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Old 12-26-2011, 07:12 AM
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Slow the last couple of days. Hope everyone had a good Christmas.
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Old 12-26-2011, 07:13 AM
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Slow the last couple of days. Hope everyone had a good Christmas.
Just trying to get home to the kiddos.......so far, not good...
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Old 12-26-2011, 07:15 AM
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Just trying to get home to the kiddos.......so far, not good...
Aw man.....bummer. Good Luck.
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Old 12-26-2011, 07:23 AM
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Hey I thought there was no money in cargo? There is a brand new British Airways cargo 747-800 in the ATL.

Careful parking it in ATL, if its anything like marta and the mall someone might steal the catalytic converter or battery while it's parked here.
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Old 12-26-2011, 07:27 AM
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Hey I thought there was no money in cargo? There is a brand new British Airways cargo 747-800 in the ATL.

Careful parking it in ATL, if its anything like marta and the mall someone might steal the catalytic converter or battery while it's parked here.
There isn't money in cargo. It's all overnight packages, remember?
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Old 12-26-2011, 08:29 AM
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Random thoughts ...

With the Continental/United merger wrapping up soon, do you think DAL we be at a disadvantage once their synergies realize? I ask because they have an impressive wide body fleet, and most of their hubs are located at airports with large O&D demand.

DAL only has ATL and NYC with large O&E. I don't consider LAX because it seems our company doesn't want to compete there ... or at least it is giving it away to Alaska. Our other hubs don't make it in the top ten of O&D

We chased SWA out of SLC but they went to DEN and have set up an impressive hub there. Why didn't our management see the potential in DEN like SWA did?
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Old 12-26-2011, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
Random thoughts ...

With the Continental/United merger wrapping up soon, do you think DAL we be at a disadvantage once their synergies realize? I ask because they have an impressive wide body fleet, and most of their hubs are located at airports with large O&D demand.

DAL only has ATL and NYC with large O&E. I don't consider LAX because it seems our company doesn't want to compete there ... or at least it is giving it away to Alaska. Our other hubs don't make it in the top ten of O&D

We chased SWA out of SLC but they went to DEN and have set up an impressive hub there. Why didn't our management see the potential in DEN like SWA did?
U-Cal is already showing impressive numbers even without the synergies to come. I think we are already sucking hind teet and it will only get worse. We got some work to do, and our WB fleet is seriously sub-par to theirs. Hoping that changes in the very near future. The landscape could really change with AMR trying to figure out it's future.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to all!
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Old 12-26-2011, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
Random thoughts ...

With the Continental/United merger wrapping up soon, do you think DAL we be at a disadvantage once their synergies realize? I ask because they have an impressive wide body fleet, and most of their hubs are located at airports with large O&D demand.

DAL only has ATL and NYC with large O&E. I don't consider LAX because it seems our company doesn't want to compete there ... or at least it is giving it away to Alaska. Our other hubs don't make it in the top ten of O&D

We chased SWA out of SLC but they went to DEN and have set up an impressive hub there. Why didn't our management see the potential in DEN like SWA did?

There is no doubt they will be a tough competitor. But I think they still have a long way to go on merging their labor groups. Until then, they won't be able to truly recognize all the synergies.
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Old 12-26-2011, 09:09 AM
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There is no doubt they will be a tough competitor. But I think they still have a long way to go on merging their labor groups. Until then, they won't be able to truly recognize all the synergies.
As someone previously said...the UCAL is already kicking our butt financially, without the merged groups.
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Old 12-26-2011, 09:16 AM
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Finally getting rid of the ARMs
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