Virgin America cleared to fly!!!

[General Lee]

Well, too bad they had to get rid of Fred GREED. He would have sunk them quickly. He used to run Delta with Leo Mullin, and he loved RJs. Yeah, businessmen love RJs, and their limited space over long periods of time....


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[PositionandHold]

I say you guys blacklist the suckers. Make life miserable for them.

 

[Fly4hire]

I say you guys blacklist the suckers. Make life miserable for them.

I say we start no shiite jump seat wars and get these guys blacklisted at a national level (along with Skybus). See how long they can get employees to work in the SFO Bay area when they actually have to live there on less than $60K/yr.

 

[123]

Gas stations are Goverment regulated and must sell their gas according to the district they are in. That is whey you might see one across the street selling for less than the other guy but they other guy can't match it because of the side of the street his place is on.

What country do you live in???

 

[Bob_Sacamano]

Well, I gotta say I'm "impressed" by their initial cadre. I know one of the the guys from my previous airline (VM). Needless to say, he was an opportunist from the get-go. He tried several coups where he could wrestle the power away from the MEC chairman. (Not that he was a saint either.) But if VA is hiring guys like VM, they're in for a bumpy ride...

 

[~~~^~~~]

and they want to know if you will pay for your type rating....

I answered "yes" just to waste their time and enjoy laughing out loud when they call.

 

[AA717driver]

Anyone know any of these guys?

Yeah. One is a good friend. He's got more experience than you can ever dream of having. He's a good stick and a great guy.

Too bad ALPA F'ed him out of a career. 90% of the people here can't hold a candle to him as an aviator or a person.

VA is a symptom of the problem. ALPA ran and hid. Now, it's every man for himself. TC

 

[ClubORD]

Those pictures look like an Independence Air reunion tour.

 

[calfo]

I notice that the only pilot openings are in Burlingame, California and the headings for "compensation" and "benefits" are suspiciously blank...

 

[Old School 737]

What country do you live in???

It might not be a national thing but where I live ( Eastern Washington) there was a news story on it and they showed the districts and all. So it might be a State or local issue only. Kinda like you can't pump your own gas in Oregon. I'm not saying stations had no freedom on pricing but they had a cap and a bottom price based on districts and the districts were drawn up based on property taxes and incomes, how close to the freeway / highway, etc, among other factors.