Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1309890)

Here is a thought with the JV, if there are 20 flgihts from JFK-LHR, give AA/BA a wink wink and take our 7 from the DL/VA codeshare and knock it down to 4.

Just use 3 VA A380s (instead of 744/346/330/330) and 1 DL 764 or 333 and cut capacity by a crowd pleasing 5% on the route and free those 3 extra slots up!!!!

The good part about that, we don't have to fly the...

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Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1309870)

Delta has a bright future. The financials look strong and management is excited about all our Joint Ventures and alliances.
The operation is running like a Swiss watch. All the metrics are excellent. On time, lost bags, completion factor, customer complaints, D-Zero, etc. etc. all look fantastic and continue to improve.
And they are making the Trainer refinery sound like a license to print money.

BUT - From a pilot perspective this Investor Day conference is nothing short of dismal.
Richard and Ed are making no bones about it.
The "network" will grow but they are planning to shrink the "Delta" portion of the airline further.
Capacity will definitely be down in 2013 and down again to possibly flat in 2014.
And if we go over this fiscal cliff and the economy tips back into recession - watch out, they are ready to park a bunch of jets.

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1309870)

Delta has a bright future. The financials look strong and management is excited about all our Joint Ventures and alliances.
The operation is running like a Swiss watch. All the metrics are excellent. On time, lost bags, completion factor, customer complaints, D-Zero, etc. etc. all look fantastic and continue to improve.
And they are making the Trainer refinery sound like a license to print money.

BUT - From a pilot perspective this Investor Day conference is nothing short of dismal.
Richard and Ed are making no bones about it.
The "network" will grow but they are planning to shrink the "Delta" portion of the airline further.
Capacity will definitely be down in 2013 and down again to possibly flat in 2014.
And if we go over this fiscal cliff and the economy tips back into recession - watch out, they are ready to park a bunch of jets.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1309921)

Off course Delta mainline capacity is projected to be up in the second half of 2013 and up quite a bit in 2014. You knew that of course but choose not to point that out for some reason. System wide capacity including DCI will be flat to down slightly. Personally I could care less that DCI is getting a big cut while the mainline is growing.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1309921)

Off course Delta mainline capacity is projected to be up in the second half of 2013 and up quite a bit in 2014.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1309921)

Off course Delta mainline capacity is projected to be up in the second half of 2013 and up quite a bit in 2014. You knew that of course but choose not to point that out for some reason. System wide capacity including DCI will be flat to down slightly. Personally I could care less that DCI is getting a big cut while the mainline is growing.

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1309870)

Delta has a bright future. The financials look strong and management is excited about all our Joint Ventures and alliances.
The operation is running like a Swiss watch. All the metrics are excellent. On time, lost bags, completion factor, customer complaints, D-Zero, etc. etc. all look fantastic and continue to improve.
And they are making the Trainer refinery sound like a license to print money.

BUT - From a pilot perspective this Investor Day conference is nothing short of dismal.
Richard and Ed are making no bones about it.
The "network" will grow but they are planning to shrink the "Delta" portion of the airline further.
Capacity will definitely be down in 2013 and down again to possibly flat in 2014.
And if we go over this fiscal cliff and the economy tips back into recession - watch out, they are ready to park a bunch of jets.

Originally Posted by Lifeisgood (Post 1309882)

Now, IMHO, the "9,000 pilot force" rumor doesn't seem so ridiculous..
I need some cheerleading, where is Bill?

Originally Posted by hoserpilot (Post 1309927)

We don't defend sailing enough on this board.

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1309926)

That's not what they told the analysts in the Q&A.
They showed one slide with our mainline hull count trending down, not up.
And they continued to emphasize our intent to use "capacity discipline" to maintain and manage our revenue premium.

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1309928)

Why is it that people always forget that when management speaks of Delta Air Lines capacity, said capacity includes RJ flying? Decreased capacity does NOT necessarily mean decreasing mainline flying.