Well yeah that is what they seem to be designed to do.....
Shit that happens with Airlines, thread
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When you don't have one, yes.
Oh when it comes to airlines we most certainly have a welfare state. Banks, airlines, oil companies......all freeloadin' motherfuckers.
Hey JM. You wanna go in on one and we can take turns playing free fall in the gutted cabin?
The company that operates that 727 is actually up here in Alaska.
United sees 'zero' travel demand, says major layoffs loom if bookings don't pick up by fall
United Airlines says it will have to lay off employees this fall if travel demand doesn't resume by then.
amp.usatoday.com
United sees 'zero' travel demand, says major layoffs loom if bookings don't pick up by fall
United Airlines says it will have to lay off employees this fall if travel demand doesn't resume by then.amp.usatoday.com
Wow. It's almost like a global viral pandemic threatens business.
We should probably deal with that at some point.
Wife heard this on the radio yesterday and is now officially panicking. Doesn't exactly give me warm fuzzies. Now on May flying schedule, and it's pretty fucking grim.
www.cnbc.com
US airline stocks tumble after Buffett sells stakes
Airline shares were headed for another day of sharp declines, this time after Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway's cashed out of its stakes in the four largest carriers.
Look at the projections. 1 million infections in August. Do you really think people will be flying then? Only way I will is if I get vaccinated or have positive antibody test. We can pretend to open the economy back up, but a large part of the population will be avoiding planes, casinos and restaraunts. Despite some states doing a decent job of limiting this, others like Iowa are in full derp mode. This will hurt us nationally for a long long time. It is almost as though we should have some central governing organization to to put together a nation wide strategy.Wife heard this on the radio yesterday and is now officially panicking. Doesn't exactly give me warm fuzzies. Now on May flying schedule, and it's pretty fucking grim.
US airline stocks tumble after Buffett sells stakes
Airline shares were headed for another day of sharp declines, this time after Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway's cashed out of its stakes in the four largest carriers.
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Honestly? No, I don't. I think this industry is fucked.
I'm already looking into alternate employment, but pickings are pretty slim around here or are significant pay cuts. Belts are going to get pretty tight in the Pesqueeb household is what I think.
Anything in the solar world?
I've looked a little, but so far haven't seen anything I thought I was terribly qualified for. Wind is probably more up my alley, its just a big propeller, put into reverse. Haven't seen anything yet that wouldn't require a move.
Pressure really isn't on yet. The layoffs will start mid September. I figure job browsing is safe for now, anything super interesting I'll put in for just to see what happens. My seniority/company cash on hand should keep me employed for a year. After that ??????
Edit: I'm still hoping to come up with a way to pay off the house. If I can cook up 64K-ish in cash before the bottom drops out, I could pay off the house and work at jiffy-lube if I had to. Of course, the trick is pulling that kind of cash out of thin air.
Edit 2: The other possibility that came up last night is selling now and renting for a while. Market is still up here. Sell high, time market, ????, profit?
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Cargo companies are likely the only near-term future in aviation.
If CO loses tourism for a while I wouldn’t want to be on the angry side of the future tax bills either.
That's the one upside of TABOR. We'll just constrict services radically and see where that leads us.
Greetings countrymen!
Colorado and Nevada join Western States Pact as states work on unified coronavirus strategy
Colorado and Nevada on Monday became the latest states to join California, Oregon and Washington in the Western States Pact, a working group of Western state governors that will coordinate how to reopen from the stay-at-home orders each has issued to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.
www.cnn.com
It's funny how many people I see in CO and NV bitching about getting californicated. I'm guessing they've never tried to use the shipping ports in Denver or Reno.
I think we all hold these truths to be self-evident: This guy is a harvard legacy douchebag that isn't fit to run a convenience store
Jared Kushner’s Harvard Admissions Essay
Here are some things I want to be when I grow up: a fireman, an astronaut, a business boy, a fire truck, a thousand-dollar bill.
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Greetings countrymen!
Colorado and Nevada join Western States Pact as states work on unified coronavirus strategy
Colorado and Nevada on Monday became the latest states to join California, Oregon and Washington in the Western States Pact, a working group of Western state governors that will coordinate how to reopen from the stay-at-home orders each has issued to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.
