Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
03-03-2011, 02:21 AM
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More Delta airline chitchat please! 
This thread is Google's answer for 98% of every airline question I ask it, but it's getting so I have to wade through 20 posts of political discussion for each post on Delta! Ok, I admit, I read most of them, but find myself vigorously for both sides and still wondering what daily life is like out there on the line.
Interesting posts on DC-9 numbers vs. MD-90s, good charts as always, but what's it all mean for the next AE?
Crew Resources confirmed receipt of my long MLOA return package today, and told me "We're going over your package" (which didn't sound healthy), and that the mil Liason would review it (JM, who I've talked to before and felt solid about), and they they'd contact me with a class date. Until I hear back from them that my 4 year MLOA return after 5.5 years furlough is "approved", I'm pretty nervous... Anyone ever heard of a MLOA return getting hassled/rejected? I'm solid reserve orders for the whole time except 2 weeks leave/vacation a year and a few weekends without duty here and there. Grrr... the waiting sux!
This thread is Google's answer for 98% of every airline question I ask it, but it's getting so I have to wade through 20 posts of political discussion for each post on Delta! Ok, I admit, I read most of them, but find myself vigorously for both sides and still wondering what daily life is like out there on the line.Interesting posts on DC-9 numbers vs. MD-90s, good charts as always, but what's it all mean for the next AE?
Crew Resources confirmed receipt of my long MLOA return package today, and told me "We're going over your package" (which didn't sound healthy), and that the mil Liason would review it (JM, who I've talked to before and felt solid about), and they they'd contact me with a class date. Until I hear back from them that my 4 year MLOA return after 5.5 years furlough is "approved", I'm pretty nervous... Anyone ever heard of a MLOA return getting hassled/rejected? I'm solid reserve orders for the whole time except 2 weeks leave/vacation a year and a few weekends without duty here and there. Grrr... the waiting sux!
03-03-2011, 04:38 AM
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No apology necessary Buzz. Here in WI, we are fed up, but frankly the biggest deficit in our state isn't in Madison, it's in the goodwill of Packer fans towards a certain #4 who laid mostly eggs in his last four seasons and acted like a diva. In A-Rod We Trust!
Nothing to see here.
Ferd and Buzz are the brothers who always fought during their childhood. Then, Ferd became a fighter pilot while Buzz was relegated to hauling rubber dog **** out of Hong Kong (which, by the way, is an incredibly great gig, but, shhhh, don't tell Ferd). Like brothers do, Buzz, the elder but not the smarter, is apologizing to brother Ferd through diplomatic channels. Hopefully, Ferd, being the statesman that he is, will accept the olive branch and allow Buzz to once again gain access to the insane beer and brothels of Ferd's present reality.
The moral of the story is this: in the end, its not worth a flying conudle what's happening in Wisconsin (although it is the home of Buzz's beloved Packers and that, in and of itself, is worth mentioning). What really matters is how warring brothers from different tribes adopt the same head dress and woolen garments and, concurrently, are willing to undergo "best practices" to launch aluminum cylinders into the spaces shouting "widget" as they go. THAT's what matters most. Especially, when "scheduling calls."
Alas, but what are we? We are Devo. Oopps, no, that's a different line. Sorry. Ferd, my brother in aluminum, I apologize. I was trying to put NERD in the cross hairs and I missed...No, that's not right either. NERD, I apologize to you as well.
Seriously, I was simply trying to make a point about unions, public v. private. I'm sorry guys. Sometimes my inner Ann Coulter festers like a bed bug at the Roosevelt. Apologies are also in order to New...but you still owe me a beer.
Go Pack!
Humbly,
Buzz
Ferd and Buzz are the brothers who always fought during their childhood. Then, Ferd became a fighter pilot while Buzz was relegated to hauling rubber dog **** out of Hong Kong (which, by the way, is an incredibly great gig, but, shhhh, don't tell Ferd). Like brothers do, Buzz, the elder but not the smarter, is apologizing to brother Ferd through diplomatic channels. Hopefully, Ferd, being the statesman that he is, will accept the olive branch and allow Buzz to once again gain access to the insane beer and brothels of Ferd's present reality.
The moral of the story is this: in the end, its not worth a flying conudle what's happening in Wisconsin (although it is the home of Buzz's beloved Packers and that, in and of itself, is worth mentioning). What really matters is how warring brothers from different tribes adopt the same head dress and woolen garments and, concurrently, are willing to undergo "best practices" to launch aluminum cylinders into the spaces shouting "widget" as they go. THAT's what matters most. Especially, when "scheduling calls."
