August 2013 Pilot Discussion

[nevergiveup]

Well this doesn't look promising. Courtney, do you have any comments as our newly elected Rep?

So you say it triggers the NIC, but you did not vote for it because you thought it would trigger the NIC. Move...our best source for entertainment!

 

[Metroyet]

Oh yeah, enjoying the pay increase. But wait, it's not there! So we ratified a CBA without a pay raise. Me thinks you may have had one too many this evening.

Are you high? It all comes after POR. Play stupid all you want though.

 

[nevergiveup]

Are you high? It all comes after POR. Play stupid all you want though.

If there is a POR. Of course then there are no changes to the lists in effect if the POR is reached. I can point that out to you if needed. Look, we all read it the way we want to. How the judge reads it will be the test!

 

[dca319]

So you say it triggers the NIC, but you did not vote for it because you thought it would trigger the NIC. Move...our best source for entertainment!

That's exactly it. You caught them at their own game! They're goners come the 9/24. The east is going to put this to bed once and for all.

 

[Claxon]

Forget dogfighting, let's go with boxing.

I'm in too, 210 lbs, pair me up with Claxon. I'll give him the first hit.

Lightweight

How barbaric!

My first choice is civility.

Take just one Claxon post and attempt to respond with an intelligent rebuttal.

I accused your group of america west airline pilots of being scabs, flying drugs, flying drunk and identity theft.

Your thoughts please sir.

 

[snapthis]

How barbaric!

My first choice is civility.

Take just one Claxon post and attempt to respond with an intelligent rebuttal.

I accused your group of america west airline pilots of being scabs, flying drugs, flying drunk and identity theft.

Your thoughts please sir.

Do you propose a truce?

I picked a post in your reference to the pilots of America West.
08 August 2013 - 11:28 PM
SCABS!


I've thought carefully about the best response to one post in particular.
NUTS!

 

[fifidriver]

Why would they change it?

What's wrong with keeping it "Merkin"?

Have you ever actually looked up the word "Merkin"?

 

[nycbusdriver]

Have you ever actually looked up the word "Merkin"?

I have.

I learned its meaning as a high school teenager when the 1969 film: "Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?" debuted. It was a major release, and not even an art film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064123/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

And I have been amused to hear my American Airlines colleagues using it for decades. I wonder if they know what they are pronouncing can be interpreted that way.

I am told the word "Cactus" has alternative meanings in Australia, too, and even worse connotation in France.

But "merkin" is not even a slang word. It dates from the 15th century. Who would have thought that we would be joining such a tradition?

 

[Piedmont1984]

Seems to me that whatever call sign is adopted, the union and/or pilots should have an input. After all, it's what we call ourselves every day.

 

[Pi brat]

Seems to me that whatever call sign is adopted, the union and/or pilots should have an input. After all, it's what we call ourselves every day.

What possible reason could you come up with that would trump "American?" Easy say, easy to hear and on the side of the airplane.

 

[Piedmont1984]

What possible reason could you come up with that would trump "American?" Easy say, easy to hear and on the side of the airplane.

I agree.

 

[dca319]

How barbaric!

My first choice is civility.

Take just one Claxon post and attempt to respond with an intelligent rebuttal.

I accused your group of america west airline pilots of being scabs, flying drugs, flying drunk and identity theft.

Your thoughts please sir.

You've been accused of flinging your own poo. Your thoughts please sir.

 

[dca319]

Seems to me that whatever call sign is adopted, the union and/or pilots should have an input. After all, it's what we call ourselves every day.

From where did this rumor come that we're changing call signs?

 

[nevergiveup]

That's exactly it. You caught them at their own game! They're goners come the 9/24. The east is going to put this to bed once and for all.

Of course 10H does say that even a JCBA will not change the lists currently in effect. Going into MB with the NIC would change the lists.Remember, it's not the list in effect at the time of the POR, but the lists in effect prior to voting on the MOU. The company wants a 3 way and I think they might somehow get it. Remember, the party with the most money(in this case it is the company) usually wins.

 

[traderjake]

What possible reason could you come up with that would trump "American?" Easy say, easy to hear and on the side of the airplane.

I'm looking forward to saying "Mercan".

I hope if there is a new call sign it's not "Doug" or "Parker".