Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
03-06-2012, 05:09 AM
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I notice we're moving service from MIA-LHR to ATL-LHR next month. Has it even been a year since we won that slot or authority? Anyway, this doesn't surprise me at all, it's just interesting how quickly we can win a slot and then change the service.
03-06-2012, 05:45 AM
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Pretty sure we're keeping the route just changing the equipment to the ER as opposed to the 765.
03-06-2012, 06:10 AM
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Probably with the same level of importance that they place on HI code sharing with B6. Stinks to us, but to them its just aother day at the office (or country club, etc).
03-06-2012, 06:13 AM
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Yeah, that's a pretty easy transfer from the airport. Take the Leonardo Express train nonstop from FCO (outside terminal 3, take the shuttle bus from terminal 5 if you're arriving on DAL) to Termini Station. From there take a taxi if you'd like, it's walkable but Termini is on the edge of a kinda rough neighborhood, particularly at night. If you walk it, leave the station to the west and walk north on Piazza del Cinquecento & through the Republica roundabout to Via Settembre XX, right there to Via Quintino Sella, take a left to the hotel. There's also a bus that heads up Settembre XX from Termini but I forget the number. Probably best to take a taxi. But the Leonardo Express is a much better deal than taking a taxi from the airport unless you have 3+ people.
03-06-2012, 06:16 AM
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You have to take into account the miles flown.
Why?
passenger seat miles+cargo lb miles = productivity.
And??? so what?
Where the 88 has it, hands down, over long haul is currency. Every long haul pilot struggles with maintaining currency. It takes a couple months to nail down a procedural change (like the flaps command) where a domestic pilot has it down after one trip. On the 777 we say "it takes 4 pilots to get it off the gate." There is a lot of truth in that.
How about we come up with a new payscale whereby the captain gets $10 for every passenger that is actually on board the aircraft. Ferry flights would be done for free.. The FO gets $8. You still think that productivity crap argument will have the 747/777 being the most senior? It's a garbage argument that continues the same sorry pay scales we have always had...
Why?
passenger seat miles+cargo lb miles = productivity.
And??? so what?
Where the 88 has it, hands down, over long haul is currency. Every long haul pilot struggles with maintaining currency. It takes a couple months to nail down a procedural change (like the flaps command) where a domestic pilot has it down after one trip. On the 777 we say "it takes 4 pilots to get it off the gate." There is a lot of truth in that.
How about we come up with a new payscale whereby the captain gets $10 for every passenger that is actually on board the aircraft. Ferry flights would be done for free.. The FO gets $8. You still think that productivity crap argument will have the 747/777 being the most senior? It's a garbage argument that continues the same sorry pay scales we have always had...
03-06-2012, 06:20 AM
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UCAL has 3 categories on their pay banding: 744/777, 756, 73/320.
And FedEx has 2: 777/MD11/MD10/A300/A310 and 757/727.
I don't see why it wouldn't be in our future.
It should be: 777/744, 330/764, 756, 737, A320, MD88, MD90, DC9. Oh wait. I did that wrong.
777/744/MD89, 756/330/764, 320/737/DC9.
I'm okay with that.
And FedEx has 2: 777/MD11/MD10/A300/A310 and 757/727.
I don't see why it wouldn't be in our future.
It should be: 777/744, 330/764, 756, 737, A320, MD88, MD90, DC9. Oh wait. I did that wrong.
777/744/MD89, 756/330/764, 320/737/DC9.
I'm okay with that.
03-06-2012, 06:39 AM
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03-06-2012, 06:44 AM
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Ok, I see that now. Thanks. On the 765 fleet update it said we were picking up an ATL-LHR, so I didn't know where that was coming from and thought it was transferring the MIA authority.
03-06-2012, 06:47 AM
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03-06-2012, 06:57 AM
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