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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1262080)

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Classy.....

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Originally Posted by orvil (Post 1262196)

Operative word in article is: Fool

Thanks, but not really interested. No one takes anything said at Motley Fool seriously.

I love it when they let the local Jr High write investor blogs.

I was very surprised to hear that Istanbul has been dropped. SD said the yields are too low despite high load factors. We recently up gauged the service and have served the market for 20 years. The Turkish economy is a bright spot in Europe. It would have been more accurate to say that Turkish Air chased us out with their recent expansion. Just like Air Berlin did.

I choose topic 2... I need to get a hold of the video they used... it might come in handy!

Not the one with the train or the extreme sports... The other video.
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Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 1262187)

Thanks Uncle. The comment, however, is BS.

Agreed, we're replacing RJ's that people for sure don't want to ride on for aircraft that are much more comfortable. Also, instead of buying aircraft for 4x the cost we're getting the DC9-717 which has been a proven worhorse for nwa/dal for over 4 decades just newer models.

I think "fool" is a good name for that group ;-)

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1262080)

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Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 1262086)

Clamp has earned his street cred here.

Nu

"Street cred" or not, whatever.....

Not appropriate moderator behavior IMHO.

mod·er·ate [adj., n. mod-er-it, mod-rit; v. mod-uh-reyt]
adjective
1. kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price

(emphasis mine)

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Originally Posted by UncleSam (Post 1262185)

Little tidbit from Motley Fool that I thought you all would be interested in:

1-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Delta Air Lines?
By Brian D. Pacampara | More Articles
September 16, 2012 | Comments (1)
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, airline operator Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL ) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Delta's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Delta facts
Headquarters (Founded) Atlanta (1924)
Market Cap $8.0 billion
Industry Airlines
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $36.4 billion
Management CEO Richard Anderson (since September 2007)
CFO Paul Jacobson (since March 2012)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) 8.9%
Cash/Debt $3.5 billion / $13.1 billion
Competitors AMR
Deutsche Lufthansa
United Continental Holdings
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 42% of the 932 members who have rated Delta believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this summer, one of those Fools, colleague Justin Loiseau (TMFJLo), succinctly summed up the Delta bear case for our community:
Delta suffers from the worst fuel efficiency of any airline. It suffers from lackluster customer confidence and has the oldest fleet of any major airline. It is reinvesting too slowly and its corner-cutting will continue to push it further behind competition.

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On September 16, 2012, at 2:45 PM, tbirdreg wrote:
The observations about Delta are right on target. When I worked at NWA, which was absorbed by Delta 4 years ago, we had Anderson as the CEO. It was the same story.... lack of consumer confidence, poor fleet efficiency, and reinvesting too slowly or not at all. That is what cause NWA to go down the tubes. Now Delta has adopted that same strategy. The latest is the leasing of AirTran/Southwest's used Boeing 717, they are in effect replacing the DC9-50s which are 40+ years old with a new version of the airplane no one wants to fly on.

I guess your life and career are terrible since DAL absorbed NWA. Seriously. Is this your outlook and impression?

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Originally Posted by UncleSam (Post 1262185)

The one comment:
On September 16, 2012, at 2:45 PM, tbirdreg wrote:
The observations about Delta are right on target. When I worked at NWA, which was absorbed by Delta 4 years ago, we had Anderson as the CEO. It was the same story.... lack of consumer confidence, poor fleet efficiency, and reinvesting too slowly or not at all. That is what cause NWA to go down the tubes. Now Delta has adopted that same strategy. The latest is the leasing of AirTran/Southwest's used Boeing 717, they are in effect replacing the DC9-50s which are 40+ years old with a new version of the airplane no one wants to fly on.

I agree with your premise that Delta is Northwest airlines with a new logo. But, we are more fuel efficient than folks give us credit for. I enjoy MD88 bashing more than anyone; it isn't that bad once you get it up to altitude. The MD90 beats the 737 and A320 on short routes. The 717 is an outlier, but for its mission nothing but a CRj1000 is cheaper.

Of course the 737-900 will improve our numbers at the expense of forgetting the APU every now and then on the after TO check :o

This article is a better description of Delta's financial status as opposed to the foolish article. Motley Fool, like Forbes, tends to be all over the place.

SeekingAlpha

I PD'ed a few of reserve days this month. How do I use the bank to "fill up" I have gotten into the bank page but I'm not sure how many hours to use. Can I just put in for 5 hours? I have never used the bank and there isn't much guidance out there on it.