Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Ok, tell us what the accurate information is? The company has said all along they plan to retire the nines in 2012. They will require a major teardown at the point. Delta has said they will not make that investment. Its not a good thing for any Delta pilots however it is the fleet plan. Again talk to your reps about the meeting last week.
I just mentioned it several posts back. The NWA Fleetplan had the last DC9 retiring after 2020. Many DC9s aren't much past 60,000 cycles. That's what I was told just last year by the DC9 Fleet Manager. I have no doubt that plans have changed under the merged plans, but you continually insist the DC9s are incapable of flying past 2012. That is not accurate.