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  1. GhettoBeechjet

    The Costa Citationair

    Fresh Air has a point but I disagree with him slightly. Uncle Kenn wasn't that bad to work for. He is very anti union and paternalistic but in general his defense to union drives was to keep the pay and working conditions good enough to keep the union off the doorstep. That being said when...
  2. GhettoBeechjet

    Southwest breaks ground

    Ron the answer given to that by Sr. Mgt. was that it is taking that long to modify it to be compatible and interface with WNs back office software. The good news is this project I being done by real professional outside contractors instead of WN IT so it may actually work and be on time.
  3. GhettoBeechjet

    SWA to hire 200

    And I'll be the first to say I was wrong....so far. To be continued
  4. GhettoBeechjet

    Southwest Wannabe...

    I won't take your bet because I think a furlough is more probable than hiring but not a certainty. If we end up 300 pilots overstaffed we probably won't furlough. If we end up 600 pilots overstaffed we probably will. I imagine they will use this as leverage either during sec 6 or to try and get...
  5. GhettoBeechjet

    Southwest Wannabe...

    Flat answer to the question NO. Block hours will be reduced as the fleet shrinks to 650ish airplanes with no change in ASM capacity and the schedule is aggressively optimized. Much higher odds of a furlough than hiring.
  7. GhettoBeechjet

    DOJ Contact Information for AA/US

    I wrote and told him that I want a "public option" in air travel. He responded that he understood and agreed and that blocking this merger was all part of a larger plan to accomplish just that.
  8. GhettoBeechjet

    UPS crash in BHM

    Not a good start to the morning. The crew didn't survive. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/14/ups-cargo-plane-crashes-near-alabama-airport/
  9. GhettoBeechjet

    Who is buying Frontier???

    http://www.thestreet.com/story/11993934/1/the-deal-indigo-to-sell-out-of-spirit-air-as-it-plans-bid-for-frontier.html?puc=msn&cm_ven=msn Wall Street Journal says Indigo
  10. GhettoBeechjet

    SWA MCO Crewroom

    I would sooner bet on the next maneuver of a Roomba than I would the next move of SWA management. Like the Roomba just when you think you know what its going to do next it does something different and it usually works unless the dog has crapped in the floor that is...
  11. GhettoBeechjet

    SWA MCO Crewroom

    Rant on....This whole process has SUCKED for pretty much everyone involved from day one. Not one person on either side of the partition has benefited to date with the possible exception of a few FAT F/O s who lived or wanted to live in a SWA domicile and have gotten big raises and are driving to...
  13. GhettoBeechjet

    SWA MCO Crewroom

    I checked and a few of the tags in the MDW are yellow as well and none that I can see belong to FAT guys. I'm sure we will change the mailboxes to a method that makes the FAT pilots happy. BASS Because AirTran (or ALPA) Says So.
  14. GhettoBeechjet

    Age limit will increase to 67 by years end.

    First this whole discussion is about a change in Federal Law and ICAO standard not a union issue. Second in my world it isn't about only protecting my own interests but what is best for the for the group and profession as a whole. For example I was flying with a Sr. Captain and discussing why...
  15. GhettoBeechjet

    Age limit will increase to 67 by years end.

    Because you aren't a Baby Boomer and they are, which just makes them better than, more worthy, deserving, and just than the rest of us. They are entitled to benefit from the rules and then change the rules those rules no longer benefit them. If you don't agree with them they then call you a...
  16. GhettoBeechjet

    Age limit will increase to 67 by years end.

    So the lesson in this for those of us not near the top of our mainline careers is that we don't want to be the guys who climb on board the ship and pull the ladder up behind us. If we want to leave this profession better than we found it we need to undo some of the crap that has been done...
  17. GhettoBeechjet

    Age limit will increase to 67 by years end.

    Now to the point of can a 70 year old be capable of flying as a Captain. Answer is some yes and some no. The problem really is that the U.S. airman medical system is very weak and isn't really set up to detect these issues in the first place. A lot of us, myself included wouldn't be able to pass...
  19. GhettoBeechjet

    Age limit will increase to 67 by years end.

    This will happen for the following reasons. 1. Pilot shortage in EU 2. Mainline CEOs in the U.S. realize that keeping guys on longer costs less because: a. moving a guy off the top creates a huge number training events. b. It preserves the guys working in the sweatshop "regional partner"...
  20. GhettoBeechjet

    SWA Hiring...

    Atlanta was supposed to cause "explosive growth" as well. So far the only thing "explosive" in Atlanta is rumored to be caused by the Varsity.
  21. GhettoBeechjet

    SWA Hiring...

    That might just free up enough capacity to do it. It would be real nice if this turns out to be true. I would like nothing more than to be wrong and I'll start a "Ghetto was wrong" thread if I turn out to be. They maybe could continue to use the AAI 737 sims which would add in as well.
  22. GhettoBeechjet

    SWA Hiring...

    I hope it's true. In fact I want it to be true and I want to be wrong with all my past predictions. I'm on this ship as well and real new hire pilots at the bottom of the list are good for everybody. That being said there is enough training center capacity to transition the remaining AAI pilots...
  23. GhettoBeechjet

    SWA Hiring...

    And where prey tell would the training capacity come for this? With the transitions going on this doesn't make sense to me.
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