Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
04-17-2012, 06:45 PM
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04-17-2012, 06:47 PM
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Just curious, Did Mr. Anderson say anything about our Bankruptcy at Pinnacle and the 74 million dollars Delta is contributing to keep us running? We have 140 200's and they are the youngest 200's Delta has
04-17-2012, 06:48 PM
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oh yeah... it's been broughten.
04-17-2012, 06:57 PM
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When Delta management says "they" are going to take a market, it is worth asking if that includes "us." Reference the NYC slot swap.
04-17-2012, 07:15 PM
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According to Boeing it can just make London form JFK so a few other Western European airports are possible. It would probably work pretty good from KBOS. Not sure how winds would affect it.
West coast to Hawaii might be a better fit.
From the Boeing site:
Boeing: Commercial Airplanes - 737 - Range Charts
I will vouch for the 700s awesome range - I know guys who have ferried from Hawaii to JAX non-stop with re-dispatch and guys routinely do HNL to DFW, Ok actually NFW
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West coast to Hawaii might be a better fit.
From the Boeing site:
Boeing: Commercial Airplanes - 737 - Range Charts
I will vouch for the 700s awesome range - I know guys who have ferried from Hawaii to JAX non-stop with re-dispatch and guys routinely do HNL to DFW, Ok actually NFW
Scoop - Thinks most DAL Captains are awesome - even the guys who don't buy the beer!
04-17-2012, 07:27 PM
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04-17-2012, 07:31 PM
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The later deliveries are the youngest at Delta, yes. However they started taking delivery of CRJs in 2000- other carriers have quite a few CRJs younger than 2000-2004 builds (half of the fleet was delivered in that time period).
04-17-2012, 07:44 PM
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Does not seem like they (management) talked to their Alaska counterparts.
Second hand info direct from an Alaska crew: When they leave Maui or Lihue with a full load of people and bags in the 900, they will often stop in Kona or HNL to pick up the gas they need to get over to the ocean.
They can't get off the rwys there with both load and gas. Particularly more prevalent in the summer with lighter winds.
They also said hand flying it is like walking while carrying a long heavy lumber board. First the nose dips and slowly it stops and begins to correct. Then it the tail drops and the nose rises, you correct, repeat.
They also said the vspeeds are blazing fast compared to the 7 and 8.
To bad Boeing got rid of all the jigs and tooling for the 757. That with todays engines and composite tech would be ideal,
Second hand info direct from an Alaska crew: When they leave Maui or Lihue with a full load of people and bags in the 900, they will often stop in Kona or HNL to pick up the gas they need to get over to the ocean.
They can't get off the rwys there with both load and gas. Particularly more prevalent in the summer with lighter winds.
They also said hand flying it is like walking while carrying a long heavy lumber board. First the nose dips and slowly it stops and begins to correct. Then it the tail drops and the nose rises, you correct, repeat.
They also said the vspeeds are blazing fast compared to the 7 and 8.
To bad Boeing got rid of all the jigs and tooling for the 757. That with todays engines and composite tech would be ideal,
04-17-2012, 07:52 PM
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