Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Scambo, it's funny you mention that. Captain I was flying with was an F15 driver, he said he came to Delta thinking he was coming to the latest and greatest everything when he got here... he then was on the 727 panel and amazed of what a dinosaur it was- and no INS??!? The jumpseater was a P3 guy that came in 85, he said he was blown away by the 727s technology.
Funny. Everything is relative.
Btw, never met so many 1985 DALS hires until I did the ATL-DFW shuttle. I'm usually slack jawed meeting a 1988 hire, but 85?!? Whooooa.
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I was also pretty surprised how behind DAL was on technology - INS' not in every jet, darn few GPS', etc.. Some of you folks came to the party a little later than me, but it is a relatively recent development that the company actually has been run like a business.
It is my opinion that it can be run like a business and still preserve most of the elements of the DAL family. Sadly, the DAL family approach is non-existent in many parts of the company.