Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

HEY! Kudos to the guy who put that as one of the LOEs.

No biggie. The gear door(s) did not close after the gear extended. Run the QRH, stop it on the runway, latch the doors manually, pin it and tow it in and high five your sim partner cuz you just got away with LOE murder. :D

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As these fellows approach the airplane ...

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"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. Please remain seated. Our landing gear doors fell down and we can't get them up. In anywhere from 15 minutes to two hours we'll get someone to pin them back to the airframe and get towed to the gate. You can use your cell phones. We ask that you please do not call your friends at the news paper."

Bucking Bar

08-20-2012 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1248708)

DCI 700s are 9/56.

Herman

08-20-2012 08:48 AM

Pan American Hotel.

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Originally Posted by Delta1067 (Post 1248542)

I think someone said re enstatement rights only last 6 months so I think I'm going to be out of luck getting back to DTW on the ER. I'm looking for a different crashpad in NYC. I'm willing to pay up to $400 per month for the right place if it's really nice. I'm sick of my hot sheet pad with 20 people coming and going 24/7. PM me if you know of anything. All areas considered.

Good advice here from all your Dal Brothers but...try the Pan Am. It is not the Ritz, however it has a microwave and fridge, 24 hour van service to and from JFK and LGA (that's a big deal), safe neighborhood on Queens Bvld, in house restaurant, Pops diner 24hr 50 yards away (very good eats), late check out, $75 out the door if you stay 6 times. If you like beer...Tommy will gladly stop by a store for you on the way to the hotel. Just a thought...Cheeers H. ps fast track Boomer. You heard the Man.

gloopy

08-20-2012 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1248653)

We can't touch what JetBlue is doing now. They would kick our butts from one end of the playing field to the other. Take a look at the CASM's of each airline on the A320. Its all about cost in the end.

That's a pretty wide over simplification. If CASM is the main (and almost only) controlling variable then all we can do is sit here and let them slowly dominate all of our domestic lift on their terms. All we can do is reduce capacity to squeeze revenues, outright gifting them CASM controlling growth while we raise our own CASM by comparison.

We're doomed I tell ya. Doomed! All our pax are belong to them!

gloopy

08-20-2012 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1248714)

D'oh.

So we turned 70 seaters into just a little bigger 50 seaters? With rising CASM they'll become a burden on the airline but given we have long term contracts on them the only way to solve this pro... nevermind. Hey, who is up for 16 777-300s?

How many ER's and/or 74's are you willing to give up for that?

capncrunch

08-20-2012 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 1248766)

How many ER's and/or 74's are you willing to give up for that?

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FrankCobretti

08-20-2012 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1248544)

I dont know how many nights you spend there. Personally, when I was JFK based, I used the 5 towns motor inn. It was about $110 out the door.

I use 5 Towns for day sleeping, a $40/night hot rack pad in an undesirable neighborhood (but the place is nice inside and the owner shuttles you to and from the airport for free) for short overnights, and a $50/night hot rack pad near Kew Gardens for longer stays. If you're interested in any of those solutions, drop me a pm and I'll give you contact info.

forgot to bid

08-20-2012 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 1248766)

How many ER's and/or 74's are you willing to give up for that?

Hopefully no more than 16.

Just don't know how many 70 seaters for 76 seaters we'll need to exchange to get 16 773s... 102?

gloopy

08-20-2012 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1248821)

Hopefully no more than 16.

Just don't know how many 70 seaters for 76 seaters we'll need to exchange to get 16 773s... 102?

102, 103, whatever it takes.