Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
02-23-2012, 02:40 PM
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All this does for this group is further emphasize our shortcomings in scope, at the same time sitting in the conga line in our biggest hub as our main competitor with rock solid scope flosses and flies 130 seaters that pay more than our 400 seaters.
If things were going rosy and there was hiring and upward movement right now, it would be easy to keep the wool over our eyes, especially the apathetic and "fence sitters" that just want to show up, fly their trips and go home. This kind of nonsense, especially as our large RJ's are maxed out and our code share "partners" as well as cut throat competitors are all growing at twice the rate we are shrinking and partnering with subsidized foreign ponzi scheme airlines with the capacity discipline we're gifting them is a far better wake up call than any union is capable of on their own.
This does not make me want any less in C2012, but rather it proves we need a heck of a lot more.
02-23-2012, 02:46 PM
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02-23-2012, 02:50 PM
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One more page to get past that oversized pic
02-23-2012, 02:51 PM
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02-23-2012, 02:51 PM
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So little to no hiring until 2015? If so, then the only way for that to happen is with even more "capacity discipline" aka "shrinking to profitability and providing 3 more years of LCC growth at our pilot group's expense now and our company's future earnings as the negative dividends start to pay out big time.
02-23-2012, 02:54 PM
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Want to fly 747's out of Atlanta?
Originally Posted by Atlanta Daily Journal
Air France Cargo will operate twice-weekly flights from Paris to Atlanta on Boeing 747 freighter planes starting March 27. It had previously operated cargo flights in Atlanta from 1997 to 2009.
The city estimates the service will generate $8 million to $12 million in annual economic impact for metro Atlanta and the Southeast, and will create six jobs. According to the city, all of the top 10 global cargo airlines except for Emirates operate at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Air France, a partner of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, already operates passenger flights into Atlanta.
2015 would work for an Emirates contract. Management should be considerate and give voluntary leave until they expect a need for pilots.
02-23-2012, 02:58 PM
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02-23-2012, 03:19 PM
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So it is coming on 8 weeks since I last flew. I hope I don't have to go to the sim, and I'm junior reserve.
02-23-2012, 03:37 PM
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For March, almost all of the MSP DC-9 trips start and end with deadheads... most of them to/from ATL. If they're really going to keep the -9's around for an extra year (end of 2013) and keep doing most of the flying hub and spoke out of ATL, it probably makes economic sense to move the base there.
02-23-2012, 03:40 PM
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