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Old 04-16-2010, 01:11 AM
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Delta Air Lines Welcomes China Eastern's Application to Join SkyTeam Alliance


Delta Air Lines Welcomes China Eastern's Application to Join SkyTeam Alliance - Yahoo! Finance
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Old 04-16-2010, 03:28 AM
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Originally Posted by DAL73n
How do you do that - your max contribution to your 401K is $16,500 and another $5,500 if you are over 50 for catchup contributions. If you contribute above that it's not tax deferred.

You are right I contribute both tax deferred and non-tax deferred.
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Old 04-16-2010, 04:07 AM
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You are right I contribute both tax deferred and non-tax deferred.
scambo, you either have two jobs or no family, or both. Those of us with a single job, and a stay at home mom (due to health problems) need more pay, not more retirement. But that's the beauty of having an MEC who will gather input from all members, and prioritize these issues to benefit the most.
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Originally Posted by Hawaii50
Hmmm. The raked wingtip takes the span out horizontally while the winglet takes it to the vertical. Both achieve essentially the same performance effect. Not sure how the same wing with a winglet would have a longer span than with a rake.

The new blended winglets extend the span on every aircraft they have been installed on. They require the wingtip to be a certain chord to work properly. If you also think about the dynamics of a aircraft making a 90 degree turn the raked tip gives additional clearance. The winglets Boeing had planned for the 400 extended the span 16 feet and the raked tips extend the span 14 feet. The winglets that avaition partners puts on the 767-300 extend the span 11 feet.

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Old 04-16-2010, 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Hawaii50
Hmmm. The raked wingtip takes the span out horizontally while the winglet takes it to the vertical. Both achieve essentially the same performance effect. Not sure how the same wing with a winglet would have a longer span than with a rake.
The raked wing needs less strengthening in the wing box. The winglet needs added strengthening in the wing box due to wing flex. There is a weight savings associated with the raked wing.

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https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/b...aumeMartin.pdf
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot
The raked wing needs less strengthening in the wing box. The winglet needs added strengthening in the wing box due to wing flex. There is a weight savings associated with the raked wing.

Here is a link to a mind numbing thesis if you are interested:

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The weight difference is substantial on the 300ER the winglet mod adds 3000lbs of weight. This is because the winglets induce torsional bending loads the wing was not designed to handle. The wing requires a lot of beefing up before the winglets are bolted on.
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Old 04-16-2010, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Howgozit
Question, can a reserve pilot pick up trips from the swap board?
Timbo answered it, but just to make sure you knew that was for you, no you cannot pick up a trip on a swap board or WS for any trip in the open time pot. It must be assigned to you.

You can reduce your RAW value for a yellow slip, or agree to fly on an off day for a yellow slip. It does not guarantee that you will get the desired trip, so be careful. It simply states that you want to fly, and here are my requests that coincidentally they do not have to honor. They will honor them if they choose to, but if the trip you want is already assigned and they need another body, you will get assigned the that trip even though you did not request it.

Remember that any assignment over 12 hrs to report is your responsibility if a slip is in. Under 12 to report and it is a proffer.
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Old 04-16-2010, 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
The weight difference is substantial on the 300ER the winglet mod adds 3000lbs of weight. This is because the winglets induce torsional bending loads the wing was not designed to handle. The wing requires a lot of beefing up before the winglets are bolted on.
Agreed. I am just guessing but I bet the reason the winglet was approved is because it is a third party mod. Not sure if anyone even looked at a raked wing for the 757/767's.
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Old 04-16-2010, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyinPiker
Delta Air Lines Welcomes China Eastern's Application to Join SkyTeam Alliance


Delta Air Lines Welcomes China Eastern's Application to Join SkyTeam Alliance - Yahoo! Finance
Yep, RA flew over to China on Wed to ink the deal. It appears to be a letter of intent to join Skyteam. Nothing more than joining skyteam to date.
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Incident: Delta Airlines B763 over Atlantic on Apr 14th 2010, unruly passenger

By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Apr 15th 2010 21:46Z, last updated Thursday, Apr 15th 2010 21:46Z

A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N192DN performing flight DL-31 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was enroute at FL360 about 190nm east of Goose Bay,NL (Canada) when the crew reported an unruly passenger on board and requested to divert to Goose Bay, where the airplane landed safely about 40 minutes later. The unruly woman (49) was taken into custody by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The Police said, the Russian woman brought duty free alcohol on board and consumed that alcohol in the lavatory, which resulted in a commotion and the crew requesting the diversion. The woman has to appear in court facing charges of endangering safety of an aircraft.

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