Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
I hear ya. We seem to be quite full as of late. Hope we get some pricing power with the capacity constraint going forward.
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I doubt airlines would dump hundreds of routes just to keep staffing levels the same. But it's unrealistic to expect them to react by hiring thousands (tens of thousands?) of pilots just to comply with new rules.
At best (from a pilot perspective), there would be some hiring, and some route cutting.
IMHO.
Jackets in ATL, in or out right now? I know March 1st you can go to summer uniform and I know you should see where you're flying before you toss the coat, but what are most guys in the ATL doing? Half and half?
CPDLC isn't a golden BB cure all, it does save some radio calls, but by no means is it a crutch. It is the next gen of the wpr mostly, but it helps a lot with company comm too. It is also used over land, the russians love it and use every facet of its capability. I'll tell you what rocks is the electronic checklist. Love at first sight especially helpful during abnormals - now thats a crutch.
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Someone already posted the article somewhere in these hills about AirTran's CEO comments concerning a resurrgent Delta. I wanted to bring it back up for discussion but can't find it.
So despite it not being here and nothing for you to work on please discuss it.
So despite it not being here and nothing for you to work on please discuss it.
Hey ER guys, do all of the TWA birds now have GPS and updated boxes? I hated taxing out and deleting the "CHECK FUEL" FMS message or whatever it said because you couldn't put SC's in the box and I always thought it was funny to fly a track with 0 offset and watch everyone pass you to the left. All you could say is "that ain't right..." and go back to whatever you were doing to keep yourself occupied like shaking your half empty water bottle until the other guy couldn't stand it and he'd call Helga and get a pee break.
Basically he said post 911, they were able to steal a lot of leisue=re pax from DAL. Post bankruptcy organization, DAL came back leaner and more competitive and was taking back the lost pax. Bottom line air tran doesn't see the greenest pastures in ATL and are looking elsewhere.
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I just want to post on what may be the longest thread on any board, anywhere.
Keenster,
Let's not go overboard with the reply. Not having my own copy of the release doesn't mean I don't know what's going on. We are used to sharing one copy of everything - it stays in the middle where both guys can look at it and reference as necessary - no matter which one of us is the pilot flying. If there is something I need/want I make notes on a piece of paper. Also, most of the captains I fly with make their own little matrix (Souls on board, min fuel for T.O., etc.). We're not trying to put down your old system - don't attack all the Delta FOs for our system.
Let's not go overboard with the reply. Not having my own copy of the release doesn't mean I don't know what's going on. We are used to sharing one copy of everything - it stays in the middle where both guys can look at it and reference as necessary - no matter which one of us is the pilot flying. If there is something I need/want I make notes on a piece of paper. Also, most of the captains I fly with make their own little matrix (Souls on board, min fuel for T.O., etc.). We're not trying to put down your old system - don't attack all the Delta FOs for our system.
I wear mine. It is still in the 20's up North. You look like a dumba__ freezing your a__ off in the mornings.
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