It's funny how many people I see in CO and NV bitching about getting californicated. I'm guessing they've never tried to use the shipping ports in Denver or Reno.
I think we all hold these truths to be self-evident: This guy is a harvard legacy douchebag that isn't fit to run a convenience store
Jared Kushner’s Harvard Admissions Essay
Here are some things I want to be when I grow up: a fireman, an astronaut, a business boy, a fire truck, a thousand-dollar bill.www.newyorker.com
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Wait, no hold on........that's not really the idea......
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FedEx/UPS/DHL are incredibly difficult to get on with at the best of times, and this is not where we are at. And I'll take my chances with unemployment before I move to Memphis.
United Airlines Will Ground 757s, 767-400s For "Foreseeable Future" - Live and Let's Fly
United will ground its fleet of Boeing 757-200/300 and 767-400 aircraft for the foreseeable future as it begins reducing pilot positions.
liveandletsfly.com
Man hit and killed by Southwest plane as it lands at Austin airport
The FAA says the driver of an airport operations vehicle later found the body on the runway.
abc13.com
I've done bird strike, deer, and an assortment of meat of unknown origins, but I've never seen this before.
I wouldn't be attempting to swerve a 737, it's going to be landing straight. Lights wouldn't light up something a few thousand feet down till you get closer. Horrible accident. If it's past civil twilight, the runways are basically just big "black holes" and the aircraft lights only give you a little heads up of approaching the surface...not what's way down the runway.Man hit and killed by Southwest plane as it lands at Austin airport
The FAA says the driver of an airport operations vehicle later found the body on the runway.
I've done bird strike, deer, and an assortment of meat of unknown origins, but I've never seen this before.
Those guys do get out of their trucks all the time to do stuff, chase wildlife, fix a light, etc., supposed to have radios and supposed to coordinate with the tower. Not out of place, but usually supposed to be strictly controlled. Anything is possible at this point, including that.
Not quite airlines:
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WWII’s B-17 “All American” Separating Fact and Fiction
Debunks chain email discussing the February 2, 1943 bombing mission of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "All American" True account of events.
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I don't know about you guys but I CAN'T WAIT until things open back up!
www.theatlantic.com
I Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be.
The surreal experience of flying during a pandemic, and the false promise of a return to normal
www.theatlantic.com
Software bug in Bombardier airliner made planes turn the wrong way
Cold weather missed approaches went left instead of right - and vice versa
www.theregister.co.uk
Planes wedged together after collision at Aberdeen Airport
An investigation has been launched after the incident at Aberdeen Airport on Tuesday evening.
www.bbc.com
Nearly 17,000 Southwest employees sign up for buyouts, voluntary leave as furlough threat looms
Thousands of airline employees are signing up for leaves of absence, buyouts or early retirements as the threat of furloughs looms this summer.
www.cnbc.com
Worth noting that 58 flight hours /= to 58 work hours, but Christ Almighty, if I got offered a deal like that, I'd be gone.....
Bigly economiez!
www.mercurynews.com
Coronavirus economy: United Airlines eyes mammoth Bay Area job cuts
United Airlines said it intends to lay off 6,573 workers at San Francisco airport, according to a state labor filing.
www.mercurynews.com
How many employees does it take to equal one annual CEO salary?Bigly economiez!
Coronavirus economy: United Airlines eyes mammoth Bay Area job cuts
United Airlines said it intends to lay off 6,573 workers at San Francisco airport, according to a state labor filing.
I have a different idea.
As Chief Executive Officer at United Airlines Holdings, Inc., Oscar Munoz made $12,643,005 in total compensation. Of this total $1,250,000 was received as a salary, $2,887,500 was received as a bonus, $0 was received in stock options, $8,062,572 was awarded as stock and $442,933 came from other types of compensation.
Who the fuck gets almost 3 times their salary as an additional bonus?
You have to keep those guys motivated or they will slack off. Then they you have to give them their $30,000,000 severance pay to get them out of the way.
Meanwhile in Japan
how do they even survive?! This must be why no successful Japanese companies exist.
As soon as air travel drops we have civil unrest. We need that chemtrail juice back in the air.