Originally Posted by
newKnow
You know, I am watching the video again right now for the 3rd time in 2 days. I can't see where this is going. Seems as though they need some help. What do we get for going into the training department to fight with the people in the training department to get things done in a practical way?
Oh wait. Carl already told us: A headache.
Okay, let me see if I can put this in a picture format.
This is Delta Air Lines today:
It's actually a MD-90. But what is an MD-90? It's an upgraded MD-88 that was introduced in 1987, which was an upgraded MD-80 which was introduced in 1980 which was a stretched DC-9 first introduced in 1965- by Delta btw. So, its an old airplane that has gone from 60 some passengers and 12,000 lbs of thrust to 160 seats and 28,000 lbs per side. The cockpit has some fancy stuff mixed with some of the original. I think all airlines are like that.
Except the new ones, like say Jetblue who probably looks more like it's very own EMB-190s that are clean sheet designs with dual HUDs, all the avionics you could ever want, big windows and wider seats.
This is say, a Jetblue as an airline:
We won't ever be clean sheet and that's okay. There is a lot you don't want to get rid of from the old Delta and old NWA. So in time, with the right leadership (which we have) and the sexiest pilots (which the APC crowd is) we're going to go from 9, to 80, to the 88 (DAL pre merger) to 90 (post merger, especially in time) to those Saudi 90s or 717 cockpits (to future Delta), metaphorically speaking.
This is where Delta is headed:
