Today, I entrusted my dear Wife to ATL/GA. (DL).......YUUK !

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

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[NewHampshire Black Bears]

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My better half flew to Atlanta this morning on DEL-DUH, changing a/c to TPA.
I asked her how it went, F/A's ....ATL...etc.
She said the F/A's were VERY nice. I told her they were the only major airline F/A's NON-UNION.
She responded that, ...upon reflection,....it could be why they might be FEARFUL of there Jobs.
As for ATL, she replied....They were pleasant, (I told her to read the above), and she said that the only difficulty was the 'struggle' they had with the ENGLISH LANGUAGE !!!!!!!!!

 

[WorldTraveler]

funny... most southerners don't understand why folks from your part of the world can't say Del-ta without throwing an -r- on the end but yet turn a word like "park" into an r-less word.

Perhaps you could learn from your wife the value of accepting some things at face value such as that there are people in the world who just are nice and who do their job well... regardless of the industry, location, or union status.

BTW, Delta Air Lines doesn't really care how a passenger pronounces their name as you long as you give them your money.

There's also a decent chance that your wife's crew wasn't ATL based or if they were they were not necessarily southerners.

 

[southwind]

My better half flew to Atlanta this morning on DEL-DUH, changing a/c to TPA.
I asked her how it went, F/A's ....ATL...etc.
She said the F/A's were VERY nice. I told her they were the only major airline F/A's NON-UNION.
She responded that, ...upon reflection,....it could be why they might be FEARFUL of there Jobs.
As for ATL, she replied....They were pleasant, (I told her to read the above), and she said that the only difficulty was the 'struggle' they had with the ENGLISH LANGUAGE !!!!!!!!!

As long as you keep yer ass north of the Mason-Dixon, all's right with the world !

 

[xUT]

funny... most southerners don't understand why folks from your part of the world can't say Del-ta without throwing an -r- on the end but yet turn a word like "park" into an r-less word.

Perhaps you could learn from your wife the value of accepting some things at face value such as that there are people in the world who just are nice and who do their job well... regardless of the industry, location, or union status.

BTW, Delta Air Lines doesn't really care how a passenger pronounces their name as you long as you give them your money.

There's also a decent chance that your wife's crew wasn't ATL based or if they were they were not necessarily southerners.

That also goes with tolerance and not believing your pronunciation is the gospel.
Living in the south for several years, you pick it up. Alabama was my most favorite place to live.

Worked with Britts overseas and they decided I couldn't speak English. Even though there were Irish, Scotts, Whales and 'The Kings English'. Everyone had their linguistic and dialect differences.

For someone to travel the United States and not recognize differences of dialect is beyond me. If you are so myopic, then just stay home!

Just my 2 Cents,
B) xUT

 

[Kev3188]

That also goes with tolerance and not believing your pronunciation is the gospel.
Living in the south for several years, you pick it up. Alabama was my most favorite place to live.

...Doesn't even take that long. I was using "fixin'" before I knew it...

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

...Doesn't even take that long. I was using "fixin'" before I knew it...

Kev,
I know what a YAWL is, but I'll be DAMMED if I know...W T F...a Y'ALL is.
Now I know a lot more about SOUTHERN language 'difficulties' after watching the Martin/Zimmerman trial's......RACHEL GENTAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

funny... most southerners don't understand why folks from your part of the world can't say Del-ta without throwing an -r- on the end but yet turn a word like "park" into an r-less word.

Perhaps you could learn from your wife the value of accepting some things at face value such as that there are people in the world who just are nice and who do their job well... regardless of the industry, location, or union status.

BTW, Delta Air Lines doesn't really care how a passenger pronounces their name as you long as you give them your money.

There's also a decent chance that your wife's crew wasn't ATL based or if they were they were not necessarily southerners.

OK...WT, ...then you won't be the least bit MIFFED, when Kev, or my Kid, or the rest of DL FSC's (below wing) (MINUS DGS or Ready reserves) vote IN a UNION ! ????????

 

[delldude]

WTF yinz talkin' about?

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

WTF yinz talkin' about?

Alright,...OK,...a lil' diversion,......I 'fess-up,....my Bad.

 

[Kev3188]

Kev,
I know what a YAWL is, but I'll be DAMMED if I know...W T F...a Y'ALL is.

I hear ya; I'm just adding on to xUT's comment about how quickly you adopt (and adapt to) the language you're surrounded by...

 

[WorldTraveler]

I'm still trying to learn to repeat the automated announcements in Japanese that are played in DL's DTW terminal and wisely started by NW... and since they say them in English (with no southern accent) it shouldn't be too hard to connect the words, but no dice.

Cultural adaptation only goes so far...

BTW, Bears, probably less than 10% of the people in Atlanta actually have a southern accent since a very large percentage of the population is not from Atlanta... and the percentage that work at DL is even smaller. You can see the same trend in other large cosmopolitan cities in the south such as Nashville, Raleigh/Durham, and Charlotte.

Your kid works for DL?

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

I'm still trying to learn to repeat the automated announcements in Japanese that are played in DL's DTW terminal and wisely started by NW... and since they say them in English (with no southern accent) it shouldn't be too hard to connect the words, but no dice.

Cultural adaptation only goes so far...

BTW, Bears, probably less than 10% of the people in Atlanta actually have a southern accent since a very large percentage of the population is not from Atlanta... and the percentage that work at DL is even smaller. You can see the same trend in other large cosmopolitan cities in the south such as Nashville, Raleigh/Durham, and Charlotte.

Your kid works for DL?

YUP.
# 1 son workin' in BOS. (on the north side of 20+ years
A Strong UNION MAN....with Principle !

 

[737823]

YUP.
# 1 son workin' in BOS. (on the north side of 20+ years
A Strong UNION MAN....with Principle !

But fortunately the DL employees (ex pilots & dispatchers) haven't succumbed to the unions and their empty promises.

And I'm sure 700 will chime in, but if an election for ramp and passenger service classification occurred ready reserve would be covered as they are in the same craft and class. Sadly for DL workers in RTW states like FL, GA, etc under the RLA union membership is still compulsory. But again don't forget it was the IAM that added part time reserve at Hawaiian Airlines. Recent UA T/A had unlimited part time AND unlimited split shifts.

Ready reserve is good for the unions since its more headcount meaning for expendable dues payers. But hopefully with DL bulking up many stations with RRs the multiple RRs backfilling one FT are more likely to vote no.

Josh

 

[700UW]

Wrong again Joshie.

The RLA permits closed shops in CBAs under the RLA, it does not force compulsory membership, the RLA permits a Union Security Clause that is negotiated between the company and the union.

If an employee gets the benefits, wages and security of a CBA, they deserve to pay the cost of what is germane to the CBA. No one gets a free ride.

And when one interviews with an airline that has a Union Security Clause they are informed that a condition of employment is paying union dues, they can become a dues objector or a non-member agency fee payer, which means they only pay dues based on what is germane to enforce and negotiate the CBA.