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  1. ggroves

    Last AirTran flight

    Again, you don't explain why they'll be forced to. There is no factual indicator. Back of the list? Just remember there is a lot of misplaced hate for SWA from the older, legacy ALPA types who like to blame SWA for "lowering the bar", and their post 9/11 struggles. Both untrue. Talk to...
  2. ggroves

    Tapatalk...?

    Hideous UI. Incredible waste of precious screen space. For an app designed to show information, it is a step backwards.
  3. ggroves

    Last AirTran flight

    Say what? https://www.southwest.com/html/southwest-difference/southwest-citizenship/one-report.html Record profits, 41 consecutive years of profitability, record net income, solid growth, international expansion, no furlough history. Chapter 11 - not even close. Now, if the source...
  4. ggroves

    Last AirTran flight

    To hear some of them bitchin' on FlightInfo, you'd think otherwise.....
  5. ggroves

    Skiing is getting to be almost as expensive as flying

    Wow. We paid $105 at Heavenly in 2012. We're heading back out again in 2015. At least I'll know what to expect.
  6. ggroves

    Jetta TDI

    You read the part where I said I had one, right? I sold it, and replaced it with a '13 Touareg TDI. It wasn't to save $$, because there are better, cheaper choices. It was because I like the torque and German driving "feel". Yes, higher maintenance costs. Low SAPS oil is $10 a liter. The...
  7. ggroves

    Jetta TDI

    I believe the new catch phrase is: "German Engineered"
  8. ggroves

    Jetta TDI

    Um, no. When I had the Jetta TDI ('10) with DSG, I would barely break 40 hwy, and 28 city. The Prius does better. Couple that with a $1.00 premium in diesel fuel, and higher maintenance costs. Nobody buys a modern econo-diesel to save money. The math does not work. The new common rails...
  9. ggroves

    Flying Your Aircraft for Business Purpose as an Employee of a Business

    At the time, it wasn't spelled out in writing.
  10. ggroves

    Flying Your Aircraft for Business Purpose as an Employee of a Business

    Don't automatically assume your co-workers want to fly with you, especially if you are in a management role. In a related story, a friend worked for a company where the site manager was a newly minted private pilot. Their business required client site visits, so the manager decided it would...
  11. ggroves

    Flying Your Aircraft for Business Purpose as an Employee of a Business

    Except most expense reporting systems, the line item says 'Personal Automobile Mileage'. The mode matters as well in most organizations.
  12. ggroves

    Flying Your Aircraft for Business Purpose as an Employee of a Business

    Nope. Watched a VP get fired for this very thing...falsifying expense reports. Flying a personal airplane on company business is against corporate policy. Seek approval, even if it means no. Unless you can afford to lose your job....
  13. ggroves

    10th Anniversary POA

    It was actually a yellow-board member. One of the many who moved the 'Off Topic' section into the realm of heavily divisive politics, that eventually brought the yellow-board down.
  14. ggroves

    10th Anniversary POA

    Oh Gawd! I was a moderator on the old yellow board at that time....BLAH...
  15. ggroves

    10th Anniversary POA

    Hard to believe we've been here since the humble beginnings...wow, 10 years...
  16. ggroves

    NTSB accident report accuracy?

    Yep. Same symptoms. My friend was really spooked by it. Sorry about your friend.
  17. ggroves

    Aircraft buying tips...

    These are the sellers you walk, or run, away from...... It's a buyers market.
  18. ggroves

    NTSB accident report accuracy?

    Yup. A friend of mine bought a Subaru conversion (not Egg, the other one in WA/OR..the name escapes me) for a Glastar. Disaster. He could NEVER get it to run properly. Even flew the owner out here to work on the electronics. Miraculously, he found someone who swapped a Lyc O-320 for it, and...
  19. ggroves

    IFR in DFW Another Drone thread

    Apparently, the buzz kills at the FAA reached out to AerialDFW. From his YouTube posting: Update: Got an official letter and had a meeting with the FAA UAS coordinator for North Texas on 12/10/14. I know what I did wrong and won't do it again. I hope you enjoy the video, it was done...
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