A note from Comair Management

[Well-hung Start]

Hi.....I'm a Comair management personnel.

Hey, guys, cut us a bit of slack, we're only human! I can explain...

A few unforseeable things led to this slight service disruption:

1) Winter snuck up on us in late December.

2) 10 pilots called in sick on Christmas. Statistically, only 7.3 should have been sick. This was an illegal job action.

3) The TRS-80 computers (both of them) got coffee spilt through the grilles when our schedulers (both of them) drank coffee on the job. The backup floppies were being used as coasters, so were unavailable to the programmers. The crews were clogging up the phone lines so the modems couldn't get a dial tone.

4) We found a copy of the vintage 1987 "Basic Crew Scheduler 1.1" for sale on eBay. But since FedEx charges extra for Saturday delivery, the earliest we could have it by is Monday.

5) The deicing fluid got used up when crews called for deicing when there was only a little snow on parts of the wings. The planes were designed with powerful-enough engines to handle this extra weight.

6) Our bonuses will be cut alot (like 10%) because of this, so we are unfairly being blamed for everone else's misteaks.

 

[doh]

Aww, is Randy going to have to drive the same escalade 2 years in a row!?! That's terrible!

 

[2000flyer]

Hi.....I'm a Comair management personnel.

Hey, guys, cut us a bit of slack, we're only human! I can explain...

A few unforseeable things led to this slight service disruption:

1) Winter snuck up on us in late December.

2) 10 pilots called in sick on Christmas. Statistically, only 7.3 should have been sick. This was an illegal job action.

3) The TRS-80 computers (both of them) got coffee spilt through the grilles when our schedulers (both of them) drank coffee on the job. The backup floppies were being used as coasters, so were unavailable to the programmers. The crews were clogging up the phone lines so the modems couldn't get a dial tone.

4) We found a copy of the vintage 1987 "Basic Crew Scheduler 1.1" for sale on eBay. But since FedEx charges extra for Saturday delivery, the earliest we could have it by is Monday.

5) The deicing fluid got used up when crews called for deicing when there was only a little snow on parts of the wings. The planes were designed with powerful-enough engines to handle this extra weight.

6) Our bonuses will be cut alot (like 10%) because of this, so we are unfairly being blamed for everone else's misteaks.

*sniff...sniff* This smells fishy!

 

[Dan CFI/CFII]

"*sniff...sniff* This smells fishy!"

No, it sounds funny. Hilarious. Unless it's real, in which case it's only funnier.

Dan

 

[chperplt]

I like a good poke of fun from time to time. I could care less that I work for Comair and they messed up big time.. But that wasn't very funny.

Ty Web is the king of comedy. I would like to see his rendition. The above sucked.

 

[shamrock]

Wow, bad day chper?

 

[chperplt]

Shamrock..

Bad day.. Hell no!! I'm having a great day. Still enjoying the Red Sox win and bought a new car today.. What could be better!!

You got to admit, he could have done a much better job at humor.

 

[rnobson]

TRS -80 didn't that go obsolete bout 1985??? and snow on the wings is only weight????

 

[chperplt]

I loved the TRS-80.. Turn it on and go take a crap. Come back and you only have to wait a few minutes for it to be up and running.

Yes, snow on the wings is only weight. But it's weight that generally falls off as you get close to Vr.

 

[shamrock]

Shamrock..

Bad day.. Hell no!! I'm having a great day. Still enjoying the Red Sox win and bought a new car today.. What could be better!!

You got to admit, he could have done a much better job at humor.

I don't know, I thought it was kind of funny, but then again I'm 34 and toilet humor still cracks me up, so obviously my standards aren't very high.

Yeah, I'm still enjoying the Sox win as well. Worked out well for my family this year since they had to put virtually no though into my Christmas gifts. Red Sox blanket, Red Sox tree ornament, 2 Red Sox DVDs, a Red Sox book....well, you get the idea.

 

[chperplt]

I don't know, I thought it was kind of funny, but then again I'm 34 and toilet humor still cracks me up, so obviously my standards aren't very high

Dude

I'm 32 and I dig bathroom humor. Best humor around!!

 

[hobbsmeter]

Hey Chperplt,

Tell us about your new set of wheels.

Oh, nevermind. Found it right here...

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=45237

 

[Hovernut]

TRS -80 didn't that go obsolete bout 1985??? and snow on the wings is only weight????

DAAAM! They've upgraded since I took my new-hire tour of the 'fishbowl.' I seem to recall some of those dandy CBM Commodore PETs at the helm!

 

[labbats]

The post is a joke. Man, some of you guys are dense!

 

[OPECJet]

A friend of mine over there has dubbed the event "Comair2K". Sounds like a good description to me.

 

[Guitar Guy]

Don't worry - Norm Minetta announced that he's establishing an investigation into Comair's woes. Remember, the FAA and DOT are here to "help" the aviation industry...

 

[Hovernut]

The post is a joke. Man, some of you guys are dense!

You mean those really weren't TRS-80s over there? C'mon!

 

[labbats]

 

[I.P. Freley]

I like a good poke of fun from time to time. I could care less that I work for Comair and they messed up big time...

Hmmmm... For some reason I thought you went to ExpressJet.

Thus the mention of "our favorite EJ FO" on the Crossfire thread. Sorry, dude.