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06-16-2014, 06:51 AM
#4181
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
Posts: 12,049
Spoke with a dl FO the other day who told me that initial training on the ER is probably the most difficult in the fleet due to the international ops. Someone else once told me the ER was like having to learn 4 different airplanes. After being a silent daily reader on these Delta threads for the past several months, my 7/7 classdate is approaching, and I'm torn between the ER possibility, and a more reasonable choice of the 717 or bus, which would possibly offer me a smoother training transition from my current equipment. Any comments? 
Learn to nod your head up and down while saying "thank you, I will do that" and life is easy. Begin any sentence with "but I thought..." and life is hard. Like any other airline whether international or domestic.
FWIW, the 767 is the easiest airplane to fly I've ever enjoyed.
06-16-2014, 06:59 AM
#4182
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Position: On the hotel shuttle
Posts: 5,948
In some regards the 757 and 767 are totally different airplanes (electrics -- some are ETOPS and have more stuff, hydraulics definitely.) But the nice the about Delta training is that they pair down to "need to know" items, not PhD -level systems knowledge like my previous carriers.
Put too many penguins on the iceberg, and some fall off.
Now that we're down to one(ish) FMS life is a lot easier. Turning on the radar and terrain, OTOH, that's sometimes a challenge.
Put too many penguins on the iceberg, and some fall off.
Now that we're down to one(ish) FMS life is a lot easier. Turning on the radar and terrain, OTOH, that's sometimes a challenge.
06-16-2014, 07:24 AM
#4183
La Familia Delta
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: B-717 FO / C-17 AC
Posts: 2,467
In some regards the 757 and 767 are totally different airplanes (electrics -- some are ETOPS and have more stuff, hydraulics definitely.) But the nice the about Delta training is that they pair down to "need to know" items, not PhD -level systems knowledge like my previous carriers.
Put too many penguins on the iceberg, and some fall off.
Now that we're down to one(ish) FMS life is a lot easier. Turning on the radar and terrain, OTOH, that's sometimes a challenge.
Put too many penguins on the iceberg, and some fall off.
Now that we're down to one(ish) FMS life is a lot easier. Turning on the radar and terrain, OTOH, that's sometimes a challenge.
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06-16-2014, 07:55 AM
#4184
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: DAL 757 FO
Posts: 197
The 7ER training footprint has changed. You'll do international stuff in the 1st, 2nd and 4th week of aircraft specific training. TOE follows follows domestic IOE and you're not signed off till it's all done. Loving every second of the process so far.
06-16-2014, 08:03 AM
#4185
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,692
They seem like awesome airplanes for sure, probably the most raved about after the 777, and I like that training philosophy. Its sad to see the demise of the the 757 in NYC, but like all Boeings, it served its duty well and its time to move on to the latest technological marvel, the 737-900 .
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06-16-2014, 08:05 AM
#4186
La Familia Delta
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: B-717 FO / C-17 AC
Posts: 2,467
06-16-2014, 08:27 AM
#4187
Looking for a laugh
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 4,099
Just flew the second one converted to the full lie flats. Interesting setup. You still have to crawl over the aisle seat from the window seat. The forward lav has a gotcha. If the cockpit door is left opened when someone is in the lav, (say for the PDP,) then you cannot open the lav door from inside the lav because it wedges against the cockpit door. However, there is a cool "no touch" flush electronic eye setup. Wonder how long it will take for that thing to break.
06-16-2014, 09:08 AM
#4188
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Position: window seat
Posts: 12,544
Not sure about the asset swap to ATL or not, but the planes themselves, mostly the 757's for now, will be going away at a fairly significant rate satrting pretty soon.
Its great for the short end of long range thin markets, but those have fallen out of favor lately and now it seems its all moving to an increase in fewer over all jumbos to CDG/AMS/LHR and onto our partners from there.
Normally being in a dying fleet is chock full of negatives, but if hiring and retirement attrition can keep up they way its been going, that part of the experience may be significantly mitigated.
06-16-2014, 10:14 AM
#4189
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,692
I am not really sure what your asking. There is no fleet assigned to NYC. If you are referencing the size of the 7ER base in NYC it has seemed to be relatively stable. 757's are being retired and system wide block hours will come down but it should be spread fairly evenly around the categories in all bases.
06-16-2014, 10:16 AM
#4190
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,692
Just flew the second one converted to the full lie flats. Interesting setup. You still have to crawl over the aisle seat from the window seat. The forward lav has a gotcha. If the cockpit door is left opened when someone is in the lav, (say for the PDP,) then you cannot open the lav door from inside the lav because it wedges against the cockpit door. However, there is a cool "no touch" flush electronic eye setup. Wonder how long it will take for that thing to break.
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