Originally Posted by Jughead (Post 1281385)

...and since we're complaining about uniforms - if you're going to wear the coat, which we all will be in about a week, please button it. Nothing looks more bizarre than a double-breasted coat flopping around open.

Unless you let your hat ride on top of your suitcase, with the tie pulled down a couple of inches - then it's a good look. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Elvis90 (Post 1281368)

Delta Is No. 1 as Profitable Air Cargo Beats U.S. Peers - Bloomberg

Delta is on a five-month streak of gains in cargo traffic, bolstering the bottom line ahead of tomorrow’s quarterly earnings report. The cargo operations produce $1 billion in annual sales and profit margins that have topped 50 percent because goods are flown on jets with fare-paying passengers.

Originally Posted by TenYearsGone (Post 1281394)

I overheard a conversation recently, although I smirked and wanted to discount it as just purely speculative, I wanted to share:

"Delta wants to shift (in the future) the 747-400s to dedicated cargo airplanes"

This is what I heard. Rumor, BS, fact, etc.? You decide:cool:

TEN

Originally Posted by Wilbur Wright (Post 1281404)

And replace them with 747-8s? I like it!

Unfortunately it doesn't make a lot of sense to convert the 4x4 to cargo after spending so much money installing the flat bed seats.

Originally Posted by Wilbur Wright (Post 1281404)

Unfortunately it doesn't make a lot of sense to convert the 4x4 to cargo after spending so much money installing the flat bed seats.

Originally Posted by Thrust Normal (Post 1281409)

Which is exactly why it'll happen. :D

Originally Posted by capncrunch (Post 1281260)

Are you a redditor?

Originally Posted by capncrunch (Post 1281369)

ALPA could have used the public outcry during the aftermath of the Buffalo crash to fix this problem and had legislation enacted to make it mandatory that regionals disclose that they are not mainline. Unfortunately our "union" represents those same folks and it would be a conflict for them to do so.