A350-1000 and other Fleet News
03-11-2024, 11:20 AM
#2741
Always Working
Joined APC: Jul 2021
Posts: 340
I'll fix the link when I get done flying tonight. But a simple google search would back up my statements. It's common knowledge that airline ticket prices are falling (domestically) across the industry. Nothing catastrophic, but softening compared to the post covid boom where demand outpaced supply. Did you not listen to Delta's forward guidance?
03-11-2024, 11:42 AM
#2742
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,595
03-11-2024, 02:21 PM
#2747
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,595
This will amaze you but I have several friends who still work at Delta. 3 told me the exact same story about what happened. It was commented on here a while back. Next time you fly with a check airman ask. To say the meeting was contentious would be a understatement.
03-11-2024, 02:40 PM
#2748
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Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: Left seat of a little plane
Posts: 2,431
1. The sh!t IT products, to include Mission Minus, "new and improved" miCrew, "new and improved" DeltaNet
2. Cosmically stupid new uniform rollout, that finally had to be paused due to the buffoonery
3. Etc.
I've been on the 330 for about a year, so (hopefully) my domestic flying days are over, and I likely won't fly with new hires again. However, I flew as a 717 and 320 captain for 8+ years, and flew with a lot of great new hires. Even the ones needing some mentoring, only needed a little, and still flew a good airplane. If things have changed significantly in the last year or two I am not aware--but perhaps I am out of the loop these days.
03-11-2024, 02:46 PM
#2749
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2018
Posts: 3,238
Was it "contentious" because of a discussion about troubling performance of new hires, or was it more along the lines of the LCAs bluntly telling Flight Ops Mgmt what they thought about:
1. The sh!t IT products, to include Mission Minus, "new and improved" miCrew, "new and improved" DeltaNet
2. Cosmically stupid new uniform rollout, that finally had to be paused due to the buffoonery
3. Etc.
I've been on the 330 for about a year, so (hopefully) my domestic flying days are over, and I likely won't fly with new hires again. However, I flew as a 717 and 320 captain for 8+ years, and flew with a lot of great new hires. Even the ones needing some mentoring, only needed a little, and still flew a good airplane. If things have changed significantly in the last year or two I am not aware--but perhaps I am out of the loop these days.
1. The sh!t IT products, to include Mission Minus, "new and improved" miCrew, "new and improved" DeltaNet
2. Cosmically stupid new uniform rollout, that finally had to be paused due to the buffoonery
3. Etc.
I've been on the 330 for about a year, so (hopefully) my domestic flying days are over, and I likely won't fly with new hires again. However, I flew as a 717 and 320 captain for 8+ years, and flew with a lot of great new hires. Even the ones needing some mentoring, only needed a little, and still flew a good airplane. If things have changed significantly in the last year or two I am not aware--but perhaps I am out of the loop these days.
03-11-2024, 03:03 PM
#2750
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,595
Flight standards at Delta is by the way outstanding and they go to great lengths to make sure the product they deliver to the line is excellent.
