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Originally Posted by Grog
No offense but, many people work on Christmas. Think of our troops. I have spent several Christmas's under the ocean. Now I provide power on Christmas for your Christmas lights. Just saying lots of people sacrifice their holidays so others can be with their families. We went with out power this Christmas but it was only out for a day. I thank the linemen who risk their lives working in the ice and snow with trees falling like rain. On Christmas eve every time I went outside I could hear a tree or branch breaking every 5 seconds. No power and it took me 2 days to clear the drive way only to reach a road that was blocked by a tree every few hundred feet.
I big thanks to all that keep things going 24/7  |
This was a rant more about the weather than working on xmas. I certainly think of eveyone working on Holidays. I havent had an xmas off in 15 years. I am bringing people home so they can enjoy it with their families.
Legion, you should be fine as long as the weather is good in ATL, which it should be.
Milt, I thought about you specifically when I took off from LGB last week. (in full after burners)
Phile, i dont think its ever been a 'good' industry to be in unless you started 40 years ago and are safe seniority wise. Obviously now it not a good time to get back into it, but dont say never!
Nostatic, same thing happened to us. Flight planned for winds of 260/95 and we soon were in winds of 280/155. We ended up having exactly enough to get to SLC and an alternate, not the 1 hour fuel cushion we planned on. (we can over ride dispatch fuel order to a point) We almost had to stop in DEN, but didnt have to. Another 15 minutes of holding or such, and we would have had to divert. Basically, it depends on weight/cargo etc, and airlines tend to just put enough on to be legal based on weather, as they dont want to tanker fuel because of the higher fuel burn from the extra weight. What kind of plane was she on? the EMB, or the Airbus?