Alas, but what are we? We are Devo. Oopps, no, that's a different line. Sorry. Ferd, my brother in aluminum, I apologize. I was trying to put NERD in the cross hairs and I missed...No, that's not right either. NERD, I apologize to you as well.
Seriously, I was simply trying to make a point about unions, public v. private. I'm sorry guys. Sometimes my inner Ann Coulter festers like a bed bug at the Roosevelt. Apologies are also in order to New...but you still owe me a beer.
Go Pack!
Humbly,
Buzz
Last edited by hiredgun; 03-03-2011 at 04:50 AM.
03-03-2011, 04:44 AM
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Waiting for the political debate to end.
Waiting for the political debate to end.
03-03-2011, 05:35 AM
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Southwest ranks #4 in Fortune's
World's Most Admired Companies
Where the H*** is DELTA????????????
NOW, THERE IS SOMETHING TO FRET ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
World's Most Admired Companies
Where the H*** is DELTA????????????
NOW, THERE IS SOMETHING TO FRET ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
03-03-2011, 05:59 AM
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Southwest ranks #4 in Fortune's
World's Most Admired Companies
Where the H*** is DELTA????????????
NOW, THERE IS SOMETHING TO FRET ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
World's Most Admired Companies
Where the H*** is DELTA????????????
NOW, THERE IS SOMETHING TO FRET ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
03-03-2011, 06:16 AM
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Southwest ranks #4 in Fortune's
World's Most Admired Companies
Where the H*** is DELTA????????????
NOW, THERE IS SOMETHING TO FRET ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
World's Most Admired Companies
Where the H*** is DELTA????????????
NOW, THERE IS SOMETHING TO FRET ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...apparently # 1 among airlines
World's Most Admired Companies 2011: Industries - Airlines - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com
Explaint to me how Southwest is #4 on the "Big List", but only #3 among airlines?
03-03-2011, 07:09 AM
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To be honest with you, what probably brought Ferd out of the woodworks was all the people who said that teachers are overpaid. I don't think you did that. But, for the record, people who know teachers, know they are not overpaid. After 40 plus years with the Chicago Public Schools, 3 masters degrees and a doctorate degree, my mother retired making less than $70,000 per year (that's with teaching in the summer). For what she did, she deserved a lot more than that. My father probably made about the same, if not less.
Freeze the pensions... dump the future contributions.. start a 401k. done.
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03-03-2011, 07:18 AM
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When someone buys a ticket on Southwest.com, they know they are getting a ticket on Southwest. That's admirable. When a passenger buys a ticket on Delta.com, who knows who they're buying a ticket on. The chances that all of their flights are on Delta is very slim. That's not admirable. We don't belong on the list. The fact that management is still outsourcing jets shows me that they think outsourcing everything is the wave of the future.
Not the entire story though... when someone buys a ticket on SWA, they expect nothing other than point A to point B. No food... no service.. nothing.... and SWA delivers on that promise. good for them. When someone buys a ticket on DAL, they expect a choice of chicken or filet mignon, and is ****ed when they don't get it. Or numerous other similar things. What I wonder is how many people go to the SWA website to buy one of those cheapie tickets, and when they see there are no more to be had say "oh well, they are THE lowfare airline so I guess this is the best I can do.", and buy the ticket anyway. Meanwhile, they miss a better fare on another airline simply because they are too lazy to go anywhere else to shop. DO a little comparison shopping of your own if you don't believe me. DAL will meet or beat SWA on the vast majority of common routes. But it's brilliant marketing on SWA's part no doubt, and my point is that they have managed the public's expectations magnificently.... don't expect anything, you won't be disappointed... how could they not be number one?
03-03-2011, 07:22 AM
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...apparently # 1 among airlines
World's Most Admired Companies 2011: Industries - Airlines - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com
Explaint to me how Southwest is #4 on the "Big List", but only #3 among airlines?
World's Most Admired Companies 2011: Industries - Airlines - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com
Explaint to me how Southwest is #4 on the "Big List", but only #3 among airlines?
Scored as a #1 for Quality of Management
Scored as a #7 for products and services
Do these scores seem to conflict a bit ?.....doesn't management decide on outsourcing ??
03-03-2011, 07:26 AM
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What's the conflict? If the poll is accurate, it would seem that the travelling public doesn't care as much about flying on Barbie jets or foreign carriers as we all want to think....
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