelled like rotten blue juice and 40+ years of sins.

I don’t want to blow your mind or anything, but wait till you hear about this place called…California.

This. I did the 2nd step of sketching it out after I kinda rotated my office chair 90ish degrees and WAG'd some math in my head. I was like... well... it's A or B - A is a quartering tailwind, B is in front of wing, quartering headwind. Gotta be A. And, honestly anything over 70% is wasted...

If you are going to stay at Azul, and are planning to move, you need to find a place where you are within a 2 hr drive to one of the domiciles - NYC or BOS or South Florida. Your life will be very different. Trust me. Trips that begin and end with a drive to the parking lot is a life changing event.

What do John and Martha always say? “Good judgement comes from experience… which comes from Bad Judgement.” Sometimes the road that shouldn’t be traveled leads to where you should end up.

I’m kinda annoyed. I pre-scheduled the implosion for this week, not next. I’m off this week and back on a stretch of like 12 starting on Monday. So I’m (probably) going to be eating a very flavorful poop sandwich depending on what drops. And… I’m not coming in early. I always commute IAW with...

Can't remember - do you have access to AMAS? If you do... call them. They can walk you through the whole thing. Union with an aeromedical committee? DART/PDR them. They will have advice... you aren't the first (or last) to get a stone. Now, don't take any medical advice from me... but someone I...

That's awesome! And yeah, don't take a shot that is almost guaranteed to give you nausea as you get used to it before you get on planes for 18+ hours. I continue to learn that stress and sleep play huge factors in my eating journey - but the shot has still been a "miracle drug." I'm getting...

I was at a bug fair a year or so ago near the Cali Science Center and was chatting it up with a (probably very bored) officer from the USDA (because she only had brochures & was pumping the career vs. preserved butterflies and giant pet roaches) and and she told me - organic or not, if we need...

I was hoping that this thread - with some fun thrown in - would be talking about things like: Experience levels - and correlating recent hiring ('21-'23) with historical hiring "norms". Where the industry has been, where it's going. How to temper and understand the cyclical nature of the...

One more random thought before I have to get ready to fly back up North... To anyone who may be stressed out about how long their career progression is taking I will leave this (Socratic?) thought: I want you to think about every child-star, singer, rocker, young actor, etc. that you know (or...

I think that the guy on LinkedIn needs more "to the moon" emoji's so that people will take him more seriously. Unless there are at least 3, I take the post with a grain of salt. 5 are preferred. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 See... In all seriousness, the information above is factual - it was a historic hiring...

AzulNorte has entered the chat... (as @jtrain609 and myself can attest.)

218.2 logged, 267 including DH's during my last year based @ home. Along with a few commutes back/forth to the JFK area in prep for moving bases next week along with one back and forth to the sim for landings. RSV for life.

The wegovy got significantly cheaper right after I started... I paid 500 for the first month, then it went to the $199 (the 2 initial dose pricing) and then it went up to $350 once I got to the 1mg. All at Costco. The way I look at it - using cheap pilot math - is that I'm paying the same price...

Check your gates before you drop off. I had a running/bus/running AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! moment when I had to haul from the ‘normal’ parking to TBIT remote (200 gates). And… I thought I gave myself tons of time to saunter to...

They probably know Birdperson from Rick and Morty… but probably don’t know that the character is a riff on Hawk from Buck Rodgers. It’s sad. I was just talking to a friend today about this. That whole generation is about to start leaving us. All the people I grew up watching.

Well... I think we scared off the OP... or in the parlance of the times: Our squad of senior-citizens lore-dropped and knowledge-checked so hard with our 40 years of receipts that they had to go AFK.

Don't believe skynet. Medication Database (Read Disclaimer Before Searching) - AMAS ***I am NOT a doctor, or an AME - taking medical advice from me is about the same as taking well... medical advice from a Las Vegas Juggler.

You know who first told me the bolded info above... this guy: Not the Wizard Trembyle, but Will Addams - the guy who portrayed him and who taught me (and hundreds of film students in the 70's to 90's) at UCLA/LMU... He knew what he was talking about. It is true, the degree itself doesn't...

1.) They will be hard. But you should be making enough to cover them if you live very frugally. YMMV. If you have supportive parents, it will help. 2.) No, if this is what you want to do... then do it. 3.) Yes. Aviation is a great career - it's not gonna be easy. You are behind the curve of a...

Q438 Never fails not to entertain. The "Fargin IceHole" (Thanks Johnny Dangerously) and the extra mature "Twigs & Berries"

Good news is that the Wegovy is like 199 now to start vs 500... and I'd be prepared to up your dose after 2 weeks if you can arrange for it with your GP, by week 3 (for me) the 1st ramp up dose wasn't doing squat to curb the cravings even on days 1-2. I've had almost zero side effects so far -...

It's the GLP-1's. I'm going full Gila Monster.