So it looks like crewpass may be comming very soon. I say we go ahead and write our reps at least once a week until we get crewpass.
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http://www.contactingthecongress.org/
Now we can't forget the passengers. Enough passengers...
Title pretty much sums it up. Management always says that they will close up shop if a strike happens. I'm just wondering if a strike has ever actually lead to a company shutting down.
I have a buddy that is a dispatcher and he said that he has been looking at Fairwind in FL. I have no idea what city they are in because I forgot to ask. Anyways he asked me if I had ever heard of them...and I have not. So does anyone know anything about these guys? I told him I would ask...
Well its that time of year again. Tired looking around but not sure if I found the right rate. Does anyone know what the standard/average rate is this year for the CONUS rate? I think it was 54 last year, but cant find 2009.
New program means that everyone has to fax forms to the travel office by Dec 14th. If you miss the deadline you will not have any travel bennies on United for all of 2010. Details and forms are on tsaops.
Just saw on the local news that 3 Metrorail stations will be closed for all 3 days of the labor day weekend for track mx. One of the affected stations is the station at the DCA airport. Metro said that they will have shuttle service to connect up to open stations but to add up to 45 mins for...
It seems like lately there have been more frequent instances of other controllers coming in and correcting instructions issued by the controller just seconds ago. Are these guys in training and then trainer is taking over....or is there someone watching over each controller...or even a handful...
Just wondering if anyone on here uses turbotax to do your taxes. I've heard that the "one up from the bottom" costs about 30 bucks and has a section for transportation workers that is pretty good. I usually go to Jackson Hewitt or H & R Block, but they usually charge 200-300 bucks. If any of...
I was wondering if you have to itemize you tax return in order to throw you per diem onto the tax refund. I didn't really have enough write offs this year to be close the the $5000 standard deduction, but I know per diem always adds atleast a few hundred bucks to the return and want to be able...
My CFI expires May 2009. I know that I can renew my CFI either 2 or 3 months early and keep May as my expiration month. Just wondering which one it is 2 or 3 months. I'm a regional capt and the FSDO will renew mine based on the fact that I'm a capt and I was hoping to get it renewed while I...
I was commuting in on an Airbus tonight and the pax next to me asked me what a sound was. I told them I had no idea what it was since I have no idea what it is. Anyways I hear it on the Airbus pretty often seems to happen right before or during push and then again pulling into or right after...
The "mooning pilots" made it onto the first few minutes of Inside Edition the other day and at the end of the report they mentioned that the two might have been drinking inside of TSA's 12 hour rule. My question is if they were found to be drinking within 12 hours, but outside of 8 hours can...
So it looks like the family and I will be moving to the Nashville area within the next few months or so. I told a buddy of mine about the move and he mentioned a company called Nashville Jets said they have Lears and Gulfstreams. He said he didn't really know anything about them, except that...
Was flying all day today and every time I wrote down Aug 26th I thought about Scott and Steve (Colgan crash in HYA Aug 26th 2003) for those of you guys who don't know what I'm talking about. Even though its been 5 years I still remember it like it was yesterday, I can see HPN ops where they...
I noticed that one of the airports back in my old practice area where I grew up has changed its ID. Was wondering how long ago that happend so the question here is does anyone here on FI know a way to find out when an airport offically changed its ID?
I was flying with a new FO and somehow we got to talking about Republic having a policy were their pilots are not allowed to hand fly the plane and that all they do is takeoff get it to 500ft then turn the autopilot on and then they have to autoland. He also said he heard that a lot of Republic...
Heres the deal Im an ATP and already have a type rating in a BA 4100 with no limits. My company is getting ready to get rid of circling appraoches in our ops specs...in theory this should be done by the time I end up going thru upgrade on the EMB 145. With that said when I get my EMB type I am...
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