Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-14-2011, 04:54 PM
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01-14-2011, 05:04 PM
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Holy Sh&t, I'm not on reserve next month! Guess I'll have to start paying attention to the swap board conversations now
01-14-2011, 05:36 PM
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This company cracks me up and then some.
01-14-2011, 05:51 PM
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Is Delta hiring right now for 2011? Or not yet?
01-14-2011, 05:54 PM
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Yes, 738, 739 and A32X are 757 replacements.
But when I say replacement I'm not talking about the airframe but rather that airlines opted for a financially motivated substitute. My argument is instead of buying a kid a new Lexus they get the Camry, not as great but it does the job.
In no way does the 737 compare to the 757 but the tweaked and stretched 1968 737 is still available for purchase with a large and healthy company sustaining backorder while the venerable 1983 757 is no longer in production because the orders dried up.
But when I say replacement I'm not talking about the airframe but rather that airlines opted for a financially motivated substitute. My argument is instead of buying a kid a new Lexus they get the Camry, not as great but it does the job.
In no way does the 737 compare to the 757 but the tweaked and stretched 1968 737 is still available for purchase with a large and healthy company sustaining backorder while the venerable 1983 757 is no longer in production because the orders dried up.
01-14-2011, 05:59 PM
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01-14-2011, 06:05 PM
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The 757 is tall enough that you could hang a pair of big round GTFs on her. I wonder how long it would take to crank up the 757 line again.
01-14-2011, 06:12 PM
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Except it'd take away from 737 orders and well, its the new Boeing. The one that thought going to Chicago was a good idea.
01-14-2011, 06:17 PM
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01-14-2011, 06:35 PM
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The new rules would actually increase the FO's positions on the 7ER. Yes you can fly more hours before you have to carry the relief FO but the duty day limits if you are not acclimated are to short to allow that. Most of the current two man trips out of JFK will have to go to 3 pilots. The only way the company could avoid it would be to make them 4 day trips instead of 3. This might meet the acclimatization requirement but the increase in 1 for 3.5 credit would probably keep the company from going that route.
Regardless however I don't think this has anything to do with the new rest rules. This bid is to cover flying this summer long before the new rest rules will go into effect. Its not likely the company will even know what they will end up being by summer.
Regardless however I don't think this has anything to do with the new rest rules. This bid is to cover flying this summer long before the new rest rules will go into effect. Its not likely the company will even know what they will end up being by summer.
As for the company pulling the AE to tweak based on F&DT rules that no one knows what they will be or when they will be it, other than a vague 3 year rollout, that seemed less than likely. Either that was total BS, or if there was any truth to it, the only reason I could see would be an impending ATA windfall.
So if this AE really is about covering summer flying, and we're not adding many if any pilots for the summer (even late spring/early summer hiring doesn't add line ready pilots for several months) then I wonder how this AE will shape up. Simply adding widebody positions (which I've heard will be the case) may be necessary, but even a tiny increase in summer flying over 2010 would have the narrowbody fleets bursting at the seams even with agressive green slips. Taking guys out of the narrowbodies to buff the widebody rosters would compound things even worse.
Just isn't adding up to me unless we hire and hire soon. Unless its just about a base alignment/transfer with no significant change. I guess we'll see next month.
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