Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
06-14-2009, 03:24 PM
#8421
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: 88B - Loud Pipes Save Lives
Posts: 1,597
Please correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the North vs South furlough clause only come into play if DAL parks a whole fleet of airplanes? Was this not specifically put in there because of our big fear of the 35 yr old DC-9 and $150 oil. Now the -9 is $$ and as long as oil stays around where it is now and our mgmt continues to hedge down here, then the -9 will continue to fly. I would think mgmt knows that if they disproportionatly F from from the N side then it would put a strain on the -9 training dept just as it would the 88 training dept if the opposite occurred. From what I've been seeing and hearing from fleet planning is that they want the right size a/c on the route, period. If a F is coming we collectively will get clipped. IMO of course.
06-14-2009, 03:49 PM
#8422
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: Urban chicken rancher.
Posts: 6,070
06-14-2009, 04:07 PM
#8423
Moderator
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: B757/767
Posts: 13,088
06-14-2009, 04:10 PM
#8424
Moderator
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Position: B757/767
Posts: 13,088
06-14-2009, 07:46 PM
#8426
Underboob King
Joined APC: May 2005
Position: Guppy Commander
Posts: 4,412
we need to put more mainline planes on RJ routes. Instead of 7 RJs we could easily do 4-5 mailnline flights. hopefully thats the coming trend.
06-14-2009, 09:09 PM
#8427
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
Posts: 17,473
I think I might as well start studying the 737, haha.
06-15-2009, 03:30 AM
#8428
veut gagner à la loterie
Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: Light Chop
Posts: 23,286
You do that.
I can't decide whether I should study the LSAT, MCATS, GMAT or HVAC. Just can't decide.
I can't decide whether I should study the LSAT, MCATS, GMAT or HVAC. Just can't decide.
06-15-2009, 04:36 AM
#8429
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
Posts: 12,037
I put down the law around my house - I don't care if AirTran has a $49 fare, Spirit $35, or Jet America $9. We are a Delta family. The way I see it, unless she can save $75,000 a year, the benefits of my employment outweighs saving a few bucks here and there. Besides, for some strange reason every time she flew AirTran another passenger, or employee, would try to pick her up. She's cute, friendly and not always aware that some folks can't simply engage in polite conversation on a low cost carrier. Delta does seem to have a better overall level of customer.
06-15-2009, 04:44 AM
#8430
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
Posts: 12,037
It is 2/3rds a 757 with a bunch of new names for avionics. You'll be saying "Primary Flight Display Scale Annunciator" before you know it. With a bid in August, I wonder how many weeks I am going to get to fly it before my next displacement.
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