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You obviously haven’t taken a good look at American Airlines lately. Boycott AA http://www.martweb.net/AA

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You obviously haven’t taken a good look at American Airlines lately. > Boycott AA > http://www.martweb.net/AA > > > > Top?  They’ve got a LOOOOOOONG way to go.  The only airline that > sucks > > > > worse than Delta is UAL.<<

Please learn to trim messages properly so that you don’t mislead readers as to the source of the quotes.  None of this was mine.

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> > Found in an ATL newspaper: > What is the differenece between a Delta pilot and a jet engine? > Ans:  The jet engine stops whining when the plane arrives at the gate. > Very, Very, Very old joke (with the appropriate <generic airline> put in > place of Delta.

The version I heard ‘way back when, probably in the late ’60s, involved a fighter pilot and a Pratt & Whitney jet engine It went along with "How does a Marine pilot know he’s landed with the gear up?  It takes afterburner to taxi." — Mary Shafer  Senior Handling Qualities Research Engineer NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA Of course I don’t speak for NASA

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> > > What is the differenece between a Delta pilot and a jet engine? > > Ans:  The jet engine stops whining when the plane arrives at the gate.

hahaha……apparently you have never been on a plane that had an begrudge these men and women the money and RESPECT they deserve…. Delta—-give these people what they want—-they deserve to be paid at least as much as the other major airlines’ pilots….  (what are they You people who feel they are not worth this are just ignorant and

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > > What is the differenece between a Delta pilot and a jet engine? > > > Ans:  The jet engine stops whining when the plane arrives at the > gate. > hahaha……apparently you have never been on a plane that had an > begrudge these men and women the money and RESPECT they deserve…. > Delta—-give these people what they want—-they deserve to be paid at > least as much as the other major airlines’ pilots….  (what are they > You people who feel they are not worth this are just ignorant and

Way to go, Jaycey.  You tell ‘em, girl.

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>hahaha……apparently you have never been on a plane that had an >begrudge these men and women the money and RESPECT they deserve…. >Delta—-give these people what they want—-they deserve to be paid at >least as much as the other major airlines’ pilots….  (what are they

Oh, come on. Surely you have a sense of humor? I know of deaf jokes as well as jokes regarding my profession that aren’t at all flattering, but hey, they’re funny and I don’t take them seriously. It’s after all, a joke No relation to what I think of the hard working people in my industry, nor others like those in aviation. -Dan

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What do you call 10 Delta Pilots in a cellar? A Whine Cellar…. Ha ha ha…. What do you call male flight attendents??? Flight Attendent Guys… F  A G’s.. Ha ha ha ha….

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > > > What is the differenece between a Delta pilot and a jet engine? > > > > Ans:  The jet engine stops whining when the plane arrives at the > gate. > hahaha……apparently you have never been on a plane that had an > begrudge these men and women the money and RESPECT they deserve…. > Delta—-give these people what they want—-they deserve to be paid at > least as much as the other major airlines’ pilots….  (what are they > You people who feel they are not worth this are just ignorant and > Way to go, Jaycey.  You tell ‘em, girl.

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Yeah…with this news, slowly becoming a historic event…let’s leave the pilots alone. As a Delta employee, I believe they should be at the top of the industry…

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> What do you call 10 Delta Pilots in a cellar? > A Whine Cellar…. > Ha ha ha…. > What do you call male flight attendents??? Flight Attendent Guys… F  A > G’s.. > Ha ha ha ha…. > > > > > What is the differenece between a Delta pilot and a jet engine? > > > > > Ans:  The jet engine stops whining when the plane arrives at the > > gate. > > hahaha……apparently you have never been on a plane that had an NEVER > > begrudge these men and women the money and RESPECT they deserve…. > > Delta—-give these people what they want—-they deserve to be paid at > > least as much as the other major airlines’ pilots….  (what are they > > You people who feel they are not worth this are just ignorant and > Way to go, Jaycey.  You tell ‘em, girl.

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> Yeah…with this news, slowly becoming a historic event…let’s leave the > pilots alone. As a Delta employee, I believe they should be at the top of > the industry…

Top?  They’ve got a LOOOOOOONG way to go.  The only airline that sucks worse than Delta is UAL.

