SWA/ATA codeshare ending?

[CaptainMark]

How dangerous is flying?

[SIZE=-1]Altitude matters. Whether you are flying in an airplane or living at a high altitude such as Tibet - the amount of cosmic radiation your body must deal with is increased. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]During solar radiation storms, passengers on jets flying nearer Earth's poles can get zapped with than the equivalent of 10 chest X-rays [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]A 1996 paper in the American Journal of Epidemiology examined the incidence of cancer among 2,740 Air Canada pilots. The group had a sharply higher incidence of four specific types of cancer compared to the general population: myeloid leukemia, astrocytoma, prostate cancer, and malignant melanoma. [/SIZE]

• [SIZE=-1]Myeloid leukemia is definitely associated with radiation exposure, and occurred in the Air Canada pilot group four times more frequently than in the general population. A Danish study also found an association between exposure to cosmic radiation and leukemia among aircrew - it was published in Lancet 1999; 354: 2029-31 [/SIZE]
• [SIZE=-1]Astrocytoma (a type of brain cancer) occurred twice as often in the Air Canada pilot group as in the general population, and increased incidence has also been found in other studies of airline pilots.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=-1]Significantly higher incidences of prostate cancer were found in both the Air Canada study and another study of British Airways pilots. Current thinking is that this might be related to electromagnetic radiation from weather radar and other avionics rather than from cosmic radiation.[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=-1]A study of female airline flight attendants in Finland and Denmark showed an increased incidence of breast cancer, and a study of male U.S. Air Force pilots showed they had significantly more genital and testicular cancer than non-flying USAF officers.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]In 2000, the European Union introduced legislation which requires all European airlines to monitor cosmic radiation levels during flight and to inform aircrew of the possible health risks.[/SIZE]



you are cooked....hope u live long enough to make captain!!!!

 

[CaptainMark]

Fired
by Matt Johns
Newscenter
Los Angeles Bureau
April 27, 2003
12:01 a.m. ET/+5GMT/-3PT

(Los Angeles, California) Two Southwest Airlines pilots have given the term cockpit a whole new meaning. A male flight attendant, summoned to the cockpit by the captain, found both the captain and the first officer buck naked. The plane was on autopilot and there was no danger to the passengers the airline says. But, both pilot were fired.
"Southwest Airlines conducted a thorough investigation and terminated the two pilots involved for inappropriate conduct," says spokeswoman Ginger Hardage, who would not elaborate. Southwest "will not tolerate any inappropriate or offensive behavior."
Hardage refused to say where to plane had taken off from, or where the Boeing 737 was headed. Nor would she say if the two men were in their own seats.
The pilots have appealed, saying they had spilled coffee on their uniforms .The president of Southwest's pilots association, Capt. Ike Eichelkraut, would say only, "It's an internal matter."
The Federal Aviation Administration says there's no specific prohibition against flying naked.


this does not help deter radiation!

 

[SWA/FO]

jealous... you don't have F/As

 

[CaptainMark]

not really...but naked pilots...too cool!!!

 

[Whataburger]

During solar radiation storms, passengers on jets flying nearer Earth's poles can get zapped with than the equivalent of 10 chest X-rays

Glad we don't go any farther south than FLL or north of SEA.
Live long enough to make Captain? If I don't live to see 35, I have more problems than catching too many rays.

 

[CaptainMark]

you will die an old man..no worries!

 

[SWA/FO]

Hey, who ever dies with the most toys wins!

 

[7S3W7A]

WOW!!!! Tough luck eh? Hopefully you won't be on the receiving end of that TOUGH LUCK one day. Of course you won't....SWA is infallable right?

Maybe SWA will be in the toilet in the future and if so big deal. It's business if you are looking for a handout I'm sure there is a soup kitchen near you.

 

[7S3W7A]

If you notice, I never said anything about it being anything but business. However business is supposed to have rules. I don't see how 14 gates could've been had at MDW without a little circumventing of the rules. But you are correct, business is business.

From your other posts, you seem upset at the treatment you recieve from SWAPA and those greedy senior pilots. My favorite is when you declare that you are dusting off your logbooks to apply at FedEx. Run out of LUV, have we?

What's the matter, losing pay and days off? Don't like the new work rules? It's just business.

Only the strong survive in the Business World. Deal.

That's right. Now you are learning.

 

[7S3W7A]

Spoken like a real jacka$$. I remember some legacy airline pilots say the exact thing, you know, many of those who are in or were in CH11.


When was the last time you "Got Management" or had anything to do with the success of your airline other than just pushing the controls.

By the way, I don't expect SWA or any airline to "save" my little airline. We have been flying around the world for the past 34 years just fine. We might have had a bad year or two but we are coming back and don't need anything from jerks like you.

Jacka$$!

My apologies to the other 99.9% of SWA pilots who either don't feel the same as this jerk or at least have the courtesy not to say it outside of the crew room.

Sour grapes, pal. You think someone owes you something because you plow money into some stupid union and think someone cares. Get over yourself.

 

[atafan]

7S3W7A

I don't think any reasonable mind could have ever come up with your comment that I think anyone owes me anything, I certainly don't want anything you have or could give.

I'm just happy you are the minority at SWA. I dealt with people like you before and when their mighty airline fell they were ready to jump from the tallest building first, heck some even did worse.

I hope you are a packing a parachute.

 

[7S3W7A]

7S3W7A

I don't think any reasonable mind could have ever come up with your comment that I think anyone owes me anything, I certainly don't want anything you have or could give.

I'm just happy you are the minority at SWA. I dealt with pricks like you before and when their mighty airline fell they were ready to jump from the tallest building first, heck some even did worse.

I hope you are a packing a parachute.

If ATA is your sole means of making money you are an idiot. Anyone who doesn't have a side business who is a pilot should basically hand in their medical for reasons of idiocy. If SWA tanks big deal. Did you not read that earlier? Can you spend any part of your day doing something constructive instead of reading this board all day and wondering where your next paycheck is coming from? You are nothing more than a bleeding heart liberal who thinks you deserve, you earned?

If you don't understand that business isn't a charitable organization you need to off yourself.

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

If ATA is your sole means of making money you are an idiot. Anyone who doesn't have a side business who is a pilot should basically hand in their medical for reasons of idiocy. If SWA tanks big deal. Did you not read that earlier? Can you spend any part of your day doing something constructive instead of reading this board all day and wondering where your next paycheck is coming from? You are nothing more than a bleeding heart liberal who thinks you deserve, you earned?

If you don't understand that business isn't a charitable organization you need to off yourself.

7s3w7a,

You are an A$$. I never want to meet you, have you on ignore, have reported your post and hope you leave the property ASAP.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[SWA/FO]

7s3w7a,

Thanks for taking the heat off if me "the SWA/FO".

 

[CaptSeth]

I guess I'm an idiot.