Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
03-11-2013, 09:51 AM
Da Hudge
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Read the Dec crew planning letter about this bid.
e current unknown factor is the DC9. We did not expect the DC9 to remain in service into 2013, and as a result, the DC9 training department has been greatly reduced. With this reduction, we can now train only two DC9 crews a month. If a large number of DC9 pilots bid off the equipment on the October and early 2013 AE bids, we will be challenged to backfill those pilots in order to meet the summer DC9 flying demand. If DC9 pilots remain on the equipment, the situation is not as critical. Unfortunately, we are not very good at predicting pilot bidding behavior. The October 2012 bid has DC9 openings so we can create a buffer in the event a large number of DC9 pilots do bid off. The early 2013 bid may have DC9 openings as well depending on the number of DC9 pilots bidding off on the October bid.
e current unknown factor is the DC9. We did not expect the DC9 to remain in service into 2013, and as a result, the DC9 training department has been greatly reduced. With this reduction, we can now train only two DC9 crews a month. If a large number of DC9 pilots bid off the equipment on the October and early 2013 AE bids, we will be challenged to backfill those pilots in order to meet the summer DC9 flying demand. If DC9 pilots remain on the equipment, the situation is not as critical. Unfortunately, we are not very good at predicting pilot bidding behavior. The October 2012 bid has DC9 openings so we can create a buffer in the event a large number of DC9 pilots do bid off. The early 2013 bid may have DC9 openings as well depending on the number of DC9 pilots bidding off on the October bid.
03-11-2013, 09:56 AM
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Saying that Delta will hire 8000 pilots, in ten years, does not make sense. Please tell me someone asked him how that would be accomplished. Hire and train 800 pilots a year when they say there not going to hire this year. That means they have to hire and train 888 pilots a year starting in 2014. With this quick math, I am sure that someone asked if we are able to do train that many new hires.
03-11-2013, 09:56 AM
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I think CNNSI.com is a porn site.
03-11-2013, 09:57 AM
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I did depart GRU one night at MTOW with over 60 empty seats in coach and no non revs, over 40k on cargo. We wondered if we were carrying gold bars.
03-11-2013, 09:58 AM
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03-11-2013, 10:00 AM
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Sometimes they'll put it on the WDR if you're carrying high value items like that. We had some of them one day coming back from MEX... In that case, the money value of 2500 lbs of gold bars is staggering. I can only imagine how much value ya'll were possibly carrying.
03-11-2013, 10:09 AM
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Sometimes they'll put it on the WDR if you're carrying high value items like that. We had some of them one day coming back from MEX... In that case, the money value of 2500 lbs of gold bars is staggering. I can only imagine how much value ya'll were possibly carrying.
That's enough according to this website http://demonocracy.info/infographics...s_deficit.html to run the U.S. Government in 2011 for 2 hours. And that was in 2011.
03-11-2013, 10:09 AM
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Yeah I know its possible, but if they were really planning on that many, the gates would be opening up soon. We'll see I guess.
03-11-2013, 10:13 AM
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Regrettably the March bid also clearly states they do not plan to hire to fill vacancies.
So I guess this supports seamonsters theory of a merger to fill vacancies. So many pieces to the puzzle. But I will say that I don't think the 2000 or 2001 hire groups could survive another merger. That would not be good.
So I guess this supports seamonsters theory of a merger to fill vacancies. So many pieces to the puzzle. But I will say that I don't think the 2000 or 2001 hire groups could survive another merger. That would not be good.
03-11-2013, 10:18 AM
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A lot of times, there is more cargo in weight than the plane can take. Once all the revenue passengers are on, they load the cargo up to the max aircraft weight for the flight. It happens more than you realize on long haul flights. There is zero chance of getting on as a non-rev when this happens.
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