Delta hiring freeze?

[vectorvictor]

A husband and wife certainly is a family. Not everyone in this world wants kids, and it's not the inevitability you make it seem.

Glad it works for you, but it isn't for everyone.


I think you may have gotten yourself into the wrong business...

Wz up bud. I agree. I think there should be a waiting period for married folks to have kids. Give you a chance to get to know each other before having to clean puke off of the microwave. I suggest using other people's children as test subjects for short periods of time.

VV

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Having kids is no different than raising a dog that slowly learns to talk.

 

[WSurf]

Having kids is no different than raising a dog that slowly learns to talk.

LOL Too Funny

 

[General Lee]

General you only have a wife with no kids. You will see soon son that a overnight is a overnight is a overnight. Who the hell wants to fly to the middle east anyway?

Wait until you have a family. You will never ever wanna fly to those cities and be thousands of miles away from your loved ones. I love the fact that I have a couple of overnights that I can rent a car and drive 1hr to my house and spend my overnight home with my wife and kid.

All those cities sound cool as hell, but once you have a family being away from home sucks and all overnights are the same.

Your whole outlook and the crap you type will all change once you have a kids.

That could be the most ignorant thing I have ever read, this from someone who doesn't fly above FL180 and lives in the back woods. And, you really have no clue if I have any kids or not. Maybe my wife just had one, maybe she didn't. You never know. I actually get more time at home flying 3 day trips worth 20 or more hours, and I can do them back to back, since there is no 30 and 7 rule in INTL flying. Get educated my friend, and set the altimeter to 29.92 passing 18,000 ft (FL180).

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Well, you must forget I'm on the ATR. Love Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach is pretty good too. Next up is Panama City. No Flint for me. Days off? I've seen lines go up to 18 days off on the jet. I usually get 12-16.

But have fun eating goat and avoiding dysentery in the armpit of the world. I'm sooooooo jealous. Carry on, General.

Do you think we ever actually stay in bad places? Our hotels are 5 stars primarily because of security reasons. That is a good thing. Ever been to Buenos Aires? It is like going to Europe, but warmer (due to our Winter is their Summer) this time of year. Beautiful women too. How about Frankfurt? (We stay in Weisbadden) Beautiful, and the Wintertime festivals are really nice. Hardly anyone gets dysentary anymore, primarily because people know where the bad restaraunts are. There is always good intel about food and things to do. Even in Africa we have deals on safaris, and only stay in very nice hotels that all the European Airlines stay at--like Air France.

Also, I go to PFN every Summer, and I have probably ridden on your bird.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

I bet that 777 bunk smells like the sleeper in an 18 wheeler rig.

I have been up there (jumpseating) and the 777 crew rest area is actually pretty nice. The 767ERs are also getting their own "pill box", and they are nice too. It beats trying to sleep next to first class passengers in your own seat. I would say it is ten times better than it used to be. We also get first class meals and can watch a first run movie if we want. Not too bad, and a 3 day worth over 20 hours is pretty nice.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I myself, am going Int'l next summer so that I can back load trips. Being gone for nine to 12 days a month is not bad. I like the fact that I could commute from anywhere in the country to Int'l at DAL. Doing in once or twice a month is better than doing it every week. I have a family and our decision is to have me gone more at one time and less as a whole. Int'l does put you farther away from family, but it gives you more quality time at home.
One six day and a three day or two, or one 12 day a month will suck while doing it, but at least I will be home long enough to do more than change the underwear out of my bag.

 

[General Lee]

I myself, am going Int'l next summer so that I can back load trips. Being gone for nine to 12 days a month is not bad. I like the fact that I could commute from anywhere in the country to Int'l at DAL. Doing in once or twice a month is better than doing it every week. I have a family and our decision is to have me gone more at one time and less as a whole. Int'l does put you farther away from family, but it gives you more quality time at home.
One six day and a three day or two, or one 12 day a month will suck while doing it, but at least I will be home long enough to do more than change the underwear out of my bag.

It is your choice. You are going to be away for 3-6 days anyway, but now you are at the Trevi Fountain in Rome or you can be downtown in Denver. You can do 4 legs in a day and end up in Miami, or you can have an expensive beer in Dublin. It is called having options.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[ACL65PILOT]

exactly. It is why I turned down my SWA interview. It is about each pilots personal choice.

 

[scarlet]

Yeah and how do you feel when you get there at 4:30-5:00 AM(your time-8-10Am their time)and hotel room not really, and sleep for several hours, which is about 2-3pm when you get out of bed and have to be back in bed in about 8 hours for the van in 15 hours when you get up from the nap? Tell the truth. Yeah you communte into your Dominicle and get in about 2 hours before duty in about 1-2 pm (got up at 8am)then check in at 5 or 6 pm and then make an annoucment ladies and Gent. flight time 8-12 hours to go=and when you get there you are blood shot red eyed wearing sun glasses through the airport.=FUN

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I have no issue with that. Yeah some days it does suck, but I can tell you. I will take a few cat naps and a 15 hr flt any day over a 16 hr duty day in and out of ATL socked with delays.

 

[WSurf]

That could be the most ignorant thing I have ever read, this from someone who doesn't fly above FL180 and lives in the back woods. And, you really have no clue if I have any kids or not. Maybe my wife just had one, maybe she didn't. You never know. I actually get more time at home flying 3 day trips worth 20 or more hours, and I can do them back to back, since there is no 30 and 7 rule in INTL flying. Get educated my friend, and set the altimeter to 29.92 passing 18,000 ft (FL180).

Bye Bye--General Lee

Touch a nerve? Come on General you know you don't have any kids. Hell, how could you? Anyone that has kids wouldn't have time for 9,620 Post on FlightInfo.

Don't live in the back woods remember. I've got a house on the water with a dock.

 

[Tarzan]

Get educated my friend, and set the altimeter to 29.92 passing 18,000 ft (FL180).

Bye Bye--General Lee

Wouldn't it be passing 17,999 feet?

 

[John Pennekamp]

Touch a nerve? Come on General you know you don't have any kids. Hell, how could you? Anyone that has kids wouldn't have time for 9,620 Post on FlightInfo.

Don't live in the back woods remember. I've got a house on the water with a dock.

You know he ordered his wife online from Russia with love, right?

 

[General Lee]

You know he ordered his wife online from Russia with love, right?

Actually Kiev, Ukrane(we fly there and Moscow). Really, INTL flying and the option to go back to domestic anytime you want is a good thing. You and Wsurf will have to have a beer at the Tiki Hut at HHH and talk about how much fun it is to fly to Tri-Cities.

Bye Bye--General Lee