Originally Posted by capncrunch

Here are some notes from the MEM base visit. Some of this has already been said. Also, my memory is not the best and there may be conflicts with stuff that has already been said so take it with a grain of salt...Don't shoot the messenger I'm just trying to do my part and share knowledge.

-1/31 all call signs will switch to Delta
-working on flight deck jepps, will get there eventually
-new a330 sim in MSP coming
-distance training on the 9/320/330/747 soon
-2 777s coming
-2 738s coming
-12 MD 90s coming
-all turbo props gone by 2012
-JFK will be for Asia/Europe/Africa/Latin America/West/Caribbean ops primarily
-LGA will be for Midwest/Southeast/mid Atlantic ops primarily
-ATL will see less 50s and more 9s passing through
-MEM will remain steady but will see more West/SW ops.
-SEA-ERs are headed there and will probably be in the May/June AE. The ERs need to come from somewhere and CVG will probably take the hit.
-LA-They are working on moving AK air into our terminal
-Africa will continue to expand but TSA is a huge issue with that expansion
-East coasters to Asia goes best through DTW than ATL
-Asia looks like it will be a battle of United/ANA vs DAL/JAL/Korean
-5.7% increase in flying this summer vs last summer.
-With the up tick in cross Atlantic bookings and the new AC coming it hints at possible hiring. They will offer the pilots on furlough bypass(approx 350) the first shot at re entry prior to hiring. Since it takes a min of 9 months to get newbies up to speed the AE in NOV will be a tell all. Because of the increase in domestic flying, if the Atlantic bookings continue to grow we will be short handed.
-The AE in May/June will be relatively small but will account for the remainder of displacements from the 30/40s being parked. They still have 1/2 to go on those displacements.
-The NOV AE will include AC base changes