Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
06-02-2014, 08:08 AM
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I am starting to think airshows are not for me, as we lost another one this weekend.
RIP, Bill Cowden, MSP 7ER. While I didn't know him, I know a few of his friends, and they are devastated.
UPDATE: Police identify pilot killed in plane crash - WAOW - Newsline 9, Wausau News, Weather, Sports
RIP, Bill Cowden, MSP 7ER. While I didn't know him, I know a few of his friends, and they are devastated.
UPDATE: Police identify pilot killed in plane crash - WAOW - Newsline 9, Wausau News, Weather, Sports
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06-02-2014, 08:16 AM
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It's good to see delta buying more commuter friendly airplanes.
Delta buys more Airbus jets | www.ajc.com
Delta buys more Airbus jets | www.ajc.com
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta Air Lines is buying an additional 15 Airbus A321 planes to replace smaller, less-efficient aircraft.
The 15 planes come on top of 30 A321s Atlanta-based Delta ordered last year. The airline said the new 192-seat planes will improve the flying experience for customers.
Delta did not disclose the value of the deal, but the list price for an A321 is $110.1 million.
The first A321 will begin flying for Delta in early 2016, with in-flight wi-fi, live satellite TV and other entertainment. The 15 additional planes will be delivered starting in 2018.
Delta Air Lines is buying an additional 15 Airbus A321 planes to replace smaller, less-efficient aircraft.
The 15 planes come on top of 30 A321s Atlanta-based Delta ordered last year. The airline said the new 192-seat planes will improve the flying experience for customers.
Delta did not disclose the value of the deal, but the list price for an A321 is $110.1 million.
The first A321 will begin flying for Delta in early 2016, with in-flight wi-fi, live satellite TV and other entertainment. The 15 additional planes will be delivered starting in 2018.
06-02-2014, 08:24 AM
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It's good to see delta buying more commuter friendly airplanes.
Delta buys more Airbus jets | www.ajc.com
Delta buys more Airbus jets | www.ajc.com
06-02-2014, 08:26 AM
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06-02-2014, 08:47 AM
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06-02-2014, 08:49 AM
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06-02-2014, 09:09 AM
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Delta doesn't require a sim ride during the interview.
Will Endeavor?
If not...yikes!
Will Endeavor?
If not...yikes!
06-02-2014, 09:13 AM
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Yikes? Again, why? UPS had a "sim" when I interviewed there a hundred years ago, and I guarantee you it didn't tell squat about my flying abilities. They still have to pass a checkride somewhere before they are sitting in front of little pink bodies. Ya'll are making a mountain out of a dust bunny.
06-02-2014, 09:15 AM
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Let see:
DAL interviews these pilots, vets them and them holds them out for five years.
UAL and AMR know they are vetted by DAL, and starts picking them off in year two and three.
Brilliant.
Best way to do this whole thing is with DCI as part of mainline. Seniority, longevity day one, where you can attract the best and retain them because there will be a clear career path.
DAL interviews these pilots, vets them and them holds them out for five years.
UAL and AMR know they are vetted by DAL, and starts picking them off in year two and three.
Brilliant.
Best way to do this whole thing is with DCI as part of mainline. Seniority, longevity day one, where you can attract the best and retain them because there will be a clear career path.
06-02-2014, 09:16 AM
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There never was anything special about the 50, 70 or even 90 seat RJ's to justify their order books. Their biggest use was to poach other trunk carrier networks with low segment cost hub raiding with potential revenue buffing frequency. They were always high seat costs, but increased revenue from employing this model supposedly made up for it, so everyone ordered a billion of them without a second thought and things seemed great…
…right up until every one else started doing the same thing. Then everyone was eating high seat costs, clogging up gates and slots, and being poached by every one else and simultaneously realized they were sitting on way too much inventory of a way too inferior product.
Funny thing is, this has a very good chance of collapsing Pinnacle from an operational standpoint. Attrition will likely increase, and even the new preferred class of "specially vetted" new hires will also start bailing well prior to their 5 year point.
The numerous billion dollar miscalculations by legacy managements in the regional sector continue unabated. You would think the several billion DL has lost on that pathetic experiment would result in corrective thinking. Sadly, learning has not yet occured.
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