Recent content by Planesight

I was just about to edit my post too. Sorry about that. I bet Robert W. Crandall's birth name is something like Theodore Morton and he just went for the money name.

OOPS :rolleyes: But hey, all hail this non-"snot-nosed frat-brats; the yuppie/preppy sort of type-As" industry consultant.

The pilots sure seem to be hell-bent on making sure everyone sees them as crazy. APA has been of the record for awhile as being against changing Age 60 rules, but this can't be what the majority of line pilot's had in mind during elections last summer. IMHO, these pubic campaigns are not fair...

I like the precedent that pilots are setting with the double pay for Super Bowl Sunday. I'm more of a hockey guy, so I am hoping I can get the same deal and get double pay during the Stanley Cup Finals. At the very least, it would be a deal to get 80,000+ people cheering for a game 7, which...

I'm sure I'll get ripped for this, but I think the Fuel Smart program could help here.... unless everyone is resolved to turn that into a union issue too. It doesn't make sense to me though, since bleeding extra fuel costs out of the company doesn't seem to add up to more money for contracts.

Don't just take FWAAA's word for it - here's the hot off the press official TWU response to this baiting "leak" of the proposal: http://www.twu.org/divisions/air/pdfs/10112007update.htm Dear Brothers & Sisters: On October 3, 2007, informal talks between Transport Workers Union and American...

That silence you hear over at APA headquarters is the radicals digging in while the normal pilots take a step back from the ledge. What a disservice to union members. How much does the APA spend on PR?

I understand a lot of the drums you beat but I never understand stirring up pension fear. AA keeps funding these pensions and there is almost $9 billion sitting in them. I know this has been broken down a few times here whenever the topic comes up so I won't belabor the numbers, but I would love...

I think FA Mikey's post were only directed at FA's, but that is not the point. Everyone thinks they deserve more money. I want more money and my family wants more money. Like many of you, I think people around me deserve less money, but complaining about it doesn't fix anything. Neither does...

I know I got attacked yesterday, but I still think looking at new ideas like the one FWAAA threw out there requires some of these side conversations everyone seems to be so opposed to. If this fails, the wost that happens is everyone goes back to square one and starts over. A full in-house MRO...

I don't see why exploring this and sitting down early is a bad thing. With AA looking at more and more third-party work, working to get an agreement in place as quickly is possible seems pretty crucial to winning more business - especially with all the business around the new Boeing planes. Why...