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  1. Weasil

    CrewPASS!

    Top News TSA and ALPA Announce Enhanced Security Initiative for Airline Crews Fri, 07 Aug '09 Biometrics Will Be Used To Identify Airline Crews TSA announced Wednesday it has set the standards for the CrewPASS program, paving the way for nationwide expansion. CrewPASS is an initiative that...
  2. Weasil

    Bose QC2 w/ Ufly Mic - earbuds now required by FAA

    Looks like you have to now buy earbuds from Uflymic if you want to keep using this headset. Does anyone know if you can use the earbuds and the mic without the Qc2 headset or do you have to basically have two headsets on now to use this thing? [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
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    Mesa crew left man onboard

    Check this out, a mesa crew left a man who was sleeping on the plane and locked up...
  4. Weasil

    Closing the door on time

    On our company message board some flight attendants are saying that the main cabin door must remain open until all the passengers are seated with their seat belts on and all the overhead bins are closed. They say it is an FAR. Does anybody on here know if this is correct and can they point to...
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    Same day passports?

    Hi, I have to get a passport. The state department website says that you can get them on the same day if you are travelling within two weeks and make an appointment to go to the passport processing center in your city (in my case Chicago). Anybody on here had any luck doing this? Does it...
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    ORD Deicing Procedures - UAL vs Gateway

    So we're sitting at ORD this morning waiting to de-ice and over hear an argument between a "Gateway" flight and United de-icing dispatch. It's -2 celsius outside and actively snowing. The gojets crew asks for Type 4 only, no Type 1 de-ice, and are immediately told by UAL that this is not...
  7. Weasil

    Skywest Atlanta Base - coming soon.

    Just announced this morning. It will be a small reserve domicile with only 6 pilots/5 flight attendants. I guess the rumors were true this time.
  8. Weasil

    Plane piece crashes into woman's bedroom

    By Michelle Keller Tribune staff reporter Published January 12, 2007, 8:02 PM CST Living in the shadow of Midway Airport, Archer Heights residents are used to ignoring the roar of planes overhead. But the loud thud that appeared to come from inside Dorothy Gohn's house early Friday woke her...
  9. Weasil

    Scorpions on a Plane?! (Chicago Tribune Story)

    Airline reaches out to passenger stung by scorpion By Emma Graves Fitzsimmons Tribune staff reporter Published January 10, 2007, 7:18 PM CST United Airlines apologized to a man who was stung twice by a scorpion that sneaked into his pant leg aboard a flight that departed from O'Hare...
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    Say bye to your old Pilot Certificate

    Airmen: Say Bye Bye to Paper Certificates Under FAA rulemaking proposed Friday, two years after a final rule becomes effective, paper pilot certificates could no longer be used and five years after the final rule becomes effective, certain other paper airmen certificates, such as those of flight...
  11. Weasil

    Commuting out of Uniform?

    So I was planning on commuting home tomorrow, have been in the sim so don't even have a uniform with me. Have you guys been having problems? Do you have to check all your bags now? Please share your experiences so myself and others know what to look forward to. Thanks.
  12. Weasil

    Skywest ORD schedules

    Couple of questions that a search was unable to answer. Do you fly 200s and 700s when based in ORD? Do the lines have a mixture of both a/c or do you bid for the equipment separately? How many lines/reserve lines are there in ORD? and are many of those lines day trips? Lastly, the packet...
  13. Weasil

    Buffett's Baby Is Taking a Bumpy Ride

    By GERALDINE FABRIKANT -NY TIMES Published: June 25, 2006 CHOWING on salads and sipping San Pellegrino water at the Santa Monica, Calif., airport two weeks ago, a well-heeled group of travelers compared notes on a fleet of spiffy Hawkers, Gulfstreams and Citations that NetJets, which peddles...
  14. Weasil

    To commute or Not

    This was in the NY Times today. I thought it was worth sharing with people who are looking to join the ranks of airline employees who commute. ____________________________________________________________ Extreme Commutes Grow Longer in Air Industry By JEFF BAILEY Published: June 11...
  15. Weasil

    Adjusting V1

    On the CRJ we would get V1 from the speedcards for the given takeoff weight. The runway analysis received from ARINC via ACARS would contain a MAX V1 which would limit the V1 to a lower speed if the runway is contaminated (snow/ice etc...). I'm in training on the EMB145 right now and as far...
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    Rough Summer Is on the Way for Air Travel (NYTIMES)

    CHICAGO, May 20 — Brace yourself for a summer of miserable air travel. Planes are expected to be packed fuller than at anytime since World War II, when the airlines helped transport troops. Fares are rising. Service frills are disappearing. Logjams at airport security checkpoints loom as the...
  17. Weasil

    CRJ200 PFT - 46000 euros!

    http://www.jetlink.lu/download/programs/CRJ-200_FOP.pdf I just came across this on Pprune.org 46K euros for a CRJ type rating and 500 hours in the right seat. Is this what we will be in for if the DOT allows foreign ownership of US Airlines?!
  18. Weasil

    AA sues Google

    Talk of Our Town Airline isn't laughing about training video By JOAN FLEISCHMAN [email protected] Something special in the air: an amusing American Airlines training video in which a Miami-based flight attendant demonstrates his techniques for getting even with passengers who...
  19. Weasil

    Skywest Flight, Fargo - Chicago, you got blogged.

    http://www.theairlinehub.com/personal_travel_stories/ I stumbled across this blog by accident. Thought the crew who flew it might find it entertaining - if they happen to visit flightinfo.com ___________________________________________________________________ "I made it home safely the...
  20. Weasil

    need a hotel at or near LAX?

    Hey west coast folks. I'm connecting through LAX this weekend on the way to New Zealand and am looking for a hotel nearby that offers an airline crew discount. We are travelling with our 2 yr old boy so thought a nice place to go rest up after flying transcon, and before flying...
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