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GutterGuard 03-22-2026 04:44 PM


Originally Posted by PilotJ3 (Post 4015684)
My PC just went back to 1986. 🤣

What happened? Did you log into iCrew?

theUpsideDown 03-22-2026 06:17 PM


Originally Posted by CBreezy (Post 4015681)
What a terrible investment. Everyone knows it was going to be bottle caps

Fallout reference

notEnuf 03-23-2026 05:53 AM


Originally Posted by crewdawg (Post 4015515)
Global Cooling, Delta a boutique 7,000 pilot airline, business travel is dead forever/Zoom for all my friends, no more toilet paper, Peak oil, Y2K. Take your pick of alarmist doom and gloom. You have almost no control over (other than not engaging in the hysterics) most of this anyway, so tuning it out isn't necessarily a bad idea for most.

Just to add to the anxieties... global overpopulation, wildlife extinction, global warming, mass deforestation, resources consumption at 1.5x the planets capable sustainability, chinese global infrastructure ownership, and the new roundabout down the street having an accident rate 3x the old traffic lights. When is Elon's Mars shuttle leaving, asking for a friend.

Hotel Kilo 03-23-2026 06:09 AM


Originally Posted by notEnuf (Post 4015837)
Just to add to the anxieties... global overpopulation, wildlife extinction, global warming, mass deforestation, resources consumption at 1.5x the planets capable sustainability, chinese global infrastructure ownership, and the new roundabout down the street having an accident rate 3x the old traffic lights. When is Elon's Mars shuttle leaving, asking for a friend.

Dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria

Bazinga 03-23-2026 06:17 AM


Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo (Post 4015844)
Dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria

that's a big Twinkie

Joe Bauers 03-23-2026 06:49 AM


Originally Posted by notEnuf (Post 4015837)
Just to add to the anxieties... global overpopulation, wildlife extinction, global warming, mass deforestation, resources consumption at 1.5x the planets capable sustainability, chinese global infrastructure ownership, and the new roundabout down the street having an accident rate 3x the old traffic lights. When is Elon's Mars shuttle leaving, asking for a friend.

Don't forget about the massive job displacements coming from AI in the next few years. Fun times ahead!

Hotel Kilo 03-23-2026 07:33 AM


Originally Posted by Bazinga (Post 4015850)
that's a big Twinkie

Let's say this Twinkie represents the total normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area....now imagine a Twinkie 35ft long weighing 600 pounds....

polcat 03-23-2026 07:45 AM

As long as we don't cross the streams, we should be safe from total protonic reversal. Btw, does anyone have total protonic reversal on their bingo card for 2026? Just asking.

PilotJ3 03-23-2026 09:06 AM


Originally Posted by GutterGuard (Post 4015698)
What happened? Did you log into iCrew?

I was running Windows 3.1. Im sure it had better performance than Icrew. 🤣

CrazyEight 03-23-2026 09:57 AM


Originally Posted by notEnuf (Post 4015837)
Just to add to the anxieties... global overpopulation, wildlife extinction, global warming, mass deforestation, resources consumption at 1.5x the planets capable sustainability, chinese global infrastructure ownership, and the new roundabout down the street having an accident rate 3x the old traffic lights. When is Elon's Mars shuttle leaving, asking for a friend.

World wars, plagues, droughts, viruses, food shortages, etc. The tools to bring it all back into balance are literally encoded in everyone's DNA.

crewdawg 03-23-2026 10:14 AM


Originally Posted by JTwift (Post 4015663)
to be fair, Y2K was a nothing burger because a lot of people put in a lot of work to fix the code before the systems crashed. A coordinated effort that actually paid off.


Was it a bunch of airline pilots who did that work?

Gunfighter 03-23-2026 10:21 AM


Originally Posted by crewdawg (Post 4015977)
Was it a bunch of airline pilots who did that work?

A few. Some of us had other jobs in 1999.

crewdawg 03-23-2026 10:48 AM


Originally Posted by Gunfighter (Post 4015979)
A few. Some of us had other jobs in 1999.


Lol amazing.

notEnuf 03-24-2026 07:04 AM


Originally Posted by Joe Bauers (Post 4015866)
Don't forget about the massive job displacements coming from AI in the next few years. Fun times ahead!

these are new, they look human... sweat, bad breath, everything

Hotel Kilo 03-24-2026 09:20 AM


Originally Posted by notEnuf (Post 4016263)
these are new, they look human... sweat, bad breath, everything

Listen, and understand....That Terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead

theUpsideDown 03-24-2026 02:25 PM


Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo (Post 4016344)
Listen, and understand....That Terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead

come with me if youwant to live

tripled 03-24-2026 08:53 PM


Originally Posted by theUpsideDown (Post 4016420)
come with me if youwant to live

I’ll be back?

