peepz

Spot on, but after BOS787.

tripled

That which can’t continue, won’t.

Back on topic. SLC350 sounds nice for Asia and SA connections. Maybe even some coast-coast routes with MIA sprinkled in. bring it on!

Iceberg

Somehow they’ve managed to spread that time out in an inefficient manner while still creating painful trips in wrong sized categories.

Or lazy pilots are to blame.

Scoop

Delta Air Lines ability to have Pilots in the wrong category at the wrong time is truly unparalleled throughout the industry and it has been going on at least 10 years now. I know, I know, its a complicated system with plenty of moving parts and is about as responsive as turning a battle ship. All self inflicted says I. Just think about some of the recent colossal crew resources blunders: Last May and June - cancelling flights right and left, Various Holiday meltdowns over the years too many to list specifically, the whole A 350 rollout where if you were not getting a GSWC you did not want one, and also the 220 new hire fiasco were brand new Pilots fly there first month or two with nothing but GS's.

I'm even willing to give them a pass for leap year since basically only astronomers know for certainty when it will occur and the extremely unusual occurrence of thunder storms in the summer. Its almost as if marketing lost the number to flight Ops 10 years ago.

Scoop

dragon

Agree with everything you said except I think the IOWA class BB turns faster than this corporate ship we're on! I use to think only the Military could F up manning, but here comes Delta "Hold my Beer!!"

Meme In Command

Could someone explain the leap year jokes?

Thanks,

Newb

bugman61

In Delta’s never ending quest to blame operational failures on everything but management, a communication after a meltdown said that it was a leap year making the February bid period one day longer and that caused it all to fall apart. It’s similar to when they said a summer disaster was because there were thunderstorms.

crewdawg

Also, run a massive displacement bid well before other airlines and certainly before you offer a VEOP... that will certainly help getting people in the right seats.




Can't remember the exact story, but someone attributed a leap year, being partly responsible for one of our meltdowns a few years back. Someone also mentioned the mid afternoon storms in Atlanta coming early, as being another reason for a strategic level meltdown. Nevermind running rotations so tight that there is absolutely zero room to flex with delays.

Gone Flying

IIRC in February 2020 the bid packages were all very high ALV and tons of GSs were going out and I think there was an irop of some kind. The blame for all of that was placed on the fact it was a leap year.

Jaxs170

It's because:

1) 350 fleet is growing
2) SLC-ICN will be on the 350
3) 330 performance issues during summer

The 350 is the right plane for SLC