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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1352530)

Screens coming to the 88, or so they said today in the crww room.

Do you mean glass avionics, or those little sun shades the DC9s have? :D

Personally, I think the M88/90s will be around for quite a while.

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Originally Posted by Wilbur Wright (Post 1352541)

Could the screens make the 717/88/90 a common category?

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Originally Posted by flyallnite (Post 1352545)

I'm sure that's the idea/business case.

Much different overhead panels. Wonder if the FAA would even consider that.....

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1352530)

Screens coming to the 88, or so they said today in the crww room.

Crap, so even more of a delay in hiring most likely. If the FAA allows a common type.

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Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1352586)

Yeah...how many airplanes do they have now? All A320's too?

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1352590)

Looks like 46 planes... 319/320/321.

With plans to go to 70+ in a few years I believe.

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Originally Posted by TenYearsGone (Post 1352503)

What people forget is that RA is the same RA that was at NWA. What has changed? We buy used aircraft and retrofit them, we outsource a lot of our flying and more importantly he really doesnt care if he is number 1 or 6.

I would be surprised if this cat will grow DAL organically. Maybe more codeshare, Jv's and career stagnating mergers.:mad:

TEN

add to that..........The Delta MO historically is not to grow organically. Delta either acquires or merges when it wants to grow into somewhere. So, grow out west with Alaska or protect the east flank with Jet Blue? Interesting times :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 1352495)

I think it was in one of my CQ's a while ago that some management type told our group that buying Alaska as a whole is not really attractive. His reasoning was that because a large share of their passengers are feed for another carrier (American), buying them would be akin to paying full price for half the revenue, but you still get all the pilots and planes.

I'm not an expert, but it made sense to me. I think we should just let Alaska be Alaska, without us, and build up LAX and SEA with 717's and A320's (since they are being underutilized and all).

Organic growth sounds good to me. :D

I agree, DAL and RA will not buy another airline to just grow. It is far cheaper (especially the way DL seems to get AC) to work a deal with Boeing or Airbus get a bunch of used or (like the 100 73NG"s from Boeing) Airbus' that are still being made but nobody wants while waiting for the Neos'. Why buy the problems of an integration unless it offers a lot of plus. HAL just in route authorities is better than AS. Spirit, Virgin and JB are just narrow body feed that can be replicated by growing from within..... without the BS of integration. Airbus' are too cheap to buy used. Why buy employee problems that come with it..

Now if we could just take the female FA's from Virgin and JB we would be golden!!

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Originally Posted by flyallnite (Post 1352545)

I'm sure that's the idea/business case.

Are 717 trainees supposed to be going to MD-88 training and then tag on 717 training?

This would be a set back to the survey inputs which called for bringing MD-88/90 training on par with 320/319 pay, which of course I was assured wasn't mentioned in the survey....the one we never got to see.

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Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1352649)

Per the B717 Fleet page the B717 will have its own initial course. Of course, it's only for those not coming from the M88/90.

I understand it's a 5-day transition from M88 to 717.

Will it also be 5 days to go the other way, if guys bid that way down the road?

That would suck.

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1352652)

Per the B717 Fleet page the B717 will have its own initial course. Of course, it's only for those not coming from the M88/90.

That would seem to conflict with the one category theory.

Can someone post a route map of HA. It's pretty interesting. Lots of Japan to include one HND route. I think 3 destinations in Australia and Auckland. Airlineroute.net also has us pulling back more of our summer Europe flying out of ATL.