Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
12-18-2011, 06:00 AM
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Once they get this LGA thing up and running at full throttle, just wait for the first really big bad weather day. There will be Barbie Jets scattered all over the place. Stand by for a major CF. That should take care of any customer good will.
12-18-2011, 06:02 AM
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12-18-2011, 06:04 AM
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Beaten to the punch:
it is:
54% E145
18% CRJ 700
10% CRJ 900
14% EMB 170/175
2% B737
6% M88
Now that's by departure, and we don't get paid by departure but by block hour. I haven't done the analysis for that, but the 1 737 leg to DEN and back sure pays more than a LGA-PHL-LGA flight. The kid is sick today, so don't know if I can get it done, but the block hour is more accurate way to compare. I'm sure that DCI will still be a high percentage than mainline tho.
it is:
54% E145
18% CRJ 700
10% CRJ 900
14% EMB 170/175
2% B737
6% M88
Now that's by departure, and we don't get paid by departure but by block hour. I haven't done the analysis for that, but the 1 737 leg to DEN and back sure pays more than a LGA-PHL-LGA flight. The kid is sick today, so don't know if I can get it done, but the block hour is more accurate way to compare. I'm sure that DCI will still be a high percentage than mainline tho.
The terminal construction project will take about a year and $100 million. That will modernize the 1980's Eastern (USAirways) terminal and connect it to our existing Terminal D.
Management couldn't have been much more ham-fisted in the way they presented this expansion to Delta employees. They sucked. The DCI "expansion" is 42 DCI slots moved from DCA, and the majority of the rest coming from JFK, then MEM. The LGA schedule includes a whole bunch of DCI RJ's replacing USAirways Express turboprops. One other thing, just because we have the new LGA slots from LCC doesn't mean we picked up their passengers. Their frequent flyers still have the option to go LCC through PHL, DCA and CLT.
FWIW.
12-18-2011, 06:04 AM
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12-18-2011, 06:10 AM
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Well at least there's plenty of room for more jets at LGA, and -all- the runways (all 2 of them) at LGA are very long and are always well plowed, so when it's snowing, or raining, or both, those over-powered, high lift RJ's can load up, full pax, bags and plenty of divert fuel, and still get off the ground, and clear the obsticles and...
Oh...wait.
More little airplanes in LGA?? Oh...I thought you said JFK!
Yeah, this is going to suck.
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12-18-2011, 06:40 AM
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Keep this in your files and revisit it in 2013. Prior to then the two terminals (C and D) are not physically connected. Kind of difficult to run a competitive connecting hub when your flights aren't able to connect except by bus in LGA terminal traffic.
The terminal construction project will take about a year and $100 million. That will modernize the 1980's Eastern (USAirways) terminal and connect it to our existing Terminal D.
Management couldn't have been much more ham-fisted in the way they presented this expansion to Delta employees. They sucked. The DCI "expansion" is 42 DCI slots moved from DCA, and the majority of the rest coming from JFK, then MEM. The LGA schedule includes a whole bunch of DCI RJ's replacing USAirways Express turboprops. One other thing, just because we have the new LGA slots from LCC doesn't mean we picked up their passengers. Their frequent flyers still have the option to go LCC through PHL, DCA and CLT.
FWIW.
The terminal construction project will take about a year and $100 million. That will modernize the 1980's Eastern (USAirways) terminal and connect it to our existing Terminal D.
Management couldn't have been much more ham-fisted in the way they presented this expansion to Delta employees. They sucked. The DCI "expansion" is 42 DCI slots moved from DCA, and the majority of the rest coming from JFK, then MEM. The LGA schedule includes a whole bunch of DCI RJ's replacing USAirways Express turboprops. One other thing, just because we have the new LGA slots from LCC doesn't mean we picked up their passengers. Their frequent flyers still have the option to go LCC through PHL, DCA and CLT.
FWIW.
As to LGA, I doubt many UsAir passengers chose LGA for connections over CLT and PHL anyways.
I doubt a bunch of these markets will be served by anything other than DCI now, so if you want to go to NY this is how you'll do it now out of hotspots like ROA and CHO. So we'll still get those plus maybe some international connections to JFK but we'll see.
Did I say we'll? I mean they. We're not included.
But what we will see is the cluster Orvil spoke of, that's a guarantee.
12-18-2011, 06:49 AM
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What was given up in exchange for the ability to put profit sharing into 401Ks? DALPA???
12-18-2011, 06:55 AM
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12-18-2011, 06:57 AM
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12-18-2011, 07:00 AM
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