Originally Posted by Timbo

I don't know which ones iaflyer was talking about, probably the NW Freighters, but I was talking about the DL 747's from the 1970's, and as I said, it was before my time. I did fly with a MD 11 Capt. who had been an engineer on the DL 747's back in the day.

He said everyone called them the "Non-Rev Specials" because there were ALWAYS plenty of empty seats! Ahhh...those where the days! When I was in new hire training (1985), Hollis Harris told us the DL Break even Load Factor was about 65%, and the average load factor was 69%. What is our average load factor today, about 85%?