Casualinterest 03-26-2026 12:31 PM


Originally Posted by TegridyFarms (Post 4015399)
Doomers may want to check DLNet.

sounds like demand is there and better than predicted revenue.

I think you’ll be surprised when you see the May and June bid packs. Reductions coming

Jdub2 03-26-2026 12:40 PM


Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4017057)
I think you’ll be surprised when you see the May and June bid packs. Reductions coming

I'm already in the Incredibly Shrinking Category™ so I just can’t wait

NERD 03-27-2026 06:54 AM

Is this inside information, or just a guess?



Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4017057)
I think you’ll be surprised when you see the May and June bid packs. Reductions coming


1Taco 03-27-2026 07:26 AM


Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4017057)
I think you’ll be surprised when you see the May and June bid packs. Reductions coming

Is it for the war, errr “excursion” in Iran or poor staffing? Or perhaps a combination of both?

HockeyGuy 03-27-2026 07:39 AM


Originally Posted by NERD (Post 4017253)
Is this inside information, or just a guess?

Source: "Trust Me Bro"

Bazinga 03-27-2026 07:47 AM


Originally Posted by 1Taco (Post 4017271)
Is it for the war, errr “excursion” in Iran or poor staffing? Or perhaps a combination of both?

can you think of another perfectly convenient excuse than a "war" to cover for their incompetence?

AverageGPA 03-27-2026 09:24 AM


Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4017057)
I think you’ll be surprised when you see the May and June bid packs. Reductions coming

Lol

Filler

Nantonaku 03-27-2026 10:16 AM


Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4017057)
I think you’ll be surprised when you see the May and June bid packs. Reductions coming

Crossing my fingers. We aren’t getting bonuses this year anyway. Tired of no extra X days and getting pushed every month to the limit.

FL370esq 03-28-2026 03:24 PM


Originally Posted by Bazinga (Post 4017287)
can you think of another perfectly convenient excuse than a "war" to cover for their incompetence?

Leap year? 😁

DWC CAP10 USAF 03-28-2026 03:34 PM


Originally Posted by Bazinga (Post 4017287)
can you think of another perfectly convenient excuse than a "war" to cover for their incompetence?

Thunderstorms

DeltaboundRedux 03-28-2026 03:53 PM


Originally Posted by Bazinga (Post 4017287)
can you think of another perfectly convenient excuse than a "war" to cover for their incompetence?

"Mercury in retrograde."

Alternatively:

"Any day ending in "y"".

m3113n1a1 03-28-2026 04:12 PM


Originally Posted by Bazinga (Post 4017287)
can you think of another perfectly convenient excuse than a "war" to cover for their incompetence?

Auto accept.

Casualinterest 03-29-2026 04:21 AM


Originally Posted by NERD (Post 4017253)
Is this inside information, or just a guess?

so far cutting about 10,000 hours from the NB fleets system wide (which is less than it sounds) for May. But I don’t know about WB yet.

edit: 10000 less than April. Which might be much less than originally planned for May since they were anticipating growth. Haven’t done a thorough look at YoY yet but it looks like about 6000 fewer hours on the 73 from last year and still an increase on the 320 from last May.

icohftb 03-29-2026 06:27 AM


Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4017822)
so far cutting about 10,000 hours from the NB fleets system wide (which is less than it sounds) for May. But I don’t know about WB yet.

edit: 10000 less than April. Which might be much less than originally planned for May since they were anticipating growth. Haven’t done a thorough look at YoY yet but it looks like about 6000 fewer hours on the 73 from last year and still an increase on the 320 from last May.

Can you put some more perspective? How many hours roughly do the NB fleets fly in a month on avg?

RightSide 03-29-2026 06:39 AM

They told most sim instructors will be in department this Summer for what it's worth.

GogglesPisano 03-29-2026 06:40 AM

Weird, a recent DCLC course was told we are pulling 757's out of the desert to meet increased summer block hours.

Hotel Kilo 03-29-2026 06:58 AM


Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4017822)
so far cutting about 10,000 hours from the NB fleets system wide (which is less than it sounds) for May. But I don’t know about WB yet.

edit: 10000 less than April. Which might be much less than originally planned for May since they were anticipating growth. Haven’t done a thorough look at YoY yet but it looks like about 6000 fewer hours on the 73 from last year and still an increase on the 320 from last May.

So they upped the TLV for this year to cut back flying? Doesn't square up.


Originally Posted by GogglesPisano (Post 4017846)
Weird, a recent DCLC course was told we are pulling 757's out of the desert to meet increased summer block hours.


Heard the same from my sources. Much to do about the MAX 10 and 321 NEO delivery delays.

Casualinterest 03-29-2026 10:27 AM


Originally Posted by icohftb (Post 4017841)
Can you put some more perspective? How many hours roughly do the NB fleets fly in a month on avg?

