TheManager

Is that the Scout Master and Canteen Boy troop they're in....?? Not so sure about attending that Jamboree.

contrails

It's official:

Super jumbo jet coming to Atlanta *| ajc.com



Super jumbo jet coming to Atlanta

Korean Air plans to begin flying the A380 super jumbo jet between Atlanta and Seoul, the Atlanta airport's top executive said.

Louis Miller, general manager of Hartsfield-Jackson International, said the A380 service could start as soon as January 2013. It "will enhance Atlanta's reputation as a world-class city and gateway to the United States," Miller said.

The Atlanta airport is working on some $30 million in improvements to prepare for the A380, including modifications to two gates on Concourse E and widening of taxiways and a runway.

Korean Air's A380s have 407 seats, and it plans for in-flight cocktail lounges and duty-free shops inside the planes.

The A380 debuted in 2007 and already flies to some other U.S. airports. According to Airbus, any airport that can handle a Boeing 747 can handle the plane, but airports are adjusting gate areas and widening runway and taxiway shoulders because the A380's engines sit so far out on the wings that they may kick up debris from the grass. Such debris can be sucked into aircraft engines or cause other damage.

Hartsfield-Jackson is paying for the improvements with passenger facility charges -- the $4.50 each passenger pays on top of the fare to fly from Atlanta.

tsquare

He flies the same airplane in the same base as me, he is not in the LEC unless he is doing some committee work, and he is definitely not management. Grow up.

tsquare

Of course you won't you'll eat donuts and wonder why the contract we got was weak.

LuvJockey

Nice....particularly from a check airman.

tsquare

nevermind.. you are right. he hit me the wrong way. He flamed and I bit...

post was edited for maturity.

TheManager

Originally Posted by tsquare
Well A$$wipe, he flies the same airplane in the same base as me, he is not in the LEC unless he is doing some committee work, and he is definitely not management. Grow up.



Well, I know this now. There is now way you could have ever been in the Navy.

BlueMoon

$30 million for one flight, I'm sure they'll just add a couple bucks to the landing fees

Bill Lumberg

Look, I am willing to give ALPA one more chance, and then it is time to move over. One more TA, and then if it isn't satisfactory, then I will stump for the donuts until ALPA is gone and short $35 million per year from our dues. You and Sailing have to remember that we now make over $900 million per year in extra fees like bag fees (SW doesn't have that advantage Sailing...) plus starting in 2013 about $500 million less interest payments per year when the debt gets to $10 billion. What does that mean? Big raise, not managing expectations. It's the cost of doing
business. Say it with me....... And, did you call someone an a$$wipe? Really?

DAL 88 Driver

Glad to hear you talking like that again, ACL. How does that fly with your MEC buddies?

But I'm also hearing a tone of resignation. Don't give up. This career can still be restored. It won't be easy... but nothing worthwhile ever is. We need to set restoration as our objective and then set out to achieve it with an unwavering commitment and resolve. Are you starting to figure out that the current predominant thinking in DALPA is not going down that road?