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Forum: Middle East
11th Aug 2014, 05:34
Replies: 109
Views: 46,470
Posted By Likeitis

I would have a hard time understanding any...

I would have a hard time understanding any American under 45 YO not taking or shooting for a position with DL, AA or UA. Hell I know 3 year FO at jetBlue who will make $155k this year. I've seen...
Forum: Middle East
30th Jul 2014, 18:29
Replies: 70
Views: 44,931
Posted By Likeitis

@pt one bucket is overflowing and there are...

@pt

one bucket is overflowing and there are too many other opportunities to stay where pretty much everything outside of the actual crews is crap. Crap schedules, crap medical, crap staff travel,...
Forum: Middle East
29th Jul 2014, 19:09
Replies: 4,944
Views: 3,495,190
Posted By Likeitis

If I received the above schedule it would be by...

If I received the above schedule it would be by far the best schedule I ever had at EK in the last 3+ years. The schedules at EK are abhorrent. Best way to start out on a good foot with the company...
Forum: Middle East
29th Jul 2014, 17:49
Replies: 70
Views: 44,931
Posted By Likeitis

I'm in the bottom third of list and will be...

I'm in the bottom third of list and will be leaving soon but since 01jan14 I've seen an attrition rate of 3.8%. Factoring the number of pilots below me and the number I have first hand knowledge of...
Forum: Middle East
6th May 2014, 09:57
Replies: 16
Views: 4,205
Posted By Likeitis

Thumbs up Aetna paid approx. AED 5000 of a procedure that...

Aetna paid approx. AED 5000 of a procedure that was 28000 when EK decided after I received pre-approval they weren't going to pay for parts of the bill. Probably could have fought it but it was much...
Forum: Middle East
1st Apr 2014, 20:59
Replies: 63
Views: 18,496
Posted By Likeitis

Alfie, Your rationalization sounds oh too...

Alfie,

Your rationalization sounds oh too familiar to much of the crying I heard from scabs I had the displeasure of working with in a previous life. Your F you, I've got mind attitude will make...
Forum: Middle East
31st Mar 2014, 21:51
Replies: 76
Views: 27,774
Posted By Likeitis

The Delta rates are a bit low because they don't...

The Delta rates are a bit low because they don't factor in the raise of Jan 14. Top is around $271 now. Most people can expect another 10% in soft pay. Also DC fund is 16%.

Biggest benefit...
Forum: Middle East
18th Mar 2014, 15:00
Replies: 63
Views: 18,496
Posted By Likeitis

Paying for your training(type) is the...

Paying for your training(type) is the responsibility of the employer. When your ilk buy your job which is essentially what your doing you degrade the profession. Earn your job like thousands before...
Forum: Middle East
18th Mar 2014, 14:25
Replies: 63
Views: 18,496
Posted By Likeitis

Good way to start your career as a PFTer. Maybe...

Good way to start your career as a PFTer. Maybe you should just wait for a picket line you can cross. That will put you in a big shiny jet pronto.
Forum: Middle East
10th Mar 2014, 17:25
Replies: 39
Views: 14,982
Posted By Likeitis

Why is it illegal in Mississippi to house a horse...

Why is it illegal in Mississippi to house a horse within 50 feet of a road? Just because it's law doesn't mean it's enforced or followed. I'm not saying back in the days of check hauling that guys...
Forum: Middle East
10th Mar 2014, 09:19
Replies: 39
Views: 14,982
Posted By Likeitis

Try again wiz. Part 135 is nearly all on demand...

Try again wiz. Part 135 is nearly all on demand charter and the companies that do a pseudo part 121 scheduled airline ops under 135 rules follow 121 rules for pilot rest requirements. I know many...
Forum: Middle East
11th Feb 2014, 08:41
Replies: 69
Views: 30,026
Posted By Likeitis

Slight mistake. The list will need to hit 7200. ...

Slight mistake. The list will need to hit 7200. Currently at ~ 3600. With the published plan between now and 2020, expect around 350ish upgrades. Anyone with a post 2011 DOH can expect at least 6...
Forum: North America
29th Dec 2013, 07:27
Replies: 64
Views: 22,105
Posted By Likeitis

Actually I have held many positions outside of...

Actually I have held many positions outside of aviation. In high school I worked on a dairy farm and in retail. While in college I worked as a mechanic and in a hotel. After college I work in the...
Forum: North America
27th Dec 2013, 13:57
Replies: 64
Views: 22,105
Posted By Likeitis

I do and nearly every person I know who works in...

I do and nearly every person I know who works in such an environment gets bent over by their coworkers and managers because they refuse to play the game. It would be nice to work in an utopia of...
Forum: North America
27th Dec 2013, 08:13
Replies: 64
Views: 22,105
Posted By Likeitis

What are these other ways to protect from...

