johnso29

Holy cow!!! I'm staying on the ground!!!

Timbo

I'm sure it will be on the ATIS:

"Pilots should be aware, migratory Ferds and Denny's operating in the area.."

scambo1

Something sounds engineered about that...I guess it's easy when you're Denny Crane. Are there any open seats, I'm always up for happy hour?

Elvis90

"Also, there seems to be another indication of troubles in Delta’s vertical-integration strategy of purchasing a refinery as a fuel hedge. The ex-oil-trader-turned-Delta-VP-of-Fuel, Jon Ruggles, left the company quite abruptly late last year. Ruggles, a key person behind the Trainer refinery deal, was hired away from Merrill Lynch less than a year ago to head Delta’s trading operation. Rumor has it that Ruggles' exit from Delta was somehow related to losses at the Trainer plant."

Delta Airlines Got an Oil Refinery: The Math Does Not Work | EconMatters

"The man who from all accounts was central to that deal getting done was Jon Ruggles, a former trader who headed Delta’s jet purchasing. At the Philadelphia press conference announcing the deal, Ruggles was up at the front, along with the political dignitaries from the city and state, along with the the airline’s senior management.

And now he’s gone.

As Platts’ Matt Kohlman reported Friday, Ruggles has left Delta for unknown reasons. A Delta spokesman confirmed his departure without elaborating as to the reasons."

The man who drove the Trainer acquisition has left Delta Airlines « The Barrel Blog

80ktsClamp

Note that came out over a month ago. DL's latest reports sharply disagree with that.

Elvis90

Do you mean with respect to profit or WRT the departure of Ruggles?

80ktsClamp

Just remember, Denny... you're running with the barefoot kenyan. Watch the master in his element!

FlyZ

Friends are starting to get interview letters from United. That's off the street...they have already gone through the list of guys who got offers but not class dates back in 07-08.

Are they immune from the economy that's holding us back? Or are they just not as big on capacity discipline?

Elvis90

If that's the case then Delta better get ready for some competition. We're getting back to the days when qualified pilots will have three offers from different companies.

johnso29

Neither. It's because they have 550 unfilled vacancies on the CAL side, & 600+ UAL furloughs who have yet to return because they don't want to go to the bottom of the CAL side until the ISL is complete.