The word is out...CR7 reserve at ASA

[dispatchguy]

You know wha' dey say: See a broad to get that bodiac lay'er down an' smack 'em yack 'em.

I just spewed Diet Dr Pepper all across my Keyboard; just priceless!

 

[BigPappa]

ASA: I thought that a 31 day month on reserve should have 12 days off. Anyone in the know?

 

[SiuDude]

ASA: I thought that a 31 day month on reserve should have 12 days off. Anyone in the know?

Nope, 11 days off every month.

 

[jstyle13]

ASA: I thought that a 31 day month on reserve should have 12 days off. Anyone in the know?

Regular pilots get the 12 off, reserve always only get 11...used to be 10.

 

[GearUpLightsIn]

scheduling still sucks. They call out of order on the buckets. The daily reserve list is deceptive. You can find out what you need but you have to check the other reserves' etrip to see where you really sit in the call order. etrip is flat out wrong quite a bit. ready reserve is credited 15 minutes short. I understand that a lot of this stuff is new with our contract, but plenty of time has passed for the company to get things right. I would have hoped to see this be better by now with the general direction (up) that the company has taken.

 

[Medeco]

The 90 day thing is fact. BTW, have you seen 9E's #'s of late? Much, much better! In fact, they are ahead of ASA's for much of the month. (I know, now hard considering the # of flights they do)
Anyway, if MCO goes bye bye, I imagine at least that many 50 seaters will be parked, in addition to the ATR's. Maybe a total of 20 or so from ASA, Skywest with a similar amount in SLC, and the rest from CHQ and Comair. Lets not kid ourselves....Delta is going to reduce a large amount of 50 seaters this fall. Don't kid yourselves into thinking ASA is completely insulated from this! Add in the usual fall reduction, and we could be in the neighborhood of 290-300 lines on the 200 this fall. If you are a junior lineholder, back to reserve, long calls back to short call, etc.
This is the reality of the new economy.

Your so optimistic!

Like I said, we signed up for this gig.

Less lines, junior pilot= more time at home riding my bikes.

Trek sucks!

Medeco

 

[Goose Egg]

Trek sucks!

Amen!

-Goose

 

[79%N1]

Trek sucks!

Medeco

Ouch Man!

I had respect for you until that!

And to the guy with the Fuji logo saying Trek sucks???? YGBSM! Fuji????? Get Real! 09 Madone 5.9 all the way!!!

Call me when Fuji wins 7 Tours!

 

[777forever]

scheduling still sucks. They call out of order on the buckets. The daily reserve list is deceptive. You can find out what you need but you have to check the other reserves' etrip to see where you really sit in the call order. etrip is flat out wrong quite a bit. ready reserve is credited 15 minutes short. I understand that a lot of this stuff is new with our contract, but plenty of time has passed for the company to get things right. I would have hoped to see this be better by now with the general direction (up) that the company has taken.

They sure do call out of order on buckets. I don't even pay attention to etrip credits. I go off my APDL

 

[Medeco]

Ouch Man!

I had respect for you until that!

And to the guy with the Fuji logo saying Trek sucks???? YGBSM! Fuji????? Get Real! 09 Madone 5.9 all the way!!!

Call me when Fuji wins 7 Tours!

Ahh, chill dude. I hate carbon bikes too.

STEEL IS REAL BABY!!

Medeco

 

[79%N1]

aah, steel.

Now you make me miss my "old school" steel DeRosa with Campy!!!

 

[shamrock]

Cervelo R3, hands down.

That being said, if I were to go "old school" I'd love a custom steel Serotta, I've wanted one since the days of Coors Light. Yes, I'm old.

 

[Redan]

Your so optimistic!

Like I said, we signed up for this gig.

Less lines, junior pilot= more time at home riding my bikes.

Trek sucks!

Medeco

TREK SUCKS?

Cuz, say what?

Now you dun dun it my brother. You dun went and dissed my Madone.

Now here's the fo' real deal: Steel is real, and last up the hill. So dude, jus chill.

Or: bring the steel down and lets do a Madras ride with 79. We will wait for you at the top...maybe.

 

[GearUpLightsIn]

They sure do call out of order on buckets. I don't even pay attention to etrip credits. I go off my APDL

Yeah me too, but they use etrip. Screws you up in the order on the buckets. I had etrip tell me that (original schedule) a leg was only worth 1:23 when the scheduled out and in times on what etrip itself showed two lines to the left of the credit was in fact worth 1:41. I get that etrip will lag on actual times by a few days, but this was scheduled times. I only noticed it when I compared it to my APDL.

 

[Goose Egg]

Ouch Man!

I had respect for you until that!

And to the guy with the Fuji logo saying Trek sucks???? YGBSM! Fuji????? Get Real! 09 Madone 5.9 all the way!!!

Call me when Fuji wins 7 Tours!

[Steps onto soap box]

News flash: Bikes don't win tours. And the Trek of today is not the Trek of Lance. You should know this, that is if you have spent more than 5 mins with a bike mechanic in the last three years. When the Trek of today irons out its frame problems, then it'll get respect from me. Until then (and probably after), I'll be happy on my ALUMINUM Fuji Roubaix, at least for my road ride.

