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Air France 447, automation and the pilot
You said that they didn't deviate. They did deviate. Maybe not to the extent required to avoid all the weather, but it isn't fair to them to state that they did not deviate. As far as the weather pics on the site you linked to, they seem to be using the same images that the BEA used, and the... -
Air France 447, automation and the pilot
I don't know how to post a picture from the BEA report, but the interim report dated 27 May 2011 shows their flight path. They began a left deviation of about 10 degrees 80 or Kilometres before the upset. -
Air France 447, automation and the pilot
This is true and it's about the only item I've seen in this entire thread that is factual. I highly suggest that everyone download the official reports from the French BEA website and read all of those reports. http://www.bea.aero/en/enquetes/flight.af.447/flight.af.447.php would be your... -
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JetBlue and ALPA
Just be sure you vote in true leaders vs "self agrandizers". Your long term union satisfaction hinges on the quality of your reps, not on ALPA vs whoever. Good reps = satisfied pilots Bad reps = pilots wishing they were still non union. -
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Is the Southwest pay/contract sustainable at current market?
Try reading what I wrote instead of what you think I wrote. I said that SWA mgt will try hard to bring their costs in line. Whether they succeed, or fail, is up to SWAPA and their members. Did you notice I'm with a group that handed in our jobs and careers to improve our collective position? -
Spirit Airlines 'Romney Wins' Email Sparks Anger on Twitter
Sad, but true. Spirit competes solely on price. The business plan is to have the lowest costs in order to sell seats the cheapest, and publicity costs money. Twitter being alive with Spirit mentions fits exactly into Spirit's marketing plan. Those marketing pros Johnso called out probably got... -
Is the Southwest pay/contract sustainable at current market?
Ignoring this,, Justified? Heck Yeah. Every airline pilots' decent wages are justified. Sustainable? I hope so, but seriously doubt it. At Spirit, we've doubled Captains pay (hourly rates) in the last ten years. Even going to the extent of a strike two years ago,......and we're still making... -
Virgin question for Spirit pilots
Wall street doesn't like unions. Meaning that big money doesn't like unions. Meaning that your investors don't like unions. Meaning that Virgin will fight you tooth and nail no matter when you start the drive. Our MEC choose to ignore the IPO and negotiate the contract they wanted, period. None... -
Howard Pardue RIP
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/07/3867870/avid-pilot-howard-pardue-dies.html Howard Pardue RIP -
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Spirit qol
Quality of life is OK. Quality of Work - not so OK. QOL is ruled by our guarantee of four days off between blocks of work. QOW is ruined by: our lack of work rules (hours of service) to protect circadian rhythm disruption, a twenty four hour per day operation that runs with no pad - such as... -
Jetblue or spirit
Only if your only criteria for pay equality is hourly rates. I made just over $160 in 2011 and my old friend over at SWA made just over $320. That's a long way from "they pay like the majors" On the other hand, I'm not beotchin about pay. Haven't missed a paycheck in thirteen years. regards -
Bill to remove the TSA "Officer" Badges
ALPA will support them because ALPA supports big labor. Big Labor = Government employees - SEIU. -
Spirit Airlines takes a jab at American Airlines
That "stupid anti-competitive protective law" wasn't for AA, it was for the FTW half of DFW and continued for the political class that feeds off of DFW. Sen. Hutchison comes to mind. DFW would love to cater to SWA, as soon as SWA abandons DAL. -
SWAPA Info packet FEDEXed to all AirTran Pilots
I have no dog in this fight, and I don't have any comment on fair SLI's. But I have to say to my SWA friends, you guys bought a carrier with an RLA/NMB recognized, organized pilot group. The FedGov dictates the process, not the individual pilots of either carrier. Be nice to the AAI pilots, they... -
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Spirit Airlines gets bigger in Las Vegas
The latest rumor is a satellite base in LAS. Who knows what that means. Most likely, it will be the same as a real base but you won't have contractual protections in the areas of vacation, travel to training, conflict bidding, etc. Considering the sheite storm that happened last time a base was... -
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Spirit question
I just received a request to stop denigrating my employer. To be perfectly clear. My posts are intended to help some of you prospective Spirit pilots properly manage your expectations. Spirit is a better employer than some, and a worse employer than some. My comments are only to show that... -
Spirit question
Whatever buddy. Whatever you say. If any body else is reading, Spirit has a long history of promising growth. Most of those promises were empty. For those who read without wearing rose colored glasses, please don't come to NK expecting massive growth. Come here because you would be happy with... -
Spirit question
The comments being made by hopefuls like jocolo are not being made regarding a chance to escape a piece of **************airline. The comments are being made about Spirit receiving aircraft deliveries. I speculated about the reason he is hopeful and maybe I was wrong to do so, but my comments... -