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    Housing prices

    They do. And it was a thing a few years ago. But as long as she didn't show you the home that you put an offer on then you owe her nothing. Technically, the buyer's agent shouldn't be giving you inside information, even if you put in an offer with them. I hope you get the place.
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    Housing prices

    Did you sign a contract with buyer agent lady?
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    Next Up in the RLA Conga Line

    Proving.... once again... that Polling Data > Internet Jingoism in CBA negotiations.
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    Funny fixes

    Q438. (Eastern MI) Whomever named these is my hero. Farkin...IceHole. Twigs and Berries.
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    Government shutdown

    Another year of playing the same politics with the continuity of the government to fuel sound bites for the upcoming election. It's getting kind of old.
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    Next Up in the RLA Conga Line

    Ok, SWA... your turn.
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    Cold Feet About First 121 Job

    There is a cadence to 121 line ops. Things tend to happen at the same pace, and the same way every single time... it takes time to get the rhythm and to get used to the speed and pattern of that vs. the firehose of the schoolhouse. Think of it like this: yes, your airline management is...
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    It’s sad because it’s true.

    Is all I can think of when I see these influencer videos.
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    20 years

    22 years and change since my 1st flight... 9800. I'll probably hit 10k right around the end of the year as I'm (probably) gonna fly over my vacation this year for the extra cash. Since we have no plans to go anywhere and my juniority in my senior base and my vacation schedule never mesh with...
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    FIRC recommendations that don’t suck

    Well... done with my FIRC. That was painful - and I stretched it out. Didn't try to sprint through. The material was fine, the videos were fine. Honestly, other than helping out with the Aviation Club for my kids middle/H.S. I'm not going to be doing anything with the cert. for the next 2...
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    Oh Corpies LX

    Nope. Even worse. They are cautionary tale pilots. Everyone's goal should be to have a career where you are never the main character in someone's cautionary tale story.
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    Next Up in the RLA Conga Line

    So... my shop has these. Redeye turns... they should be called Graveyard Turns. We also have a carve-out in our working agreement that the normal 'average daily guarantee' doesn't apply to them. So even though they span two calendar days, it only pays the same that a bankers-hours turn would...
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    Next Up in the RLA Conga Line

    Polling data is gonna polling data. When faced with the actual prospect of weighing the options to decide if a working agreement meets enough of your personal asks vs. the loss of income and QOL improvements on at least a 6 month timeline to negotiate and come to a new agreement... people...
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    Housing prices

    It's all still technically TO, once city council to rule them all... TO, Newbury Park, Westlake Village, etc. A well hit golf ball could knock out a window from that listing to my place. (and it's got a better view because it's at the tippy top of the hill vs. where I am closer to the middle...
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    Housing prices

    Buy this one and you can live down (up) the street from me and the 999 other pilots in town. Same basic floorplan as mine, they made different modifications to the bathrooms and such. (I turned the bar into a closet) NLT 1.5 hrs to the west lot 95% of the time. 45 min in early/late no-traffic...
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    The math for quitting FedEx to go to United

    I remember... it must have been sometime in '08ish... I was on the UAL bus in ORD, just slogging it to the F-trash gates for some 30 leg trip and a UAL FO decided that it was the appropriate time to rant/yell at me that it's because of "people like me" that he's being furloughed a 2nd time. It...
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    The math for quitting FedEx to go to United

    Maybe he legitimately thought that you said that you facilitated of the garnering 73 Creditcard Applications in LA today. :) You too can earn 70,000 miles after the first $3000 in purchases! And a FREE checked bag!
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    The math for quitting FedEx to go to United

    15 years ago it was the "SJS" that was knocking people around left and right... today it's the FOMO. Right after I upgraded a friend's mom said to me, (paraphrasing a little bit) "You are a Capt now? At where, Jet... who? You want me to call Fred (Smith) about you? I can probably help you get...
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    The math for quitting FedEx to go to United

    Working at a shop where the (snapshot of today) attrition is amazingly high in the bottom quartile/20% range there is a lot of career calculus that you have to do. The best piece of advice is don't take advice from random dudes on the internet, me included. Another thought that I can throw out...
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    FIRC recommendations that don’t suck