Speaking of Fujis, they are really spec'd out well for the money. I have been very impressed. (But then again, I'm just a humble bike wrenchie, so I don't know much about your glitzy, roadie ways... and thank heaven for that! I know too much already!)

And speaking of carbon, Cervelo is FAR better than Trek. Now there's a real bike company. And speaking of Fujis and carbon, Fuji puts together a triathlon setup that I've been really impressed with--the Aloha CF1. Great bike.... but then again, if I were going to drop $3k on a tri bike, it'd be a Cervelo.

Man, what is it with all this bike snobbery? You've got guys like you who think that "bikes winning the tour" means everything, and then you've got guys who think that you are only cool if you ride a fixie and drink fruffy coffee and ride with your pant legs rolled up and wear a Campy hat and attend Critical Mass events. Geeze. What ever happened to just riding for the joy of being on two wheels? That's one thing that the BMX kids and the downhillers have figured out. Somewhere along the way we got confused. We've been thinking that the riding is about the suffering, when it's really just about enduring the suffering to get to the joy.

And speaking of suffering and Fujis, if you knew anything about cyclocross, you wouldn't be knocking Fujis. How many CX nationals and worlds has Fuji won? Well, I don't really know, but it's a lot more than Trek. But then again, bikes don't win bike races.

And since you asked (indirectly by making such ignorant comments), if I were going to be dropping $3k on a bike, it wouldn't be a Trek Madone 5.9, or a Cervelo tri bike. It would be a Mongoose Khyber Super. Since you are a roadie, I'll assume that you aren't familiar with it. It is a 6" travel downhill bike that climbs really well (I know this because I've ridden it.) You suffer through the climb (which really isn't too bad if you have done your base work on a road bike), and then you bomb. Nothing could be better. I've never had so much fun on two wheels.

And speaking of mountain bikes, have you checked out the GT Peace 9R singlespeed? That bike is such a blast!! 29" wheels BELONG on singlespeeds. I wouldn't be surprised to see me end up with one of those as well.

And speaking of singlespeeds, I've come to the opinion that a hardtail mountain bike shouldn't be anything other than a singlespeed. Radical, I know, but there's just something beautiful about them. I have a Specialized Hard Rock that I converted to singlespeed. I ended up taking off about 5 pounds with the cassette, deraileurs, etc. My road bike weighs 18 pounds, and my singlespeed weighs 20. Cool eh?

And speaking of the Tour, I LOVE the Tour. I watch every stage if I can. It's my favorite televised sporting event of the year. But somehow I don't ever find myself cheering for the bikes.
[steps off soapbox]

-Goose

P.S. Perhaps you'll find my new avatar more agreeable. I've been meaning to change it anyway.

 

[shamrock]

And speaking of the Tour, I LOVE the Tour. I watch every stage if I can. It's my favorite televised sporting event of the year. But somehow I don't ever find myself cheering for the bikes.

I bid stand-ups/naps/high speeds every July for exactly that reason.

Get home around 9, watch the Tour, sleep a bit, watch the Tour, go out for a ride, come home, watch the Tour, eat, get dressed for work (while watching the Tour), go to work.

Rinse, later, repeat, for the rest of the month. Too bad Versus doesn't cover the Giro and Vuelta the same way.

 

[Goose Egg]

I bid stand-ups/naps/high speeds every July for exactly that reason.

Get home around 9, watch the Tour, sleep a bit, watch the Tour, go out for a ride, come home, watch the Tour, eat, get dressed for work (while watching the Tour), go to work.

Rinse, later, repeat, for the rest of the month. Too bad Versus doesn't cover the Giro and Vuelta the same way.

Seriously!! I had my sister Tivo Paris-Roubaix!!! I would watch all the pro cycling I could! I actually got to watch a good bit of the Tour of California. That was really cool too.

-Goose

 

[Medeco]

I think we need an ASA cycling club.

Carbon bikes suck, I promise you I will out climb you any day with my panniers loaded front and back and my steel bike.

You think Contador won the Tour de France and the Giro because of his carbon bike? HaH, not a chance.

I love my group rides with folks on Carbon this and that who have zero riding skillz, while I out climb them and then pull them on my 25lb Salsa.

Medeco

 

[shamrock]

I think we need an ASA cycling club.

There is/was a club in ATL, Aaron's Cycling, that works out of Outback Bikes in Little 5 Points that has had some ASA people riding. I joined up a few years ago but didn't renew because every ride (including the recovery ones) seemed to turn into a race and it wasn't worth it for me to fight Connector traffic just for the honor of being the Lanterne Rouge of the group. And just for the record, I am one of those carbon bike/no skillz riders you refer to.

I must say this is turning into quite a nice thread hijack!

 

[joe_pilot]

You know wha' dey say: See a broad to get that bodiac lay'er down an' smack 'em yack 'em.

Nice. And for those of you who don't speak jive...

"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."