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ATLANTA (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) could place firm orders for as many as 200 airplanes as it looks to replace aging aircraft, the carrier said on Thursday.
Delta said in a message on its internal employee website that it had sent proposal requests last month to several major plane makers.
The company said that it had asked for proposals to deliver 100 to 200 firm aircraft, with an option for 200 more, starting in early 2013.
This is a JOKE!! Pure posturing on the company's/management's part, and every time someone posts this my blood pressure jumps 20 points on the systolic/diastolic readings.
Does this timeline for aircraft delivery seem just a little coincidental with anyone else, or am I reading too much into it? THAT'S RIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT DELIVERY COINCIDES WITH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS----DALPA?
What the statement is, is the "large dangling carrot" hanging from the 15# weight fishing line. Once the schmuck's in "union-land" are convinced that aircraft deliveries are dependent on a less than optimal "signed" contract, once again, everyone else at Delta (& pmNWA) will have been "bent over at the waist" without even the courtesy of a "reach around".
Enough venting for now. My apologies for posting on the forum when I've had a "venti" worth of caffeine at Starbuck's.
Fly safe,
GJ