    Well... I'm going with the King's (Mostly on Richman's rec) that and they have a 23% off sale because of Oshkosh this week so it's only $97 and they handle all the paperwork. To quote Saurman, "I have elected the way of pain." (for the next 16+ hours at least)
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    Airbus Captain

    Congrats! It will be fun. Rewarding. All that and more. One of our instructors, who is a medical'd out pilot from your shop, told me that I needed to go to your training center (We used to long-stay across the road from there before the CBA kicked in and we reverted to a real downtown layover)...
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    250 below 10k…

    The only one I can think of is that route that I get (AzulNorte) from the islands to EWR (22Late) through McGuire and that tour of Eastern Penn that seems to drag on longer than the 3 hr flight up to that point. I mean, I feel qualified to sell real estate down there because I've seen all the...
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    Oh Aviate 1

    I think that the real discussion here is more subtle than the same 'piling on CC thing' that happens to go on in just about every thread. There are a lot of issues that can stem from these 'for profit' ab-initio programs, this is history both echoing and rhyming. Really, the one thing that...
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    Interesting Website

    And… pretty accurate. I guess. At least for the one flight.
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    Interesting Website

    Trying it tonight. Just screenshot my ‘predictions’ for the rides.
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    Oh Donald!

    Edited and cited, let's see if it sticks.
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    SFO again…

    The rumors(?) at my shop is that she is dating/married to a pilot from my shop and that she is hawt.
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    1st world problem??

    Also, when sitting RSV in LAX... you have to take account the 30 min West Lot----->Terminal X journey on the bus. (Getting yelled at by the driver about 30% of the time is a bonus.)
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    1st world problem??

    At the BeeSix, which I believe the system is modeled after... once converted, it's min rest between SCR shifts. And they can convert you for multiple, single, or whatever they want. We have to screen shot our conversions because they might drop off once assigned a trip on SCR and at least in our...
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    House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67

    Well, not gonna post my ‘technique’ on a public forum. People senior to me may be reading this. :) Lately I’ve done ‘long call’ - which has no system. If something drops, and you are next, you get the call. Most of my trips are assigned the day prior, but it’s a continuous 14 hr callout. You...
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    House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67

    I like teaching. And every time adjunct instructor posts, it doesn’t make sense for me to split my schedule and be away in FL vs. my RSV schedule. I lament about it every time. I even did all kinds of calculus when CKA posted recently… giving up my QOL and having to bid a schedule each month…...
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    UAL MEC unanimously voted for strike authorization vote

    Based on the public comms that you guys are sending out, it sound like they are 'close' to a deal - if they can get relief from the MEC on certain items.
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    House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67

    You know what I have that my 5th grade self didn't have, an automobile carriage. I can zip to 7/11 and back with a slurpee in less than 10 min. :) It's just good CRM, using all available resources.
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    House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67

    4 of the 9 NMB Mediators have ALPA volunteer experience not unlike yours. There is a direct pipeline from senior committee work/paid volunteerism to consulting and government jobs post mandatory retirement. The regular rank and file pilots also don't have that option. I still don't know why I...
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    House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67

    Unfortunately, not everyone has the option of going right from flying the line to a schoolhouse gig to keep the income coming in. That being said, a schoolhouse retirement gig sounds like the best thing ever to me.
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    House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67

    I agree... and let us all remember who put forth the regulations (law?) that union dues cannot be used for political purposes. Of course there is ZERO stipulation on corporate lobby/PAC money being spent to forward "management's" agenda.
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    House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67

    I can think of at least one AME (formerly MCO if i recall) that would have rubber stampped him right through: "Not an ounce of Fat on that guy..." :)
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    House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67

    So, here's the 2nd half of this, and where I'm leaning contrary to the masses: Our generation... the 'lost decade' generation. Do we potentially benefit from this rule change. 1st... letting folks come back. Heck no. It's a tortious interference of our contract. (and every working agreement as...
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    House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67

    One set of proposed text says just that, the other one doesn't. People more well versed in legislative affairs can speak to the reconciliation process if the resolutions pass. There is currently an ALPA-sponsored drive to ask your elected reps to vote against any raising of the minimum...
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