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All of your stories are very apropos to exactly what I'm hoping to get out of this thread. I've flown with your FO's twin sibling. Yes, this is (what we would call) "simple" energy management. But, we also have years and years of experience and were tempered with (well, in my case) 400 legs a...

This is a great example of a conversation generator - and I remember a thread about this. That somehow included a discussion about tips for the hotel maids. Thanks... please keep them coming. Those are great questions... and yeah. That kind of thing is exactly what I'm looking for. Sort of...

I need some stories, your stories... I'm going to be giving a talk about peer-to-peer mentoring to a group of airlines who all should be starting up advanced mentoring programs. A more advanced mentoring program for upgrading Captains - which is very different from what they may have right now...

In ONT the mall is right behind the hotel and it has an awesome AM/PM in the parking lot. OKC, we got the Sonic a 1/2 block away. Sure, you gotta eat outdoors - but where are you gonna get a better hot dog, grilled cheese, and malt right before a pink-eye back to base.

We are automatically enrolled as ALPA members... but have you thought about talking to AMAS? $70 I think for talking to them. They are my first call for anything related to my medical. (Along with my Union's aeromedical committee... and in your case probably Mil Affairs.)...

Easy commute to LA (sort of) & crashpads by the beach. Nice roomy flight deck & all the red eye's you care to fly.

To harm said pilot, basically threaten their employment, by connecting their commentary with whatever... Weirdly enough, "own time and own opinion" (i.e. 1st amendment stuff) does not trump "Major Airline Social Media Policy." So... it all depends on if there is a connection between your Social...

I disagree. And this last round of CBA's - especially a very Azul one - has specific protections against the shenanigans and games that were played by a certain LUV filled air carrier. Wouldn't be my first choice for a "dancing partner" - but it's very much in the realm of possibility vs...

Oh, and the obligatory post for a thread with 'negative' news:

If only there was a vitrual Airline with a huge East Coast, Caribbean, and even a European presence that would almost perfectly complement their route structure with an all Airbus Fleet and almost zero overlap - it's also too bad that the Gov't would probably run in circles, scream, shout, and...

Probably right about the same time that Microsoft, Samsung, and Apple deploy the kill switch that makes every OS stop working in a particular area. It'll be just a long enough lag for every crank in a major airline crewroom go "I told you so" before the world blows up.

Agreed. Damn good advice from J.O'N. Exactly what I would have wanted to hear back in '10 when Mesa kicked me to the curb.

Alas, poor Jeff! I knew him Horatio... Yep, I knew "Mossy" IRL. Back in my CFI days, flying out of SMO. We even flew a flight together back in 2006. He gave me 1.1 in a Cirrus as part of a familiarization deal back when I was flying with this rich dude who ended up buying a Columbia 400 and a...

That's much better than the defenestration suite... unless it's the first floor. Or pool adjacent.

I'm not really going to have a point, because if I had a solution I'd be in public service pushing for that solution to be implemented. This is a tough one, and an unfortunate casualty of the extremism of America. Because Mike Rowe, and incidentally even the "This Old House" crew that he...

Any info that you or I get through the normal course of work (ie company emails, announcements) is not insider info. Same for all of that “not covered” info that’s being discussed and shared up in HQ. IMHO. Maybe someone with more of a legal background like @jtrain609 can throw down. My...

More color on this basically is about how journalism has changed over the last 15ish years. From well vetted multiple sources to single source stories and how the news is aggregated up the chain of legitimacy. From blogging to sketch aggregators to cable and 3rd party biased news sites to legacy...

IMHO… Marketing, interns, comms folks, EAs, etc etc… can’t keep a secret. They feed the trolls. If you want to don the tinfoil hat… maybe the official comms folks will even leak stuff to the blogger class (that was non-NDA in the a first place) so they can then bring them ‘Inside’ in an effort...

Somehow this makes me believe that we are still somewhat early in the 2nd Act of "airlines are just like the trains" version in this real life Atlas Shrugged Ride that we are stuck on. Except there is no magic man that's gonna move to Colorado, take all his capitalist buddies, mine iron with his...