320 and 73 both had small decreases in the single digit percentages compared to April. Something like 2-4% from what I can tell. Not much, and that might not be final. 717 remained remarkable constant. ER and 220 actually did go up a little which is interesting. Without looking, I think the 320 had something like 245000 credit hours in April.


Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo (Post 4017850)
So they upped the TLV for this year to cut back flying? Doesn't square up.


Heard the same from my sources. Much to do about the MAX 10 and 321 NEO delivery delays.

TLV's are rolling 12 month averages, they are actively fighting the TLV limit and had to make small cuts on the 73 last month to stay under the TLV. Most of the TLV's are actually fairly safe from getting busted. They are "historically low" according to the company :-/

This is a change in the last week or so. Very recent. And as I'm sure is engraved somewhere on the floor on the 4th floor "Subject to Change"

The Network planning info still show a small net increase in block hours month to month but those can lag behind actual as they update them less frequently. There will be more changes between now and publish, but just a FYI as things are coming together, it will probably be a little anti-climactic. Shouldn't be a huge increase as we head into summer and it won't be a huge 5% across the board drawdown like UAL. But we will see.

We'll see what happens. Interesting times.

m3113n1a1 03-29-2026 02:45 PM


Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4017932)
320 and 73 both had small decreases in the single digit percentages compared to April. Something like 2-4% from what I can tell. Not much, and that might not be final. 717 remained remarkable constant. ER and 220 actually did go up a little which is interesting. Without looking, I think the 320 had something like 245000 credit hours in April.



TLV's are rolling 12 month averages, they are actively fighting the TLV limit and had to make small cuts on the 73 last month to stay under the TLV. Most of the TLV's are actually fairly safe from getting busted. They are "historically low" according to the company :-/

This is a change in the last week or so. Very recent. And as I'm sure is engraved somewhere on the floor on the 4th floor "Subject to Change"

The Network planning info still show a small net increase in block hours month to month but those can lag behind actual as they update them less frequently. There will be more changes between now and publish, but just a FYI as things are coming together, it will probably be a little anti-climactic. Shouldn't be a huge increase as we head into summer and it won't be a huge 5% across the board drawdown like UAL. But we will see.

We'll see what happens. Interesting times.

I hope we either cut back hours on the 737 or hire/upgrade way more. We're so short staffed it's brutal! Reroutes and GS/QS all over the place! Good money though I guess...

Casualinterest 03-29-2026 04:04 PM


Originally Posted by m3113n1a1 (Post 4017991)
I hope we either cut back hours on the 737 or hire/upgrade way more. We're so short staffed it's brutal! Reroutes and GS/QS all over the place! Good money though I guess...

yea last time I bid reserve, I was rerouted 100% of my reserve assignments for the month. Good money. But man that wears on you

Verdell 03-29-2026 04:25 PM


Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4018000)
yea last time I bid reserve, I was rerouted 100% of my reserve assignments for the month. Good money. But man that wears on you

That's a crazy stat. I've bid/been reserve for cumulative years and have never had a month where 100% of my reserve assignments had reroutes. Maybe 1 or 2 trips, but all of them? I'd call that an anomaly (and possibly deserving of a trophy.)

demon llama 03-29-2026 04:26 PM


Originally Posted by m3113n1a1 (Post 4017991)
I hope we either cut back hours on the 737 or hire/upgrade way more. We're so short staffed it's brutal! Reroutes and GS/QS all over the place! Good money though I guess...

I cleared over 200 hours this month. 73NB.

Hotel Kilo 03-29-2026 04:34 PM


Originally Posted by Casualinterest (Post 4017932)
320 and 73 both had small decreases in the single digit percentages compared to April. Something like 2-4% from what I can tell. Not much, and that might not be final. 717 remained remarkable constant. ER and 220 actually did go up a little which is interesting. Without looking, I think the 320 had something like 245000 credit hours in April.



TLV's are rolling 12 month averages, they are actively fighting the TLV limit and had to make small cuts on the 73 last month to stay under the TLV. Most of the TLV's are actually fairly safe from getting busted. They are "historically low" according to the company :-/

This is a change in the last week or so. Very recent. And as I'm sure is engraved somewhere on the floor on the 4th floor "Subject to Change"

The Network planning info still show a small net increase in block hours month to month but those can lag behind actual as they update them less frequently. There will be more changes between now and publish, but just a FYI as things are coming together, it will probably be a little anti-climactic. Shouldn't be a huge increase as we head into summer and it won't be a huge 5% across the board drawdown like UAL. But we will see.

We'll see what happens. Interesting times.

They're allowed like once every 3 years to crank it up, they are doing that for 2026. Again, I am hjghly suspect of your information posted here. Seems stupid to crank it up this year and then you telling us they've pulled back. Doesn't square. At all.

You're looking at projections, it's been discussed here before, the numbers you saw for april and may are highly subject to change from the original questimate, that changes all the time (usually upwards). I would never say those are absolutes. Ever.


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