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Old 03-01-2012, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
Is it just me or does that plane look saggy?
It looks like an overly tatted, and saggy, ex-NBA player.
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Old 03-01-2012, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Lifeisgood
Flew with a LCA today and he also mentioned the "big announcement" by the company in April. He said he didn't know any details.

Any guesses what this might be?
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New paint scheme.


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Old 03-01-2012, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lifeisgood
Flew with a LCA today and he also mentioned the "big announcement" by the company in April. He said he didn't know any details.

Any guesses what this might be?
Yea, that due to high energy costs, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

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Old 03-01-2012, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
New paint scheme.

I get a kick out of this. Don't you guys see that they are doing the same thing to you that they have already done to the regionals? They are simply moving the ticket brokerage up a level, and soon your customer wont know or care which "skyteam" airline they are flying on.
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Old 03-01-2012, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
Is it just me or does that plane look saggy?
I will say, the 764 looks great but the main gear looks really small.
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Old 03-01-2012, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Phuz
I get a kick out of this. Don't you guys see that they are doing the same thing to you that they have already done to the regionals? They are simply moving the ticket brokerage up a level, and soon your customer wont know or care which "skyteam" airline they are flying on.
That was the exact point of his post.
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Old 03-01-2012, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by NuGuy
Yea, that due to high energy costs, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

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Old 03-01-2012, 10:17 PM
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New paint scheme.

Soon Delta will be a subcontractor and they will whipsaw us against our competitors and when we cost too much, they will ComAir us. Scope is our only defense. Now is the time.
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Old 03-02-2012, 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by capncrunch
Soon Delta will be a subcontractor and they will whipsaw us against our competitors and when we cost too much, they will ComAir us. Scope is our only defense. Now is the time.
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Old 03-02-2012, 03:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
Is it just me or does that plane look saggy?

Not "saggy", just crewed with SEA based FA's
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