Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
10-21-2010, 06:55 PM
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10-21-2010, 07:10 PM
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Heyas,
Honestly guys, I wouldn't be too worried about the commuting part of the NPRM. Heck, we can't even get those guys to stick to the spirit of the 1,500 hour rule when its in back and white. You guys think they will try to enforce the vague commuting language?
Besides, it'd give me a great excuse to move to ATL and get away from my local relatives, and nothing comes that easy.
Nu
Honestly guys, I wouldn't be too worried about the commuting part of the NPRM. Heck, we can't even get those guys to stick to the spirit of the 1,500 hour rule when its in back and white. You guys think they will try to enforce the vague commuting language?
Besides, it'd give me a great excuse to move to ATL and get away from my local relatives, and nothing comes that easy.
Nu
10-21-2010, 07:10 PM
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It COULD go that way. Or, we could be required to live in base. Novel idea. I won't presume to tell anybody where they ought to live, but realistically, I'm not too crazy about spending negotiating capital for commuter convenience. That (satellite basing) would be a considerable expense that the company would have to pay for--driving up costs and causing us to raise our prices/making us less competitive. I am not trying to flame-bate the discussion, only making (I hope) a reasoned response. Like I said, if a guy wants to live in FLL, more power to ya'. But I'd not want to see our company have to pay for the expense of having 30 or 40 some odd satellite bases, and hobbled with the expense that it would entail.
Chuck
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10-21-2010, 07:17 PM
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10-21-2010, 07:46 PM
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Can we?
I mean a) it could be our 100 seater, b) it would give us props back, c) its in production in A-T-L, and d) we could do some serious kick ass CRAF flying.
I mean a) it could be our 100 seater, b) it would give us props back, c) its in production in A-T-L, and d) we could do some serious kick ass CRAF flying.
10-21-2010, 07:59 PM
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I bet that badboy could operate in and out of Hilton head without being weight restricted... and make plenty of smoke. Everyone wins!
10-21-2010, 08:04 PM
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And don't forget if a plane breaks down we could fly parts in.
"So we're delaying your push, we're waiting on some parts for you to fly in."
"Oh yeah, what kind of parts?"
"Saab 340."
"Parts for a Saab 340?"
"No, a Saab 340."
BTW, Oregon looks good. Boise needs to be moved down below TCU relatively speaking. Its just that darn schedule of Boise, its nothing.
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10-21-2010, 08:23 PM
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Ok, so I'm a little annoyed that, as a copilot, I don't warrant a "customer engagement kit". Not that I have an ego or anything (my wife and kids have long since disposed of that), but I can't even begin to count the times I've been alone in the cockpit and have had an interested family or interested kid come up to see the "office". Up until now, when a parent asked me for a pair of wings for their kid, I could say something like, "Oh, I'm sorry, we haven't had those for some time now. How about I plop your son/daughter up in the seat and take a picture with your camera?"
Now I get to say, "Sorry. The Captain's off punching a grupmy. Would you like to wait in the jetway until he gets back so he can access his Customer Engagement Kit?"
Ridiculous. Either give us all the tools to properly engage and please our customers or give us lassos and revolvers to efficiently herd them on and off the airplane.
-"Sorry, kid. I'm just a copilot. I'm not authorized to give you souvenier wings. If you could only wait until the Captain wipes his butt and gets his pizza......."
I'm sorry, it just reeks of a cheap-assed solution to a very large problem...
Now I get to say, "Sorry. The Captain's off punching a grupmy. Would you like to wait in the jetway until he gets back so he can access his Customer Engagement Kit?"
Ridiculous. Either give us all the tools to properly engage and please our customers or give us lassos and revolvers to efficiently herd them on and off the airplane.
-"Sorry, kid. I'm just a copilot. I'm not authorized to give you souvenier wings. If you could only wait until the Captain wipes his butt and gets his pizza......."
I'm sorry, it just reeks of a cheap-assed solution to a very large problem...
10-21-2010, 08:27 PM
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You didn't get a kit? I did, I know all of the ATL FO's did because I saw the boxes. I'm running through the wings very fast.
Where are you based and what are you on?
Where are you based and what are you on?
10-21-2010, 08:49 PM
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Again, it's not that big a deal to me, given that I have to hide in the cockpit after most of my landings anyway, but I would like to at least have a pair of wings to give to the occasional kid I didn't just scare the poo out of...
Maybe it's just a DTW thing? Maybe it's an oversight? Maybe the powers that be are trying to tell me, "Please, whatever you do, don't talk to the passengers".....
I dunno...
(btw... how are you running out of wings? I thought M88B guys on reserve lived the high life sipping beers and watching football.... Does this mean I'll occasionally have to work????)
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