paul pena didnt see this one coming.

Should say "big ol' jet air-a-liner"

That's more or less what I'd expect, actually. He always did get carried away.

He doesn't work for USPS anymore?

Huh, I always thought it went "Big ol'Jeff left the light on"

/makes more sense now

Not really ironic.

i·ro·ny1 /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Show Spelled[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Show IPA
noun, plural -nies.
1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, "How nice!" when I said I had to work all weekend.
2. Literature .
a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b. (especially in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., especially as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3. Socratic irony.
4. dramatic irony.
5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.

Maybe if Steve Amtrack went to work for an airplane company, that might be ironic. If Steve Ford went to work for Chevrolet that might be ironic. But a guy with the same name as a guy who wrote a song about an airliner, not so much irony.

kevinfra: Not really ironic.

i·ro·ny1 /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Show Spelled[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Show IPA
noun, plural -nies.
1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, "How nice!" when I said I had to work all weekend.
2. Literature .
a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b. (especially in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., especially as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3. Socratic irony.
4. dramatic irony.
5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.

Maybe if Steve Amtrack went to work for an airplane company, that might be ironic. If Steve Ford went to work for Chevrolet that might be ironic. But a guy with the same name as a guy who wrote a song about an airliner, not so much irony.



I know it sounded cool in your head subby, but considering that Hawker doesn't even make big planes makes the whole concept of the headline seem retarded.

/B89 Logistics support representin'...

I interviewed with them a few years ago for a job in finance. Glad I didn't get the job.

/Also, Wichita is a terrifying place.

Paul Pena's version was better.

Steezy: I interviewed with them a few years ago for a job in finance. Glad I didn't get the job.

/Also, Wichita is a terrifying place.



My god, how insulated of a life have you lived to find Wichita terrifying? The most frightening thing here is the idiots behind the wheel on any given highway.The hit to the aircraft industry notwithstanding, the economy here has been buffered fairly well these past few years, so we've got that going for us.

A restructuring specialist...

AKA looter.

It will take one or two years for the company to declare bankruptcy after Miller and his friends extract hundreds of million$ of "management fees", financed with loans secured with Hawker Beechcraft as collateral.

The creditors and employees will be left holding the bag.

I don't think he has the qualifications to run an airline. He's a joker, he's a smoker, he's a midnight toker.

He seems like a guy who'll take the money and run.

jaytkay: A restructuring specialist...

AKA looter.

It will take one or two years for the company to declare bankruptcy after Miller and his friends extract hundreds of million$ of "management fees", financed with loans secured with Hawker Beechcraft as collateral.

The creditors and employees will be left holding the bag.

Ha! We won't have to wait that long, the company's been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy for quite some time now.

jaytkay: A restructuring specialist...

AKA looter.

It will take one or two years for the company to declare bankruptcy after Miller and his friends extract hundreds of million$ of "management fees", financed with loans secured with Hawker Beechcraft as collateral.

The creditors and employees will be left holding the bag.

If the company is already going down the employees are already screwed, leaving the banks to take the extra beating. I thought screwing banks was a good thing. I guess that's only if you're camping in a city park. If you wear a suit while you do it it's evil.

AdolfClamwacker: I thought screwing banks was a good thing. I guess that's only if you're camping in a city park. If you wear a suit while you do it it's evil.

Tell us about the millions of dollars the occupy people are taking home. Go on. Tell us about it.

jaytkay: AdolfClamwacker: I thought screwing banks was a good thing. I guess that's only if you're camping in a city park. If you wear a suit while you do it it's evil.

Tell us about the millions of dollars the occupy people are taking home. Go on. Tell us about it.

I'd be surprised if you could come up with a million dollars between a million OWS protesters.

jaytkay: A restructuring specialist...

AKA looter.

It will take one or two years for the company to declare bankruptcy after Miller and his friends extract hundreds of million$ of "management fees", financed with loans secured with Hawker Beechcraft as collateral.

The creditors and employees will be left holding the bag.

You have it almost exactly wrong. Miller is the guy the guys you describe (and other, less unsavory types) bring in after they or others have already farked things up. Among the people who have high regard for his abilities is President Obama, who brought him in first as a director and eventually as Chairman of AIG.

Seriously, you should read his autobiography. Despite having made a lot of tough decisions and more than his share of enemies he's kind of the anti-Chainsaw Al, always concerned with what the company will look like a decade after he's gone. One of the few roving CEOs who has earned most of the money he's made.

I dunno if he can save Hawker from the mess Goldman put it in, but he's one of maybe half a dozen people in the world who has a shot at it.

Would it be acceptable to call him Maurice?

Only if he speaks with the Pompatus of Love.

Does the company operate that big ol' jet outta Llano?

/sounds like what he's singing
//not that they'd sing about some obscure Texas town

End_Of_Line: Huh, I always thought it went "Big ol'Jeff left the light on"

/makes more sense now

Heh. As a kid, I'd always had it down as "big ol' Jed and Lionel."

/there's a bathroom on the right

End_Of_Line: Huh, I always thought it went "Big ol'Jeff left the light on"

/makes more sense now

No No No silly fool, it's big ol' Jed had a line up

cyberspacedout: Does the company operate that big ol' jet outta Llano?

/sounds like what he's singing
//not that they'd sing about some obscure Texas town

tried to do it out of el paso, but they ran into a great big hassle.

Coincidence


Irony


These are two different things.

I hope they have a succession plan in place, in case jungle love drives him mad.

Steezy: I interviewed with them a few years ago for a job in finance. Glad I didn't get the job.

/Also, Wichita is a terrifying place.

How is it terrifying?