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Re: ...this is America.

Postby Paphitis » Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:38 pm

Kikapu wrote:
Paphitis wrote:I hope you hear from your friend.
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Paphitis, this is what my friend, the AA Captain wrote.

Always great to hear from you ***** and I’m glad you’re doing well. Demand seems to be returning and here at American they are increasing the flying every month starting with April.

I assume United and Delta will probably be doing the same. With the Covid vaccine getting out the outlook is positive. Looking forward for international to open. That’s the game changer. How’s your schedule for a FaceTime later?


Yes that exactly coincides with what is happening at United.

I also presume Delta will be on a similar path.

Pilots are being called back as if last month and the pace us getting more frantic as pilots need to be retrained.

It’s going to take some time to get to full capacity but what I have been told is that the check and training department are working like they have never worked before, even before Covid.

So it’s really great news.

To top it all off, US Airlines are working off a much higher base than their counterparts in other countries. A lot of their domestic market fir instance had a far smaller impact than elsewhere. So they don’t have as big of a problem than the rest of the world.

Their problem is mainly been the sheer size and proportion of the flight crew numbers that need to be retrained. The volumes over there are just staggering.

What does this mean for Aussie and Canadian E3 holders? Well, I have been told we will be employed, or given a start date. We were told we are 3 to 6 months away from a start date and the only reason for that delay is because there just aren’t any simulator slots.

They are also sending their pilots to Singapore, and Ireland for training because all their US Sims are working 24/7 now. Sims are booked in 4 hour slots. When one crew finishes and exits, another crew jump in. The things are always running with only downtime being maintenance or malfunction.

That is another thing that could happen. Our training could be outsourced to CAE Oxford.

Technically, the way this was handled, we were indeed just like other furloughed US Crews. The only difference between them and us is that we are foreigners on E3s. And by foreign I mean Australian and Canadian nationals. They don’t except any other countries, not even UK or any EU country.

There is a method in the madness. Those who haven’t flown for close to a year are the highest priority because after 12 months of non currency, they pretty much have to do the entire endorsement over again. If it’s less than 12 months, a simple check suffices. But most may require an extra sim session to get back up to speed.

Hence why they asked for our log books.

Over there, you are just a number. It’s a sausage factory. You go to your sim with people you never met before. The positive is that there is nearly no drama or politics with people to involved in your life. It’s just a matter of proficiency and ticking boxes.

International Travel will be open by October in Australia. Presume it will be earlier for US Travellers. I’m itching for that. I want to get to Cyprus by June 2022 at the latest as I’ve got some things to take care of. I think the world is pretty much fed up with Covid now. Vaccines will be critical. I’m getting my jab as soon as I can. The only thing I’m wanting is that it’s the Pfizer version.
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Re: ...this is America.

Postby repulsewarrior » Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:27 pm



...reason, and common sense; the defense pleas: first day of Chauvin's trial.
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Re: ...this is America.

Postby Londonrake » Tue Mar 30, 2021 5:15 pm

Kicks.

You can never win.

Why?

Because, you simply can't comprehend the elemental power of what you're up against.

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Re: ...this is America.

Postby Kikapu » Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:20 pm

Londonrake wrote:Kicks.

You can never win.

Why?

Because, you simply can't comprehend the elemental power of what you're up against.

:lol:

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:lol: :lol:

Yes, the good ol’ southern rednecks. :wink:
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Re: ...this is America.

Postby Lordo » Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:06 pm

Now here is a very interesting bit of news about America.

Gordon Liddy and Howard Kunt were very busy in the eraly 70s trying to re-elect Nixon.

Some of the extreme ideas Liddy, and colleague Howard Hunt, a former CIA officer, came up with - from plotting to kill Nixon critics to kidnapping anti-war protesters - never got the go-ahead, but their plan to bug the Democratic National Committee offices did.

I was under the impression that in the gretest democratic nation on earth conspiracy to kill and kidnap was a crime. So, what did they do, they waited for him to come out of prison for the crimes he was charged with whcih was just breaking into Democratic offices and gave him a job as a host. Who says crime does not pay.

There I was thinking that only pirate states like "TRNC" did that sort of thing but it seems America loved this idea too. Same as our Tatar, they also elected a criminal into the highest office.

Not forgetting 33.98 million people in America living below poverty line.
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Re: ...this is America.

Postby Kikapu » Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:50 pm

Lordo wrote:Now here is a very interesting bit of news about America.

Gordon Liddy and Howard Kunt were very busy in the eraly 70s trying to re-elect Nixon.

Some of the extreme ideas Liddy, and colleague Howard Hunt, a former CIA officer, came up with - from plotting to kill Nixon critics to kidnapping anti-war protesters - never got the go-ahead, but their plan to bug the Democratic National Committee offices did.

I was under the impression that in the gretest democratic nation on earth conspiracy to kill and kidnap was a crime. So, what did they do, they waited for him to come out of prison for the crimes he was charged with whcih was just breaking into Democratic offices and gave him a job as a host. Who says crime does not pay.

There I was thinking that only pirate states like "TRNC" did that sort of thing but it seems America loved this idea too. Same as our Tatar, they also elected a criminal into the highest office.

Not forgetting 33.98 million people in America living below poverty line.


Well, not quite the same.

Liddy got to host a private entity after doing time for his crimes, whereas Tatar got elected to public office by the public for not doing any time for his crimes. A triple sin, no? :wink:
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Re: ...this is America.

Postby Lordo » Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:12 pm

I was comparing Tatar to Trump. Liddy can be compared to Erkan Egmez who also did time in an RoC prison for spreading the white powder and was given a show at a TV station Ada after serving it.
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Re: ...this is America.

Postby Kikapu » Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:54 pm

Reuters
United Airlines to initially hire 300 new pilots as travel demand rebounds

April 1, 2021, 8:35 PM
(Reuters) - United Airlines on Thursday said it would hire about 300 pilots as travel demand rebounds as a rising number of Americans get COVID-19 vaccination, according to the company's internal memo seen by Reuters.

United, which has more than 12,000 pilots, will hire pilots who either had a new hire class date that was canceled or a 2020 conditional job offer. Congress in March approved a six-month extension of a government program that gives airlines significant payroll assistance.

Since September 2020, almost 1,000 United pilots have either retired or participated in voluntary leave programs but the airline said "the number of new pilots needed will be dependent on our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic."

United Chief Executive Scott Kirby said on a U.S. aviation summit on Wednesday that domestic leisure demand "has almost entirely recovered."

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/unit ... 36408.html
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Re: ...this is America.

Postby Lordo » Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:15 am

This is incredible. What the hell was the idiot doing? Why has Amrica signed up to ICC exactly?

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210403-biden-lifts-us-sanctions-on-icc-officials-imposed-by-trump
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Re: ...this is America.

Postby Kikapu » Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:45 am

Lordo wrote:This is incredible. What the hell was the idiot doing? Why has Amrica signed up to ICC exactly?

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210403-biden-lifts-us-sanctions-on-icc-officials-imposed-by-trump


They haven’t!

It was never ratified by the congress.
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