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    AA to get Leather Jackets

    American brings back bomber jacket Optional addition to pilot uniform gets a mostly warm reaction 09:35 PM CST on Monday, February 16, 2004 By KATIE FAIRBANK / The Dallas Morning News Harking back to the styles of aviators of old, American Airlines will allow its pilots to sport...
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    Triumph of Common Sense (SWA)

    Jury: Airline Not Liable for Racist Rhyme .c The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Southwest Airlines is not liable for a flight attendant who upset two black passengers by using a version of a rhyme with a racist history, a jury determined Wednesday. The two passengers, sisters...
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    Latest rumor on SWA classes

    Talking with an assistant chief pilot yesterday; among the good news from Mecca, he said that classes would definitely be starting in January, not February. I asked him about the new checklist, and he said that it will be sometime in the spring or early summer, and that they couldn't afford to...
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    'nother article on SWA

    Southwest thrives, but Love's on wane Dallas-based carrier grows despite lack of home-field advantage 09:03 AM CDT on Thursday, August 28, 2003 By ERIC TORBENSON / The Dallas Morning News Once so important that Southwest Airlines waged a decade-long legal battle to stay there, Dallas Love...
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    SWA Rumor Patrol for Thursday 8/21

    Heard on the line today: 1. Four new cities next year 2. One new base next year 3. New hires: "400-600 minimum," starting in January. Plenty of speculations as to "where" #1 and #2 would be, and the only bit of guess that hasn't already been posted here was the suggestion that STL might be the...
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    Jet Blue Pilot Contract

    Heard this today, and wondered if somebody at Jet Blue could confirm/deny/illuminate the following: It was said that pilots at Jet Blue are on 5 year contracts that can be renewed or not at the company's discretion. If they don't want to renew it, it's their option not to, no...
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    SWA Fleet News

    Latest from the employee news page. Just thought the poolies would like to know. cheers, Snoopy
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    Most domestic pax in May... SWA!

    From the Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/business/stories/081303dnbussouthwest.1275a.html Airline claims most domestic market share for the first time 08:31 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 By ERIC TORBENSON / The Dallas Morning News Southwest Airlines...
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    SWA Fleet update

    From SWA: I won't try to read the tea leaves as to what that means for future hiring. HOWEVER... ... I did hear an interesting rumor the other day: In January 2005, DRVSM (Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums) takes effect, opening up the even-numbered flight levels above 280...
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    Latest Vacancy Bid at SWA, & other news

    The vacancy awards for August just came out, and I figured that the results might be of interest to some here. What I list below are the most JUNIOR F/O moving in to each base. Realize that the relative rank of bases at the very lowest seniority level may not reflect one's relative seniority...
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    New bits of SWA info

    Hey gang, Two tidbits, if anyone out there happens to be interested... First, talked with one of the chief pilots this morning, and he mentioned that the activations of the reserve units are coming fast & furious. Twenty pilots turned in activation paperwork late in the week, and another five...
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    Monkey Lander

    Dang! This is worse than EMU Lander! Thanks a LOT!;)
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    Readback & Check-in requirements

    Hey gang, A couple of recent discussions yielded questions that I can't find an answer for. Manybe somebody here can point out a source document (FAR, AIM, etc) that answers these two questions for somebody operating in a civilian (IFR, part 121) operation. 1. Is it mandatory to read back...
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    737-800 vs 737-900

    Was looking at a Continental 737 at BWI the other day, and a question came up if it was a -800 or a -900. After enough research to decide that neither tailskids (both have them, as best I can tell) nor winglets (neither comes with them standard) are a giveaway, I decided to turn to a proven...
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