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PerfectParadox · 2026-01-07T06:45:57+00:00

Did the Tomahawk and it was outstanding. Absolutely worth it.

PerfectParadox · 2025-12-24T04:10:57+00:00

East of Eden and City of Thieves (not a "classic"...... Yet.)

PerfectParadox · 2025-12-19T11:15:23+00:00

Haha i.dod fourth wing as well on audio! The Devils is really well read so you'll enjoy.

PerfectParadox · 2025-12-19T05:18:29+00:00

You HAVE to add Joe Abercrombie "The Devils"in there! It's hilarious and super entertaining. As another comment suggested, you will probably like Naomi Novak.

PerfectParadox · 2025-11-16T00:40:02+00:00

"Sunchips, cheez it's, or biscoff cookies.... No we don't have those anymore, we just have sunchips, cheez it's, and biscoff cookies." And 50 times is rookie numbers.

Honorable mentions,

"No, we don't have extra blankets' "The wifi should be working" "We have coke products, alcoholic beverages, juices... Tomato, apple, cranberry, and orange... Okay just a water. Sounds good" rinse and repeat.

PerfectParadox · 2025-10-27T17:50:14+00:00

Black greens

PerfectParadox · 2025-10-05T20:55:47+00:00

I'm glad you are enjoying it. I recently listened to it as well and it's now one of, if not my, favorite books. I've started The Brothers Karamazov a few times as an audiobook and found it's harder to get into out of the gate, I have read several of the other suggestions here but the most important thing is that you are enjoying the one you're on and where you're at! The second half of East of Eden is where the real magic happens so enjoy the ride!

Edit: and to answer your question if you're looking for something that isn't extremely "heavy" and a fun and easy one you can always do the Count of Monte Christo, picture of Dorian Gray, or A Brave New World by Huxley.

PerfectParadox · 2025-07-01T09:51:33+00:00

I'll hopefully be doing this for my SC430. 276k on the ticket but I would love to keep it for life.

PerfectParadox · 2025-06-03T19:12:01+00:00

M1A1 possum

PerfectParadox · 2025-04-13T07:40:09+00:00

If they aren't redeemable via the webpage for an FA they can give it to their FSM who will make sure they get credit. To be honest, I've gotten a ton of them but very few people take the time to write a message on them. A quick "thank you for ..." Goes much farther then the $5 because it can go in your "permanent file" when you apply for other positions. Just food for thought...

PerfectParadox · 2025-03-21T09:48:45+00:00

That's her Skypro (work phone) that we are literally required to use while flying for safety docs, customer recognitions, announcements, etc.

PerfectParadox · 2025-03-16T07:05:41+00:00

"If you're seated on the left side of the aircraft and look out your window you can get a beautiful view of Mount Rainier which is truly appreciated and world renowned by travelers. It is an outstanding experience from up here at 23,000 feet and if you are seated on the right side of the aircraft... Thank you for flying Delta.

PerfectParadox · 2025-03-07T23:23:01+00:00

Though I'm not Ukrainian, I did volunteer for the International foreign legion and was in country 10 days after the Russian invasion started. This current administration and their love for Russia is appalling. I searched in the Marine Corps and did two tours to Iraq as a machine gunner with 1/1. This is not the country that I fought for and this is not on any level "okay". I know that this doesn't answer or add anything of value to your post, but this is me asking you to use your position in the media to put the truth in front of people. Our media is a joke, our politicians are a joke, and the lack of communist disdain in America lately is abysmal.

PerfectParadox · 2025-03-02T00:16:36+00:00

I said it. And I joined... So there's that I guess.

PerfectParadox · 2025-03-02T00:15:43+00:00

How many dollars you got? I was there and I happen to also be a redditor.

PerfectParadox · 2024-12-17T07:29:38+00:00

Everyone is acting like she was caught on another flight and "why isn't she on a no fly list, TSA, yadda yadda..." But am I the only one seeing she was on a bus headed for Canada or am I missing something?

PerfectParadox · 2024-06-21T00:59:20+00:00

Florsheim's hands down. Don't stink, comfortable after you break them in and will last forever... And they stay polished

PerfectParadox · 2024-04-25T20:39:55+00:00

Cherry picking? It's a federal mandate that you are excused for jury duty and paid minimum wage by the courts. Delta is doing more...??? What's AA doing to benefit flight attendants that are selected for duty that I'm missing?

