I have a theory myself of what happened to Mr. Barnett and if a legitimate investigation were to be done i'll just say that there could be a whole lot of folks in the Aviation industry and a few airlines included facing RICO charges but it will be a shoddy investigation.
Jump to postReading about this yesterday on Yahoo and in the comments a few armchair quarterbacks are throwing it all on Boeing. Unfortunate thing to happen and it will be the wait of time to get answers to the cause.
Jump to postGreat to hear about the growth plan of GSP. Great part of the country to live.
Jump to postGreat to be back and a huge shout out and kudos to 555 for ratifying the T.A. just recently.
Jump to postDefinitely more than three CM24. All i'll add to this topic is that if i was Inflight i would be a member of these folks wishing to Decertify 556 but like Herb returning The Halas and McCaskey families would sell the Chicago Bears before 556 be comes decertified. In 1980 in my first TV wrestling mat...
Jump to postN20SW Please enlighten me as to why the Flight Attendants who mentioned SWAPA are Lying ? You certainly have a right to your opinion N20SW and that's all it is at the end of the day I am not a big fan of either TWU Union of which i served as a member and rep for 14 plus years.in my near 17 yrs with ...
Jump to postA few FA's i know have allegedly been approached by SWAPA to decertify 556 and be a part of SWAPA.
Jump to postThank you CM24 for posting the results. That is huge.
Jump to postThe 717, A Chiropractors aircraft of choice LOL. I agree that the 717 is a good choice to use island hopping and i don't see any fault with a 737. There's really no wrong answer on this round of Jeopardy. FTR some useless information for a Friday is that in my Pro Wrestling days there was a Tag Team...
Jump to postIn time more then likely HA will be a memory though i hope that HA is kept as a separate brand by AS.
Jump to postHarsh thing for me to post but often i look at some of the airlines and some of the unions and they are cruising in the R.I.C.O. part of town but then return to their own turf. DOJ someday needs to do an internal investigation on some of the corruption in the airline industry.
Jump to postVery Erratic company Southwest has become changing its business plan on what seems like a day to day thing. I recall reading about then Chicago Cubs owner PK Wrigley ( Chewing Gum Empire ) getting so tired of firing Managers season after season it seemed that for one season he introduced " The ...
Jump to postThe Air Tran purchase was a Kluster and had SWA acquired HA it would have been an even bigger Kluster. Very good analogy WNCrew. Esentially part of what you are saying is what i have been saying for years is that Southwest has always been Reactive instead of being Proactive.
Jump to postHad the pandemic not happened it was heavily rumored that Southwest was going to pull the trigger and acquire HA but it was never meant to be if that rumor is true. I'm certain that like Shoehi Ohtani who this week will sign probably the richest deal ever with one of 4 MLB teams bidding i do suspect...
Jump to postHuge news and well played AS. WN was asleep at the wheel on this. Very best of luck to both AS and HA
Jump to postHuge news about the acquisition. Well played AS.
Jump to postSometimes they would look from the jet bridge to look at the the number one wing and determine if deicing is needed. Very rare but i have seen a Captain or FO request a ladder from the fueler or maintenance to touch the wing.
Jump to postOften when the F.O. would do his or her walk around especially on an originator they would inform the Captain to Deice if needed.
Jump to postI'm thinking that at some point in 2024 depending on Max 7 deliveries as well as Max 8 deliveries WN could have a definitive date in place to take out the remaining 7's. Maybe as soon as late 2024 though unlikely or within the first 3 to 6 months of 2025. Hearing that CLT, GRR, FAT, PNS, and PSP may...
Jump to postThank you for the reply " DOG " ( HPFF ) Just kidding. Yep that was i think around 2007 or 2008 so fast forward 15 yrs plus later this Gate Lead would be a Station Manager somewhere for Southwest. That is one scary story floridaflyboy. To not do any form of deicing on that flight from MKE ...
Jump to postThis story aired on ABC news yesterday.
Jump to postMost cold weather airport operations discourage deicing at the gates though it happens from time to time . Usually there are one or two and maybe more depending on the size of the airport that will have a designated pad for deicing. My favorite deicing story when i was with Southwest at MDW was year...
Jump to postAny mention of the aircraft Number ? Thank goodness everybody is well.
