The Inevitable Thanksgiving Meltdown

[ASpilot2be]

*cough* TACO *cough*

It's still capable of carrying truck nutz. It's a truck.

 

[killbilly]

It's still capable of carrying truck nutz. It's a truck.

My GTI can do that.

Does that make them Golf Balls?

(er....I'll get my coat....)

 

[Malko]

OK! I’ll add!

But the criteria is anything from crazy fight video (you know Spirit would rule this) to being marooned for days at a hub because (airline) had an IT meltdown. It’s the annual US Airline Open!

all we need is a huge snowmageddon in Minnie and Delta could jump to the top of the list.

 

[Malko]

*cough* TACO *cough*

don’t be hatin on the Taco. love my 2020.

 

[Avalon781ML]

all we need is a huge snowmageddon in Minnie and Delta could jump to the top of the list.

Light snow and temps below 30F in SDF or MEM will kill cyber Friday deliveries…

 

[jynxyjoe]

We need an over under for each airline cancellations, and the ability to parlay.

 

[Cory Trevor]

I was deadheading on American last night in the middle seat and the lady next to me refused to wear a mask. Ended up yelling that the FA was an Fing B and that she should just do her job. Ironically just prior to that they had been dealing with a medical emergency and were doing their job really well, so not sure what she meant.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

Flight attendants enforcing mask rules is one of the dumbest things to come out of this pandemic. Rather than being mad at angry passengers, be mad at the idiots in government who imposed a mask mandate even after vaccines.

 

[Cory Trevor]

Flight attendants enforcing mask rules is one of the dumbest things to come out of this pandemic. Rather than being mad at angry passengers, be mad at the idiots in government who imposed a mask mandate even after vaccines.

Sure, I mean my opinion is that it should be over with too. But that isn’t up to me or the flight attendants and I think it’s incredibly selfish to put the onus on the flight attendants by not following a rule that is in fact a rule

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

Sure, I mean my opinion is that it should be over with too. But that isn’t up to me or the flight attendants and I think it’s incredibly selfish to put the onus on the flight attendants by not following a rule that is in fact a rule

People ignore rules all the time. How many flight attendants actually enforce the seat belt sign rule once above 10? Basically none. I expect common sense, not just blind enforcement of bad rules.

 

[Baronman]

People ignore rules all the time. How many flight attendants actually enforce the seat belt sign rule once above 10? Basically none. I expect common sense, not just blind enforcement of bad rules.

When enough people ignore it, it ceases being a rule. We still allow it ( at this point).

 

[mrivc211]

ONE PING ONLY!

ONE PING

 

[jynxyjoe]

They enforce it because they are trained to, because 10 out of 15 slides on their recurrent whatever demanded they get those masks on straight because "blah-blah-blah".

Still waiting for my aircraft super spreader event report. My only proven brush with covid was outside the airplane after the vax. Still trying to figure out why we're doing this dance.

 

[tcco94]

Guys at my shop complain about being fatigued but will literally wake up in the middle of the night to answer a phone call, drive to he airport half asleep to go fly a green slip.

I know!

I know someone who was driving to the airport with his family, got called for a GS, dropped his family off as they flew to Europe. Flew his GS, then joined them for the end of the trip for a couple days.

Then complained to me about how he only had 4 the month prior. Felt kinda sad for the man to be honest

 

[tcco94]

Premium pay trip. All the slip talk is from a bygone era where scheduling changes were done on paper.

Getting trolled by the Grinch man.... Come on

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

I know someone who was driving to the airport with his family, got called for a GS, dropped his family off as they flew to Europe. Flew his GS, then joined them for the end of the trip for a couple days.

Then complained to me about how he only had 4 the month prior. Felt kinda sad for the man to be honest

I don't think there's ever been a pilot on his death bed who said, "damn, I shoulda worked even more."

That Europe trip could have been a lifetime of memories.

 

[derg]

I know someone who was driving to the airport with his family, got called for a GS, dropped his family off as they flew to Europe. Flew his GS, then joined them for the end of the trip for a couple days.

Then complained to me about how he only had 4 the month prior. Felt kinda sad for the man to be honest

I know a guy whose FO was out on one when he and his wife were due to have their first baby. She went into labor, the captain told him to hop on the next flight back home and he’d handle the rest of the arrangements, he completed the trip and completely missed childbirth.

The captain is on a trip three days later and low and behold, who does he run into in Memphis on another green slip?

”I thought your wife gave birth this week, false alarm?”

”Nope! 8 lbs 12 ounces…” (or something like that)

Lets just say there’s going to probably be a couple attorneys earning some sweet sweet billable hours one day.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Is it called green slips because they be slipping and trippin on some greens…

 

[Jimmy_Norton]

I know a guy whose FO was out on one when he and his wife were due to have their first baby. She went into labor, the captain told him to hop on the next flight back home and he’d handle the rest of the arrangements, he completed the trip and completely missed childbirth.

The captain is on a trip three days later and low and behold, who does he run into in Memphis on another green slip?

”I thought your wife gave birth this week, false alarm?”

”Nope! 8 lbs 12 ounces…” (or something like that)

Lets just say there’s going to probably be a couple attorneys earning some sweet sweet billable hours one day.

And the divorce is not going to be any fault of his, it was that evil good for nothing woman.....

 

[jynxyjoe]

My dad worked 80 a week, ended up owning the business, worked more, traveled constantly, and still married. Mom worked too for a long long time.

Some people, some families, value work. They value a person building something for the family. Clearly- no exaggerating- the last voluntary retirement this company had showed that pilots worked their asses off and could retire early (average age got brought down to 61 after all the 50yr olds checked out).

I love my life, but if I wasn't a single dad I'd work more. I Love the job, hate the industry.