Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
10-11-2011, 06:49 PM
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10-11-2011, 06:50 PM
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10-11-2011, 06:52 PM
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My opinion is a NYC 320 base is inevitable. However, A320 sims are the first to make the move south so there will already be less 320 sim time available. I'm guessing they'll hold off for now. Either that, or a 365 day conversion window with very late conversion dates for new 320 people.
10-11-2011, 07:00 PM
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It will never match what Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (representative of the district including the Johnson Space Center) asked at a hearing. When NASA reps were there testifying and showing video of one of the Mars rovers, Ms Lee asked: "Can we drive that thing over to where Neil Armstrong landed?"
That'd be one hell of a drive...
Carl
That'd be one hell of a drive...
Carl
10-11-2011, 07:01 PM
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So we hand fly erratically in both directions repeatedly with full bank turns, fly in circles, cruise in TCAS ignoring groups of 12, our tug drivers have no idea where they're going, we buzz the terminal like well dressed ghostriders and prang it on so hard and either so blazenly early or so unfathomably late you check your watch in utter disbelief and we speak fluent French.
I dig it!
I dig it!
10-11-2011, 07:06 PM
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10-11-2011, 07:10 PM
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Unfortunately we are currently reducing capacity somewhere around 4% YOY.
Alaska otoh is adding jets, growing the fleet nearly 20% in the next 4 years, increasing capacity 8% YOY. That growth includes parked 737-400s.
At Delta we have been adding MD90, but we've been parking DC-9s. The MD90 can carry a heck of a lot more pax then even the biggest 9. With reduced capacity that means fewer pilots required, pilot neutral for modest capacity growth...
As announced, our big 737-900 order is also net zero for the fleet count.
Some say, we might not park all of the 757, or that the mythical 717 will be added to the fleet. All we know is that those are rumors and the fact the Delta carrier adding jets and pilots is called the Eskimo.
Cheers
George
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10-11-2011, 07:17 PM
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walk two blocks
Path Train to Newark Penn Station, $1.75
62 Bus to Newark/Liberty Airport, $1.50
You are already within two hours travel to LGA and JFK
This works
Operates twenty-four/seven
Takes two and one half hours
Total $5.50
10-11-2011, 07:33 PM
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Q33 Bus/E-Train to World Trade Center, $2.25
walk two blocks
Path Train to Newark Penn Station, $1.75
62 Bus to Newark/Liberty Airport, $1.50
You are already within two hours travel to LGA and JFK
This works
Operates twenty-four/seven
Takes two and one half hours
Total $5.50
walk two blocks
Path Train to Newark Penn Station, $1.75
62 Bus to Newark/Liberty Airport, $1.50
You are already within two hours travel to LGA and JFK
This works
Operates twenty-four/seven
Takes two and one half hours
Total $5.50
I broke out in hives after reading that.....
10-11-2011, 07:39 PM
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