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BigZ said:
Something like that
To be fair, upgrade (even on the shiny) did touch 1.75 yrs for my DOH and people hired about a year and a half before me were looking at sub 5 yr flow. Covid fixed all that.
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So Ric Wilson was right, after all.

I've got a story about that for over a beer, not on the internet.
 
roundout said:
So Ric Wilson was right, after all.

I've got a story about that for over a beer, not on the internet.
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Wasn't, but could have been if it wasn't for a "small blip in the human history"(c)RW
When I came over the company was advertising 5.5, union was saying 7.5, recruiters were saying (5.5 + 7.5) / 2 is probably a good bet.
 
The person who the EagleLounge Bureau of Investigation believe to have identified as @Dacuj is a big meathead simpleton who earned the moniker "Mongo" when he worked the phones in the CPO over a decade ago. See posts by @bLizZuE elsewhere on this site and it would seem obvious why this guy is constantly seeking out special assignments so as to not have to fly.

At this point, I think the whole @Dacuj persona is a twisted troll job, but sometimes when he posts I really do wonder, because we all know that truth is stranger than fiction.
 
poser765 said:
You know, I'm not positive enough to be certain, but I am pretty sure they still have 145s with that paint job when the 175s started coming online.
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I believe it was just a few months ago they still had some 140s flying in the older livery.

I wouldn't look too much into this being called a heritage livery. I believe that's just what AA calls all of their "retro" paint jobs, including the previous AA and Airways livery which wasn't that long ago either.
 
CFIscare said:
I believe it was just a few months ago they still had some 140s flying in the older livery.

I wouldn't look too much into this being called a heritage livery. I believe that's just what AA calls all of their "retro" paint jobs, including the previous AA and Airways livery which wasn't that long ago either.
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Remember all those years ago, when times were simpler and

- bankruptcy
- sacrificial class of furloughs (@Autothrust Blue )
- the sweet fleet plan concessionary contract
- airline shrunk in half
- base closures
- name change
- VOTED NO TWICE
- voted in concessions a second time
- 12 hour 4 day trips

I look back fondly, though.
 
roundout said:
Remember all those years ago, when times were simpler and

- bankruptcy
- sacrificial class of furloughs (@Autothrust Blue )
- the sweet fleet plan concessionary contract
- airline shrunk in half
- base closures
- name change
- VOTED NO TWICE
- voted in concessions a second time
- 12 hour 4 day trips

I look back fondly, though.
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As do I.

Although my positive memories are somehow being ruined by dacuj and his weird obsession with his "cadets".
 
CFIscare said:
As do I.

Although my positive memories are somehow being ruined by dacuj and his weird obsession with his "cadets".
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Balance in the universe.
On talkairline there's a dude with a weekly "the end is near" posts. It was amusing to watch when the two of them would lock in an eternal battle.
 
roundout said:
The person who the EagleLounge Bureau of Investigation believe to have identified as @Dacuj is a big meathead simpleton who earned the moniker "Mongo" when he worked the phones in the CPO over a decade ago. See posts by @bLizZuE elsewhere on this site and it would seem obvious why this guy is constantly seeking out special assignments so as to not have to fly.

At this point, I think the whole @Dacuj persona is a twisted troll job, but sometimes when he posts I really do wonder, because we all know that truth is stranger than fiction.
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Ahh ok. I met Chris W back in the day when he was at Careflite. Apt description.
 
roundout said:
Remember all those years ago, when times were simpler and

- bankruptcy
- sacrificial class of furloughs (@Autothrust Blue )
- the sweet fleet plan concessionary contract
- airline shrunk in half
- base closures
- name change
- VOTED NO TWICE
- voted in concessions a second time
- 12 hour 4 day trips

I look back fondly, though.
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A friend of mine lost their lunch in the SJU crew room when the furlough letters came out. Fond memories, indeed. I think my class was the most junior left when that happened…yeah. “You are entering a world of pain.”

Glad I left.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
A friend of mine lost their lunch in the SJU crew room when the furlough letters came out. Fond memories, indeed. I think my class was the most junior left when that happened…yeah. “You are entering a world of pain.”

Glad I left.
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"This isn't really a career, more like a gambling addiction"(c) some dude on APC

It's actually pretty fascinating how the stuff works out. In retrospect, there were times that I now wish I enjoyed more by just being in the moment instead of contemplating how it's going to affect the future.
 
BigZ said:
"This isn't really a career, more like a gambling addiction"(c) some dude on APC

It's actually pretty fascinating how the stuff works out. In retrospect, there were times that I now wish I enjoyed more by just being in the moment instead of contemplating how it's going to affect the future.
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Sure, but seeing people you really like on the chopping block isn’t a good first taste either.
 
BigZ said:
In retrospect, there were times that I now wish I enjoyed more by just being in the moment instead of contemplating how it's going to affect the future.
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This is true. I wasted like 3 years of my early 30s stressing about crap I read on EagleLounge. But I learned to let things ride, eventually, which helped immensely when section 6 at my current company wasn't going well.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Sure, but seeing people you really like on the chopping block isn’t a good first taste either.
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Oh for sure.
OFC reserve list got snapped by Thanos at 1 year in when the sign on bonus payback became 50% prorated. Guys were getting tired of rotting away at crash pads for 5 days at a time not flying. This last furlough wasn't called for and sucked for everyone. Guys that I flew with when I got here all got furloughed at the mainline. And yet, I just grabbed a dinner at La Carreta, cafe con leche from Bacardi and off to enjoy the rest of my vampire schedule 4day.
 
BigZ said:
Oh for sure.
OFC reserve list got snapped by Thanos at 1 year in when the sign on bonus payback became 50% prorated. Guys were getting tired of rotting away at crash pads for 5 days at a time not flying. This last furlough wasn't called for and sucked for everyone. Guys that I flew with when I got here all got furloughed at the mainline. And yet, I just grabbed a dinner at La Carreta, cafe con leche from Bacardi and off to enjoy the rest of my vampire schedule 4day.
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Forget la Carrera. Ku Va is better and far less expensive.

Source: spend a LOT of time in Miami
 
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