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    EK Road Shows

    There is some incorrect information in this post. If you have a residents permit, work visa, and a physical residence in a foriegn country there are several different methods to qualify for the 'foriegn income exclusion'. The method you choose will determine how many days a year you can spend in...
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    Endeavor Flow for New Hires

    The problem is staffing the regional's, not Delta. In a few months, if not already, Endeavor will be losing more pilots to other carriers than they are to Delta. Delta thought this EtD program and the SSP program would slow that down. It hasn't. The EtD program has been a spectacular failure. By...
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    Block building and PBS

    I'm not familiar with your working agreement. In general - if every trip credits 6 hours a day, as long as the staffing is adequate, the solutions will run quick - and to a high degree of satisfaction for both the pilots and management. Problems typically start with either inadequate staffing or...
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    Block building and PBS

    I am very, very familiar with AdOpt PBS, as a trainer, user and administrator running solutions. The reason for the long run time for your 320 solution is the planner forced the solution to comply with a very narrow range of parameters (number of reserves, block hours per person, days off, etc.)...
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    It's Official...Compass gets the first 20 American owned E175s

    . https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=steve+rossum+pinnacle If this tidbit from the 'latest xjt info' thread is true SkyWest management has retained Merger and Acquisition Counsel. Specialist in airline acquisitions. And then had him tour the ATL operation. Very few companies take that...
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    It's Official...Compass gets the first 20 American owned E175s

    That was five years ago. The current problem Delta has is they need a reliable long term operator for the CRJ fleet. The plan they had for 9e is failing - they have to recognize it - so what is plan B? Buy ASA back and fold 9e? Is Air Whisky in the picture at the end of their US agreement in...
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    Endeavor Flow for New Hires

    I have no argument that this isn't a slap in the face for current 9E pilots. Delta has clearly demonstrated they are willing to do more for pilots that aren't on the property yet than they are for their current employees. That tells you where you are in Delta's scheme of things. It stings but...
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    VX for descents?

    If safety is no concern, as everyone else has said, slow down then extend the flaps and gear. If safety is any concern at all decline the clearance and request an extended down wind or vector for descent. Don't let ATC push you. These kinds of descents can lead to a number of bad things. If for...
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    Mesa

    Canada is the latest country to adopt the ICAO Multi Crew Pilot License. It will happen here eventually. This alone is not a game changer but check your assumptions. The industry is going to go through some gut wrenching fundamental changes in the next ten years. Some of those changes are...
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    New rules to obtain ATP.

    Several regionals are well on the way to FAA approval for their programs. The so called majors are too. They have had the authority to issue ATP certificates for many years. The syllabi for their 'approved' initial and upgrade programs had to be shuffled and an additional 'course' added but it...
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    Endeavor can't fill a class!

    If a statement like this could publicly be attributed to management it would guarantee they would never fill a class. Ergo - you probably won't see them quoted. In the grand scheme of Delta's 800 mainline AC world 125 50 seat AC are an after thought. If Delta can't operate them at the cost they...
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    You might be a "Kernal"

    The aircraft handling skills the military taught you for the specific mission were no doubt fun to learn and definitely take that skill set to a new level. A civilian pilot can do that too if he wants to pay for a bunch of aerobatic instruction. But you recognize that doesn't transfer to the 121...
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    You might be a "Kernal"

    In a 121 environment I have worked with many Guard/Reserve guys and gals that were civilian trained pilots first, then when to Pensacola, Randolph and Sheppard. Remarkably, every single one of them stated the basic stick and rudder, basic instrument and instrument procedures instruction was...
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    Motley Fool analyst looks at possibility of ME Carriers "Crushing" US Carriers

    The CEO's of the EU carriers have all said - publicly - that they cannot compete with EK and cannot survive in their current form. The mid east and asia are a very large part of their markets. Eventually the EU carriers will be forced into something more than a marketing partnership with EK if...
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    Delta hiring in 2013

    Pinnendvwhoever is imploding. The junior FO's stayed to get the company paid for ATP and now that they have it they are leaving for anything else they can find. Delta took a company with deep roots in the south and closed all the southern domiciles. Half the pilots - including senior CA's...
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    Piedmont Tail #934

    A Saab won't carry much off a 4300' runway. Its TO speeds are 20 to 30 knots faster than the Dash.
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    Piedmont Tail #934

    A Saab off of a 4300 foot runway?
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    Single-pilot jets?

    Pilot gets out of his Citation SP - no one else onboard - and asks us to dump the porto potty. So we had to ask. He said its simple - 'ask to leave the frequency to check weather. Walk to the back - do your business - walk back up front. Just make sure and walk slow so the AP trim can keep up.'...
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    New Pinnacle Management team

    Not quite. An 1113(c) petition is a creature of the reorganization chapter of the bankruptcy code. There is no provision for it in the liquidation chapters. Delta had stated repeatedly no consuensual agreement - no exit financing and they meant it. It would have been full pay to the last day but...
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    Short runway

    True - but they a rarely the sole cause of an accident/incident.
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