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06-07-2011, 05:02 PM

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Ragtop Day

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Originally Posted by 944Turbo

How many sims are at NATCO? Do they even have enough bays to accomplish this in ATL? Moving all the sims?

ATL does alot of contract training for outside companies I could see them moving the 737 classic, MD-11 and L1011 sims somewhere (NATCO?) and concentrating the ATL center on active fleets.

06-07-2011, 05:04 PM

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"He says he expects the process to finish next year."

Well, the 9s won't make the trip. One less sim bay needed.

06-07-2011, 05:18 PM

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There are several empty sim bays in ATL. The OTC has lots of classroom space too. I don't think it will be a problem.

06-07-2011, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

Still too hard to say. I'm hearing the H word still more than F.

I was told by BB that there would be no F's, maybe flow up hiring late this year, and when full hiring starts in earnest, it won't stop. This was a recent conversation with him in LGA.

06-07-2011, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by satchip

There are several empty sim bays in ATL. The OTC has lots of classroom space too. I don't think it will be a problem.

I think theres at least 8 open sim bays in ATL. And that's without relocating the MD-11, L1011, and old 737 sims.

06-07-2011, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragtop Day

ATL does alot of contract training for outside companies I could see them moving the 737 classic, MD-11 and L1011 sims somewhere (NATCO?) and concentrating the ATL center on active fleets.

Maybe, but it won't be to NATCO. I think the whole reason they're consolidating is so they can sell NATCO.

06-07-2011, 05:23 PM

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Bill Lumberg

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Originally Posted by johnso29

What I see is a capacity disciplined airline that is taking advantage of a slow economy. We will use this slow fall/winter to do mods on 767's, consolidate training facilities, and get more debt off our balance sheet. We will be fat on WB's this winter like every other year until the schedule picks back up.

Also, notice how this announcement was made AFTER the early out programs were announced?

This may help some with their decision.

06-07-2011, 05:24 PM

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I think theres at least 8 open sim bays in ATL. And that's without relocating the MD-11, L1011, and old 737 sims.

I think are have 5 320 sims alone.

06-07-2011, 05:24 PM

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This is just demoralizing. I'll bet a beer that someday (less than a decade?) a bunch of post merger babies will be sitting around and talking about company X that moved into MSP and DTW to fill the "void". The discussion will be along the lines of us talking about how sad it is that Delta gave up the Western route structure.

Just amazing and just so sad.

06-07-2011, 05:26 PM

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I think are have 5 320 sims alone.

They'll probably winnow that down to 3 (as many -800 sims as we have) and increase the number of sim sessions per day. Back in the day, DAL training went around the clock to max utilize the sims.