Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
03-20-2013, 10:10 PM
Da Hudge
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Who gets the falcon? The CA or the FO? It kind of looks like the CA in that picture... the FO has 3 horns on one side, does the CA have 2 on each?
03-20-2013, 10:13 PM
Da Hudge
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I didn't vote for C2012, but I hope I'm 63% wrong.
03-20-2013, 10:39 PM
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Man how do we go from "widebodies and hiring on Friday" to "maybe they got their year mixed up"?
I give you 37% of the credit then for our stock prices 52wk high being double the 52wk low.
03-20-2013, 10:47 PM
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My no vote reflected that the company knows what they are doing and those that pushed C2012 on us from the union side didn't (unless they were knowingly selling us short). So far, I feel pretty good on my betting.
...and widebodies and hiring on friday? Where was that? There has been a widebody order discussed for, well... 2 years now. And we all know about the apparent typo that SD made.
I do think the leaving of narrowbody vacancies beckons toward hiring (flowing/recalling) sooner rather than later.
03-21-2013, 01:39 AM
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Hey Scoop,
Just did some scouting for you on DeltaNet (at home bored with a new born). Looks like you guys go S3 on all DCI flights except for Skywest and Expressjet (ASA) where you go S3C. This is because of Skywest's agreement with Delta that puts DAL employees behind Skywest employees on Skywest Inc. metal. On Pinnacle you will go S3 just as Pinnacles employees do, so DOH is the determining factor. All other DCI employees will go S3C on Pinnacle. I don't think S2s work at all on DCI anymore. At Compass we used to get six S2s per year and traveled S3 on DAL as well, prior to the sale. Hope this helps.
Cliff note version: You will be S3 on pinnacle (not S3C) and I'm 90% sure your S2 won't work.
Just did some scouting for you on DeltaNet (at home bored with a new born). Looks like you guys go S3 on all DCI flights except for Skywest and Expressjet (ASA) where you go S3C. This is because of Skywest's agreement with Delta that puts DAL employees behind Skywest employees on Skywest Inc. metal. On Pinnacle you will go S3 just as Pinnacles employees do, so DOH is the determining factor. All other DCI employees will go S3C on Pinnacle. I don't think S2s work at all on DCI anymore. At Compass we used to get six S2s per year and traveled S3 on DAL as well, prior to the sale. Hope this helps.
Cliff note version: You will be S3 on pinnacle (not S3C) and I'm 90% sure your S2 won't work.
JD,
Thanks. Just checked on Travelnet, S-3.
Scoop
03-21-2013, 02:32 AM
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$4.3B widebody order on tap, mixture of Airbii and Boeing, 330 & 777.
Delta Said to Study Order for $4.3 Billion in Wide-Bodies - Bloomberg
Delta Said to Study Order for $4.3 Billion in Wide-Bodies - Bloomberg
"Potential orders involve about 20 each of the planemakers' most popular families of jets - the Airbus A320 or Boeing 737 in the medium-haul, narrow-body class and the Airbus A330 or Boeing 777 in the long-range, wide-body category, the people said."
Maybe SD working on A320 type is so he can throw more hands on knowledge into the decision making from a personal standpoint.
http://www.4-traders.com/DELTA-AIR-L...rces-16563245/
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03-21-2013, 02:34 AM
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It gets smaller when you look directly at it. It's probably best if you don't stare.
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03-21-2013, 02:37 AM
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I think some of these would look good in Delta colors:
03-21-2013, 02:51 AM
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That is your choice as capt. Luckily I have not had any problem as most commuters understand and are accommodating. As a 17 year commuter with 23 to go I will do whatever it takes to get everyone I can on. In the past I have sat many times on the door 3 757 FA jump ANC-MSP at the end of a 12 day trip after working HKG-KIX-ANC or TPE-NRT-ANC. I'm on the 88 so the legs are not too long, and truthfully the FA jumpseat is better. At least you can stand. I also will sit in a cockpit jumpseat (as long as there are no other online, offline pilots trying for it) on a DH or PS to training if it helps get another non rev junior to me on.
03-21-2013, 03:31 AM
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Yeah, only 300+ displaced to lower paying equipment. And you TA road show warriors could only talk about the potential growth and hiring if we just vote YES. Who'd a thunk?
We are employed by an airline making record profits, and we're displacing 300+ pilots to lower paying equipment. Which will likely continue as 737-900's are delivered.
It's damn painful to watch my more junior brothers suffer through this kind of backward movement and stagnation. Especially when our "network" grows.
Carl
We are employed by an airline making record profits, and we're displacing 300+ pilots to lower paying equipment. Which will likely continue as 737-900's are delivered.
It's damn painful to watch my more junior brothers suffer through this kind of backward movement and stagnation. Especially when our "network" grows.
Carl
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