I was in Ralph's. 18 or 19 items in my cart. No one else in line, no one nearby... went to the 15 or less lane. Cashier counts my items and starts arguing with me. I point out back that their job is to check out customers, not police arbitrary restrictions when no one else is using the lane...

You have no idea... our former San Jose hotel was amazing thanks to the Anime, Comic, and Furry conventions. Plus, thanks to overselling, I once got a suite with a TV built into the bathroom mirror. So bougie! And Sacramento... home of a monthly or bi-monthly upside down pineapple appreciation...

So, one time I went into the Hasidic grocery store at M&L for bagels, it was so weird. Like I crossed the 1st wire in Stalag Luft III. I've seen people scream horrible insults at the owners on the street, I wanted to both support their business and get some good bagels to take back to Cali on my...

Check your email, it's only gonna get worse.

Airbus: Pardon me, you are a little off my profile. Clr You are a bit high. CLR More Drag No... CLR MORE DRAG. Stop it... CLR MORE DRAG!! CLR, CLR, CLR.... MOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRE DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! Boards out... ...Airbus, saving us from math since 1984.

I got called out to do a 3 day BUF with a 35 hr overnight. So, not only didn’t I make it up there… BUF… 35 hrs. Couldn’t try to commute on the same day as a redeye, yada yada yada… Saw Dune Pt 2. In BUF though. And I’m gonna try again on the 28th-ish for his next talk.

I'm impressed with how everyone in this thread is committed to the bit.

All kidding aside, I can see this happening in approx 6-10 years, once the peak retirements shift from the "Big 3" to everyone else - which should be around 2030... peaking in 2035ish?

If asked about it, say that you were fired for violating your NDA by giving out the Cheddar Biscuit recipe... then look clandestinely around, pull a piece of paper out of your pocket, and slide it across the table... problem solved, job acquired. Everyone loves cheese. Seriously, no sweat and I...

Awesome, thanks! I'll contact them. The crazy amount of money I spend on the software should get something. I just don't understand why all the logbooks aren't scalable for certain fields. But I don't know programming either.

Everyone say it with me... Doooooooooooooooooooooooooom!!!!!

So, a little off topic. Speaking of L-10-Pro, does anyone know how to make the notes field more dynamic when printing a paper copy of the logbook... I take some pretty extensive notes on the occasional leg and would like it to print the whole thing.

...And then there is the germ factory of DH's in the back. That's when I always get sick... 60% of the time it happens every time. Just riding in the back is like eating off the floor of a plague tent in the 14th century.

I actually do have allergies. By the way, why does every CA either own an Alpaca Farm or have so many domestic animals that they leave somewhere between a Selleck and a Connery's worth of hair in the seat on every leg? I tend to sniff my way across the country between competing pollen zones and...

This. People will irresponsibly bring their sick kids to "daycare", preschool, kindergarten, whatever... because of: Toxic Work Culture (and a whole bunch of other reasons) and the inability to be able to actually take sick time as sick time. They will then infect your kids, the teachers...

I have a made up last name that got butchered when my great grandfather came over to the USA after WW1… so I’m related to anyone with the last name ‘Praser’ and there aren’t very many of us. Other than me, my Uncle (Don) was a Mil->Republic->NWA->Widget DC9 CA. Although he retired before he...

Thanks! I found the updated airplane talk schedule and the museum put him on the schedule for a regular talk week from now, so as long as I don’t get used on a trip that day, I’m planning on jumping up to SEA in the AM, and back home that night.

Who knows anyone there? Long story short, and this is kind of a cross post from the Masters of the Air thread… I found my grandfather’s old co-pilot from WW2 on the interwebs. He’s been giving talks about his experiences for years. Up in SEA. His name is Dick Nelms. (2nd from the left, my...

I'm taking this a step farther and updating AirlineApps just in case.

This is what happens when a bunch of so-called powerful people aren't powerful enough to rate private jet service on taxpayer funded, military flown, passenger aircraft. Maybe he should start a go fund me so he can fly private and not have to deal with TSA.

Literally a snapshot my career too. But... I was furloughed from my regional and I was also delayed in getting to the regionals by 9/11 . My retirement also suffered to the point where another 2 years of income may may the difference between (for lack of not wanting to go into too much detail...