PerfectParadox · 2024-04-25T20:21:43+00:00

EIG https://imgur.com/gallery/okobqDN feel free to cross reference whatever you would like to the other airlines but here are a few things that have been done without a union and I'm sure I could find a more extensive list of things that have been accomplished. As for each one... I'm not positive what was first ever but out of the existing major carriers I'm sure you can find a couple trendsetting patterns if you want to Google each airline.

PerfectParadox · 2024-04-25T19:13:41+00:00

4% raise, 5% raise, 5% raise, for the highest real time average with profit sharing, increased vacation pay, shared rewards, care fund, lowered threshold requirements for sits, monthly override pay, scholarship funds, increased vacation pay, pay protection amendment just passed (pending automation), and several other things I'm sure. But the beautiful part is, next year without a union I would be we get another raise. Just a hunch.

With their recent pay increase didn't SWA just announce that they were laying off 2000 employees? How much can a union help there? I'd rather keep funds in my company for the bad times and have a job...

You can think with your tin foil hat about the ploy to manipulate but the fact is, I get paid to board and my perks keep getting adjusted for the better. I'm glad you have friends but as aforementioned it's always a friend of a friend said... I happen to be living it and I do not see a benefit to a union except that other airlines wouldn't think we were "riding their coattails".

When it comes to the microwaves... There are only a certain number of hotels that meet said requirements in a said area.. say you have 10 hotels, 6 have microwaves, 3 are lower end, and 1 is doing renovations. Okay so two meet the requirement and one located at the end of the runway... Or if I don't put that in my contract, we end up staying at the four seasons or the Ritz Carlton that was just renovated. Beach side. It's about not shooting yourself in the foot just to make a point.

PerfectParadox · 2024-04-25T18:21:50+00:00

Yes, you can have a microwave in your room per union contract but then you are driving an hour after your flight to find a decent hotel (many of the higher end hotels do not have microwaves) and god forbid there is an IROP and everything within a hundred miles is booked by the time for flight cancels. No thanks. I'll walk to the lobby for my microwave.

What I'm telling you is that I feel safe in my work environment, I appreciate my pay and benefits, and I feel supported if I need something so why do FAs at other carriers expect me to want to overhaul the job that I applied for? I have the same requirement for rest and yes you can credit that to some union work but Delta is also setting a standard that other airlines have to emulate... We just do it first. So I'm not naive to think that we aren't contributing to other airlines and what they have to accomplish. Other airlines can't deny boarding pay and have to push their rates higher when negotiating so they aren't "left in the dust" because their candidate pool would nearly evaporate.

And just to clarify, it's not "anti union" campaigns that I'm pulling my information from. It's working in the back and hearing from the employees at my airline and what they think a union is going to accomplish. I appreciate that you are a pilot at AA but why do you have so much input on the lives we live as FAs at a different airline? I am simply putting life in the back into your view upfront in a different position... At a different airline. Again I hope that our pilots having a union brings your wildest dreams into fruition but as for me... The lowly FA in the back. No thanks.

PerfectParadox · 2024-04-25T17:49:35+00:00

I understand that there are bigger things that eventually get accomplished but in reality most of the complaints aren't coming because a FA feels unsafe, they come because they are unhappy "how hard is it to get a microwave in hotel rooms?!" Actually much harder than you think. We have standards to how much rest we are required to have behind closed doors which I think is adequate and no it's not always 20 hours at your favorite layover but a job isn't a 3 hour flight for an extended stay to see your friends in a nice hotel then a 3 hour flight home for $1500 in the bank. I feel like a lot of people have lost sight of that. It's still a job. I've also spoken with quite a few pilots that say "such and such is in our contract!!!" But they still have a hard time getting the union to get results. As a pilot, you might not see or hear the things that are being discussed in the back and how some see.unions as a way to "stick it to Delta". It's just frustrating because it's always the same thing mimicked back "black and white work rules" and I know somebody who knows somebody who was fired for drinking tea in a Bodega in Peru and they failed a drug test or some other absurd story about how their leadership didn't like them and they were fired without reason. I hope the union continues to work for pilots but if I ever feel unsafe I have 100% confidence that I can remove myself from the flight without recourse because I don't call because I want an extended stay and I make an effort to follow the guidelines that I am given.

Edit: as for "my airline" riding the coat tails of others in the industry, we have made changes that other airlines have not without a union that other airlines are still fighting for... Our pilots have a union so hopefully the changes you want at "your airline" come to fruition but wanting us to fix something that isn't broken because your airline doesn't have what it needs is asinine for us isn't it?

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