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> Top?  They’ve got a LOOOOOOONG way to go.  The only airline that sucks > worse than Delta is UAL.<<

And you’re a Airline expert, how?

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Yeah…with this news, slowly becoming a historic event…let’s leave the > pilots alone. As a Delta employee, I believe they should be at the top of > the industry… > Top?  They’ve got a LOOOOOOONG way to go.  The only airline that sucks > worse than Delta is UAL.

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> > Top?  They’ve got a LOOOOOOONG way to go.  The only airline that sucks > worse than Delta is UAL.<< > And you’re a Airline expert, how?

It’s all relative.  Know what a "search engine" is?  Use it.

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> > Top?  They’ve got a LOOOOOOONG way to go.  The only airline that sucks > > worse than Delta is UAL.<< > And you’re a Airline expert, how? > It’s all relative.  Know what a "search engine" is?  Use it.

Don’t need no steenkin’ search engine to know that you’re a moron, pal.

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                      >Very old joke But true!

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thats as old as:  How was wire invented?  Two pilots fighting over a penny…

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> thats as old as:  How was wire invented?  Two pilots fighting over a > penny…

How do you drive a pilot crazy? Drop a quarter on the floor and tell him (her) that you lost 26 cents.

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>I’ve often thought about the life of a commercial airline pilot. >Are they justified with their complaining?  I used to think it’d >be a damn fun job.  They are paid well; they should have some >satisfaction in knowing the years of flying it took to get >into the cockpit; and I used to think it’d be just great being >at the controls of that big plane every workday.  I’m not so >sure anymore.  Except for sticky situation flying, I suspect >it’s an exceedingly b-o-r-i-n-g job with today’s modern planes. >Flying the same routes over & over & over again could be >stupifyingly boring.  And this doesn’t even take >into account the constant adjustments to new time zones. >As far as while in the air, I now suspect the FA’s jobs >are much more exciting.

I disagree… being responsible for a large group of passengers and their safety should command respect and increased pay.  When I recently read the last minutes of the flight recorder on Alaska Airlines flight #261, with both pilot and co-pilot flying that jet upside down for 34 seconds, it sent chills up my spine.  Those guys had to know they were going to die.  And yet? They never lost their cool, never lost their focus… stayed professional and on top of it… And I can only imagine the passengers were screaming at the tops of their lungs… those that had on their seat belts were upside down, those that didn’t must have flipped to the ceiling when it flipped over… Thirty four seconds doesn’t seem very long, but if you stop right now, watch your computer clock click them out for you, all the time imagining being upside down in a jetliner, it will seem like ages.  I did it myself.  I feel the pilots were heros in this situation, and I’m thankful for every penny those guys get when they driving my "bus". Linda (AKA The Travel Lady) Air Travel Guide About.com http://airtravel.about.com

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Found in an ATL newspaper: What is the differenece between a Delta pilot and a jet engine? Ans:  The jet engine stops whining when the plane arrives at the gate.

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> Found in an ATL newspaper: > What is the differenece between a Delta pilot and a jet engine? > Ans:  The jet engine stops whining when the plane arrives at the gate.

Very, Very, Very old joke (with the appropriate <generic airline> put in place of Delta. -d

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> > Ans:  The jet engine stops whining when the plane arrives at the >gate. > Very, Very, Very old joke (with the appropriate <generic airline> put >in place of Delta.

I’ve often thought about the life of a commercial airline pilot. Are they justified with their complaining?  I used to think it’d be a damn fun job.  They are paid well; they should have some satisfaction in knowing the years of flying it took to get into the cockpit; and I used to think it’d be just great being at the controls of that big plane every workday.  I’m not so sure anymore.  Except for sticky situation flying, I suspect it’s an exceedingly b-o-r-i-n-g job with today’s modern planes. Flying the same routes over & over & over again could be stupifyingly boring.  And this doesn’t even take into account the constant adjustments to new time zones. As far as while in the air, I now suspect the FA’s jobs are much more exciting. — I have a neighbor who’s psychotic, a wife who has a perpetual case of PMS, and a little boy who wants to be a leaf blower when he grows up; and you think YOU have problems? —– Bill Verity — I have a neighbor who’s psychotic, a wife who has a perpetual case of PMS, and a little boy who wants to be a leaf blower when he grows up; and you think YOU have problems? —– Bill Verity

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