Jump to postWith the Holiday travel season inching closer and closer it was in SWA best interest to at least pit some kind of offer on the table and now it will be a wait and see to see if a vote is brought to the members and if so will it be ratified. I don't have a good vibe that The Flight Attendants will ra...
Jump to postI recall the word " Perused " being used in " Wayne's World " when Wayne & Garth signed the TV contract with the character Rob Lowe played.
Jump to postJust perused a story i just saw on Yahoo mentioning that SWAPA & Southwest are close to a T.A. Not sure of the definition of the word " Close " in regards to the story.
Jump to postYes the airline is responsible for repair, replacement, rental if provided.
Jump to postI believe that TYS & AVL are both in the WN bucket list of future stations to open up and hope that it happens sooner than later.
Jump to postJust responding to a couple of posts over the weekend. Manuel assist , power chairs, strollers, car seats , etc. are usually on most flights loaded last before the flight is closed out. Usually in Bin B which when the flight arrives at the downline station the items are usually easily accessible. I ...
Jump to postYes i remember the story. There was an agent i knew during my time in BNA his initials J.C. who was notorious for throwing manual assist devices down the slide. He is now at a Florida station i won''t reveal. What ended up happening to those agents in BNA who used the Beltloader ? Termination, Final...
Jump to postA girl i worked with Broke her ankle trying to walk down the jet bridge stairs with an SUV sized Stroller and i think a Manual Wheel Chair many years ago.
One item up or down at a time from a Jet Bridge is the safe way to avoid injuries and damage to the customers items.
I'm not defending the AA ramp agents but if for example Southwest out of MKE has 4 flights during the day going to MCO and if there are 8 gates and 4 of them have Nova Lifts which is actually pretty much a dumb waiter then by all means schedule those 4 flights the 1 originator and 3 turns at one of ...
Jump to postMy final years on the ramp i primarily worked T Point ( Bag Room ) so i would not have to deal with Power Chairs,Manual Assist Devices, and of course Strollers the size of a Cadillac Escalade and Monster Truck wheels. Every so often we would get some of the items i mentioned checked in and brought t...
Jump to postA former coworker of mind would place manual assist devices such as walkers and manual wheelchairs on the slide. To my knowledge he never received a Discussion Log or any type of disciplinary write up. This agent and former coworker of mine dodged the bullet more then Adam West and Burt Ward escapin...
Jump to postTerrible thing to happen. Hopefully all the ramp agents who were a part of this receive severe discipline.
Jump to postJust taking a few seconds to wish my fellow members a Happy & Safe Thanksgiving.
Jump to postFflyer83 i know what the job titles are in regards to inflight and flight crews, etc. During my brief time at Northern Illinois University i was in Journalism and the instructor stated that the news whether back in that time was TV, Radio, Newspapers, etc. it was told to the listener or reader on a ...
Jump to postFlew out of Meigs one time on Continental Express to Terre Haute, in 85 i think.
Jump to postThank u CM24. Terrible news to hear of 2 employees taking their lives during the Holiday Meltdown last year and all swept under the rug or so it appears that way.. The Holidays are a stressful time for so many folks and i suspect that not only the Holiday Meltdown and the stress that comes with the ...
Jump to postRIP to Frank Borman and Ken Mattingly who both passed in the same week.
Jump to postThe comment that the WC pusher made " That's it " should be reported to the company he works for. Very inappropriate.
Jump to postThat's why my worthless opinion is that The Pilots and FA's are in the drivers seat. Southwest can not do a Power Point with Ground Ops on Flying an aircraft or cross over to being a flight attendant. " Ok you Warren Mullaney from the Ramp you scored a 97 on the test on the Max, Here are the ke...
Jump to postSouthwest has or will be opening up a Command Center in HNL. Not sure of the freight numbers but i'll do some sleuthing on that.
Jump to postLet's wait and see if the FA's ratify the T.A. then play the Gloom & Doom scenarios for those members here that want to if the TA is not ratified.
Jump to postI would hate to be a part of the team attempting to replace 20K flight attendants or having them in place ready to go if there was a strike, mass exodous, termination attempt or whatever. Imagine Hank Steinbrenner the NYY owner deciding to release or designate for assignment every Yankee player on t...
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