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    What do we REALLY make???

    All the hourly pay and name calling debates aside, how did your hourly rates really shake out over the last year? As we know, $34 vs. $37 (or whatever) bucks an hour only tells part of the story. At the risk of being called tacky, I'll share my year for perspectives sake....... Second year at...
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    America West, US Airways @ Airbus

    Airbus Loan Possible for Two Carriers · America West and US Airways, now in merger talks, are said to be near a $250-million financing deal with the European aircraft maker. From Associated Press NEW YORK — As they discuss a possible merger, US Airways and America West are near a deal for a...
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    Nice job W. U.S Airlines under tax cloud

    U.S. airlines under a tax cloud This editorial appeared in Thursday's Los Angeles Times: A $1.5-billion airline tax hike in President Bush's proposed budget is supposed to fund tougher security measures to protect passengers, flight crews and those on the ground from terrorists. But it could...
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    ASA pickets SLC debut

    FROM THE SLC TRIB Monday's debut of Atlantic Southeast Airlines flights out of Salt Lake City International Airport was marred by a picket line of frustrated pilots. A dozen ASA pilots from bases around the country marched in front of the Delta Air Lines terminal protesting the company's...
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    CNN: Pilots accused of being drunk indicted

    Interesting........ http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/08/indicted.pilots/index.html
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    CNN: Who was the pilot who spotted Bush

    Who was the pilot who spotted secret Bush flight? Monday, December 1, 2003 Posted: 4:11 PM EST (2111 GMT) CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) -- One of the most suspenseful moments during President George W. Bush's secret flight to Baghdad, according to the White House, came when a British Airways pilot...
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    Teen's phony airline

    College student accused of creating fake airline Friday, June 13, 2003 Posted: 1:33 AM EDT (0533 GMT) The Web site offered fares as low as $89 one way between California and Hawaii. BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- A college freshman created a fake airline that offered bargain-priced...
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    sad day at our airport....

    JUSTIN HILL The Daily Herald on Friday, April 18 PROVO -- A student pilot and two instructors were killed during a training flight Thursday evening when their twin-engine plane crashed within a mile of a runway at the Provo Municipal Airport. The three victims, all from Utah County, were...
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    Need some help on a paper...

    I am writing my senior thesis for an economics class on the Asia/Pacific airline industry. As part of my paper, I wanted to compare the operating costs between US based Airlines and some South East Asian airlines (Thai, Singapore, China, etc). I want to compare fuel costs, labor, insurance...
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    CNN: American to lay off 2,500 pilots

    American Airlines to lay off 2,500 pilots Wednesday, April 2, 2003 Posted: 4:11 AM EST (0911 GMT) FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- American Airlines will lay off 2,500 pilots over the next year as it cuts costs in hopes of staving off bankruptcy, union officials said Tuesday. About 21 percent of...
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    Airline may get aid..but no pay for EX's

    Committees add airline aid to war spending bill By Kathy Kiely USA TODAY WASHINGTON -- Two key congressional committees tacked more than $3 billion in aid for the airline industry onto an emergency war spending bill Tuesday. But to get the assistance, airline executives would have to freeze...
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    Missing Cherokee Six found...2 survivors

    Missing plane found with some survivors Monday, March 3, 2003 Posted: 4:56 PM EST (2156 GMT) MONTEREY, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A small plane missing since Sunday night with seven family members aboard was found Monday near Beartown State Forest, state police said. At least two survivors were...
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    Flight path over 'Simpson' home

    I just read this on the internet, it is the discription for next weeks (March 9th) 'Simpsons' episode....sounds kind of funny.... What starts out as a complaint that Springfield Airport's flight path goes right over the Simpson house ends with Krusty being elected to the U.S. Congress...but...
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    CFI's..what kind of records do you keep?

    I was just wondering what each of you do for record keeping of students that you have been working with. I teach with a 141 school and we document everything so, that is pretty easy. But I have recently been teaching two guys with their own planes (part 61 obv.) and was wondering about the...
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    Psychological tests and no holsters....

    WASHINGTON -- Commercial airline pilots won't be able to use holsters to carry guns into the cockpit under the final plan for arming pilots announced Tuesday by the Transportation Security Administration. The TSA will require weapons to be transported to and from planes in locked cases that...
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    two quick questions....

    I am fairly new to the concept of Airline Unions and labor and I have a couple of questions about it. I am a firm believer in unions and there importance in the airline industry. I am currently studying labor/transportation economics and was wondering about the relevence of two questions of...
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    What would war do to the airlines??

    I just read this in Time magazine....wondering what you all thought about it..... "Would a war in Iraq deal a crippling blow to America's already limping airline industry? According to a new study commissioned by a major airline and obtained by TIME, half of America's large airlines could be...
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    Naked Flight....another idea for the 121

    Naked Flight.... I had to post this article after reading it.... MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Those who like to bare it all on the beach can get a head start stripping in the air. A travel agency that specializes in clothing-optional vacations has chartered a 172-seat Boeing 727 for a flight...
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    airtanker crash

    Why Was Tanker That Crashed Still in the Air? A series of images taken from a video aired on television shows a C-130A aircraft losing its wings and crashing while battling a wildfire near Walker, Calif., in June, killing the three crew members. It was the latest in a string of crashes...
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    Plane burst into flame after hitting elk

    WARRENTON, Ore. -- A small jet burst into flames Tuesday morning after slamming into an elk just before takeoff. The Lear 36 jet, on loan to the Canadian military, was traveling about 120 mph on the runway at the Astoria Regional Airport when it collided with the animal. The elk hit the...
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