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Old 04-07-2009, 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
Does anyone know of any vendors that sell or make the DAL nameplates or wings?

Please don't say Abbotts. I'm getting tired of buying $20 wings.

Thanks.
From the latest Trim Tabs:

All Pilots should now be wearing the two tone red Delta Pilot wings. Pilots can order extra or replacement wings, hat brass and name badges directly through our vendor, Tharpe-Robbins. An order form can be found on the Flight Ops home page under Pilot Tools (left hand column), Forms and Reports
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Old 04-07-2009, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
Yeah, I hate the wings with the safety pin. Also, the letters on my nametag are small. They are a lot different than the original ones I had.
Heard from the captain I was flying with last week that a couple of FAs were taken off a trip because they weren't wearing the new garb.
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Old 04-07-2009, 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by dragon
From the latest Trim Tabs:

All Pilots should now be wearing the two tone red Delta Pilot wings. Pilots can order extra or replacement wings, hat brass and name badges directly through our vendor, Tharpe-Robbins. An order form can be found on the Flight Ops home page under Pilot Tools (left hand column), Forms and Reports
Wow, I'm glad someone reads those things.

Thanks Dragon.
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Old 04-07-2009, 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by dragon
From the latest Trim Tabs:

All Pilots should now be wearing the two tone red Delta Pilot wings. Pilots can order extra or replacement wings, hat brass and name badges directly through our vendor, Tharpe-Robbins. An order form can be found on the Flight Ops home page under Pilot Tools (left hand column), Forms and Reports
I just printed that form. Good luck with writing your information on the form. They made it too small!
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Old 04-07-2009, 05:00 AM
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SWA at LGA: It's official, SWA is commencing it's takeover of the NYC market.

From the WSJ:

Southwest Airlines to Offer Service to LaGuardia - WSJ.com

Southwest Airlines to Offer Service to LaGuardia


Southwest Airlines Co. will begin operating flights in and out of New York's LaGuardia airport starting in June, though the low-cost carrier's expansion is expected to slow this year for the first time.
"For years, customers have asked for Southwest service into New York City, and we are now connecting two of our largest markets with the nation's largest city," said Chairman ...
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Old 04-07-2009, 05:39 AM
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Default DAL Reports March Traffic (Declines)

Delta Air Lines Reports March Traffic: Delta Newsroom
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Old 04-07-2009, 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by deltabound
SWA at LGA: It's official, SWA is commencing it's takeover of the NYC market.
The two destinations are Midway/Chicago and Baltimore/Washington. They are offerring tickets to BWI for as low as $49 bucks with advance 14-day purchase.

Something tells me that the DAL Shuttle will suffer.
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Old 04-07-2009, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
The two destinations are Midway/Chicago and Baltimore/Washington. They are offerring tickets to BWI for as low as $49 bucks with advance 14-day purchase.

Something tells me that the DAL Shuttle will suffer.
Well, when Southwest is competing with RJs on the Delta shuttle to DCA, SWA might have a product that people want. <sigh>
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Old 04-07-2009, 06:31 AM
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The only part of the operation with ASM growth was....
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Old 04-07-2009, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Ferd149
I used to have a boss in the Air Force who's favoriate saying was "not to decide is to decide".

Fits perfectly here eh?

Ferd
Rush (The band, not Limbaugh) said the same thing in the 70s...

Ahhhhh somebody beat me to this comment
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