UncleSam

Yes, I remember it well. Went there with Capt. Tim many times. It was his favorite.

DeadHead

I like the predictions in that article, but I just don't see them ridding the Virgin Atlantic name.

Really not trying to sound sarcastic here, but I've been hearing for years now from reps on how the old, and new, PWA has scope protections in it that prevent a situation like this from costing Dal pilots' jobs/flying.
Furthermore, I've been told that had we not placed certain scope provisions in place 8-10 years ago, I wouldn't even have job here. I guess it is easy to compare against a scenario where you get to control and determine all the mitigating factors and variables over time.

Personally, I feel as though Dal mainline pilots are looked upon as any other codeshare partner group as a cost to be marginalized. My bigger fear is that the long term plans between AF-KLM-DAL-VA is to whipsaw the pilot groups against one another.

Again, still trying to wrap my head around it all, but I have a feeling I'm being set up on a blind date with a girl who has a "great!" personality.

Kingbird87

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This is the way most of the people I know, and fly with feel, and that is why I feel relatively secure in knowing I'll not have to be a greeter at WalMart to make ends meet in a few years........

johnso29

UPDATE 2-Branson plans to keep control of Virgin Atlantic - Yahoo! Finance UK

iceman49

Is anyone having any issues with Travelnet, keep getting message saying one of the signatures although valid was signed by an untrusted party. Thx

nwaf16dude

I had the same problem this morning. I logged out and logged back in and everything worked normally.

SailorJerry

I'm sure glad we helped get our financial ducks in a row to help put this deal through. Better email your reps before the ink is dry on the LOA. We aren't interested in buying 49% of a company, just to cede them our slots, so they can pare down unprofitable routes, and shift assets to ATL, JFK, and our other LHR gateways. Because if you follow the money, that 747 is gonna have 160 Delta seats for sale on each and every one, the price of the ticket will go up, and the cash flow to our bottom line is going to be immense.

Remember - this has been in the works for I'm guessing 18-24 months. The lines are already drawn in the sand. If we don't like where they were drawn, we're gonna have to work pretty hard to move them.

LOBO

Same thing this morning but I was dealing with a Buddy Pass. Had to sign the Buddy Pass agreement again to get everything working.

(Actually impressed with the cost of the BP compared to a ticket on Delta. $500 vs. $1800)

sinca3

What exactly is Delta trying to accomplish with all the foreign airline purchases in the past 2-3 years? They have a minority share in Aero Mexico, GOL, looking into this Virgin Atlantic deal....
Global reach but where doen it leave us the pilots and other employees?

nwaf16dude

Funny, I have a set of triplets with those two names plus "No 69 Vette." My toys have to be a little cheaper...