What are these other ways to protect from favoritism, brown nosing, back stabbing, nepotism, etc because in the history of the world it hasn't been accomplished.

From my experience the only people...
Forum: Middle East
23rd Nov 2013, 16:32
Replies: 10
Views: 5,607
Posted By Likeitis

But the supercomputer program won't be ready for...

But the supercomputer program won't be ready for 18 months. EK must have hired the genius who put together the Obamacare website to implement this software. Really? 18 months? Some priority. I...
Forum: Middle East
25th Oct 2013, 10:24
Replies: 48
Views: 9,518
Posted By Likeitis

I asked. It's quite obvious as well.

I asked. It's quite obvious as well.
Forum: Middle East
25th Oct 2013, 10:13
Replies: 48
Views: 9,518
Posted By Likeitis

I think they are now purposely trying to screw...

I think they are now purposely trying to screw with people. The computer gave me the five days off adjacent my leave as I bid but they manually inserted flying to screw up my leave to the maximum...
Forum: Middle East
22nd Oct 2013, 06:30
Replies: 91
Views: 28,856
Posted By Likeitis

Pretty sure what tomcat quoted was without the DC...

Pretty sure what tomcat quoted was without the DC fund and 401(k) which as of the first of the year will be 16%. To the one who brought up the pension childish remark, only Fedex and Ups have...
Forum: Middle East
12th Oct 2013, 08:31
Replies: 91
Views: 28,856
Posted By Likeitis

Fatbus, I've never flown an rj so I'm really...

Fatbus,
I've never flown an rj so I'm really sorry if I don't know their identifiers. I've commuted on a handful of them and I didn't pay much attention. I can tell if its made in the jungle or...
Forum: Middle East
11th Oct 2013, 17:03
Replies: 91
Views: 28,856
Posted By Likeitis

What is a RJ145? I know of no Lagacy carrier...

What is a RJ145? I know of no Lagacy carrier flying a rj. And yes that includes the 9 but most likely going to the B717. Of course first year sucks but second year is almost double. With the...
Forum: Middle East
11th Oct 2013, 12:05
Replies: 91
Views: 28,856
Posted By Likeitis

With the new contracts at the US legacies and...

With the new contracts at the US legacies and some of the increases in Asian contracts I'm not so sure EK is "well above industry average" When the AA/USA merger is complete and the new AA contract...
Forum: Middle East
4th Oct 2013, 08:50
Replies: 37
Views: 8,821
Posted By Likeitis

The way EK numbers flights is absolutely...

The way EK numbers flights is absolutely retarded. When I saw that during training I knew right then and there that the safety speeches were nothing but lip service.

Look at KMEM during Fedex's...
Forum: Middle East
3rd Oct 2013, 18:49
Replies: 31
Views: 18,888
Posted By Likeitis

With the US legacies looking at upwards of 2000...

With the US legacies looking at upwards of 2000 new hires between now and 2015 and increasing every year thereafter, it provides movement and better T & C's worldwide into many places that were held...
Forum: Middle East
9th Sep 2013, 19:12
Replies: 50
Views: 18,912
Posted By Likeitis

Any position flying a narrow body in the US is...

Any position flying a narrow body in the US is hands down better than anything the sandbox has to offer. Stability at EK is the ONLY nice thing about EK and I see that eroding at an increasing pace....
Forum: Middle East
9th Sep 2013, 16:27
Replies: 74
Views: 41,035
Posted By Likeitis

The following is quoted this month from the CEO...

The following is quoted this month from the CEO of the most profitable airline in history. Pretty obvious way to run things but you need leaders who have to ability to check their ego's at the door...
Forum: Middle East
11th Aug 2013, 14:57
Replies: 4,944
Views: 3,495,190
Posted By Likeitis

more like 6 years on Airbus now. Joining now...

more like 6 years on Airbus now. Joining now will be at least 8-9 years and that is optimistic.
Forum: Middle East
11th Aug 2013, 12:18
Replies: 4
Views: 2,593
Posted By Likeitis

With the explosion of hiring on the horizon in...

With the explosion of hiring on the horizon in the US, why anyone in the US would want to go to the sandpit is beyond me. In fact there are now and in the near future a record amount of Americans...
Forum: Middle East
14th Dec 2012, 10:41
Replies: 12
Views: 7,365
Posted By Likeitis

My litmus test of pilot sanity is as follows. ...

My litmus test of pilot sanity is as follows.

"Would you allow your children to be commercial pilots?"

Top five answers from sane to bat **** crazy.

1. F no!
2. Are you f'ing kidding me?...
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