Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
02-28-2013 | 05:43 AM
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Probably explains why she had that look we all have after a great approach but a bad landing. Nobody to blame but me.
02-28-2013 | 05:46 AM
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It applies to any long trips including 4 and 5 day domestics. We can ask the company to change it but I suspect the will want the offsets they gave us back. Reserve utilization was looked at long and carefully when this was agreed to. Actual data and schedules were used not idle speculation. It is going to have minimal effect. The 1 hour yearly increase in average ALV and 30 day months will have a larger effect.
02-28-2013 | 05:46 AM
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Dunno about MSP anymore. Since they started changing thing around, I'm not sure.
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02-28-2013 | 05:47 AM
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02-28-2013 | 05:48 AM
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Maybe we're just moving closer to the FA's system? Everyone holds a line and is on reserve.
02-28-2013 | 05:48 AM
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I agree. I felt the same way about adding the 7th short call. ALPA's response was that we were actually going to be doing less short call on the wide-bodies because the periods will be 14 hours instead of 24. On the domestic side, the period are going from 12 hours to 12 hours. Again, the domestic side is getting a huge concession due to the new FAR's and ALPA's inability to say no. Imagine that.
02-28-2013 | 05:54 AM
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Council 44 notes - this guy is downright funny!
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The Phantom Speaks
Speculation continues to run rampant about the size of a narrow-body order. Up to 50 from a vendor is possible. Which vendor? Well the Phantom doesn’t have any facts, but apparently the manufacturer had something in common with _____toast, ______fries, ______maids, and a place Lance Armstrong is associated with. Just sayin’.
Fill in the blank…
Further progression is also rumored to be coming in our fleet as well:
A319,
A320,
A___.
4, 8.5, 3, 3 is steady progression but the Phantom was thinking “Hey! When’s the next ‘event’
so we can move even further ahead?” Well . . .
Most Favorable Merger Partner
Hats Leather Jackets
Airline A No Yes û
Airline B No Yes û
Airline C Yes No ü
Airline T No Yes. û
Here’s another riddle…
Q. What do 46°53'01"N 102°47'20"W, 17,787 people, 7,521 households, 4,308 families, and Delta Air Lines have in common?
A: Dickinson, North Dakota. One of the new routes and destinations for 2013 that keep adding up. It may not sound fancy, but apparently it’s a valuable market. Who knew?
In addition to the others in the merger, SWA is having another teachable moment. They can’t requal their AirTran 717 pilots for CQ because someone has bought up all the simulator time in the country. They may have to train in CHINA! That means buying their guys tickets on . . .wait for it . . . Delta!
More merger rumors . . . Now that Southwest is completing the integration of AirTran, are they eyeballing someone else? Perhaps someone far from Atlanta? Can their fleet of 737s be ETOPS certified?
This summer looks like it could be a hot one (for GSs). Plan accordingly. Or, if you’re like the Phantom and you’d like the summer off, bid the 717.
Management put some lithium-ion batteries in their business-plan calculators and came up with the conclusion that the Delta pilots will have to wait for the 787. But . . . it was made public at the company Leadership Conference. They’re thinking about a wide-body order . . . one condition . . . it actually has to fly.
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The Phantom Speaks
Speculation continues to run rampant about the size of a narrow-body order. Up to 50 from a vendor is possible. Which vendor? Well the Phantom doesn’t have any facts, but apparently the manufacturer had something in common with _____toast, ______fries, ______maids, and a place Lance Armstrong is associated with. Just sayin’.
Fill in the blank…
Further progression is also rumored to be coming in our fleet as well:
A319,
A320,
A___.
4, 8.5, 3, 3 is steady progression but the Phantom was thinking “Hey! When’s the next ‘event’
so we can move even further ahead?” Well . . .
Most Favorable Merger Partner
Hats Leather Jackets
Airline A No Yes û
Airline B No Yes û
Airline C Yes No ü
Airline T No Yes. û
Here’s another riddle…
Q. What do 46°53'01"N 102°47'20"W, 17,787 people, 7,521 households, 4,308 families, and Delta Air Lines have in common?
A: Dickinson, North Dakota. One of the new routes and destinations for 2013 that keep adding up. It may not sound fancy, but apparently it’s a valuable market. Who knew?
In addition to the others in the merger, SWA is having another teachable moment. They can’t requal their AirTran 717 pilots for CQ because someone has bought up all the simulator time in the country. They may have to train in CHINA! That means buying their guys tickets on . . .wait for it . . . Delta!
More merger rumors . . . Now that Southwest is completing the integration of AirTran, are they eyeballing someone else? Perhaps someone far from Atlanta? Can their fleet of 737s be ETOPS certified?
This summer looks like it could be a hot one (for GSs). Plan accordingly. Or, if you’re like the Phantom and you’d like the summer off, bid the 717.
Management put some lithium-ion batteries in their business-plan calculators and came up with the conclusion that the Delta pilots will have to wait for the 787. But . . . it was made public at the company Leadership Conference. They’re thinking about a wide-body order . . . one condition . . . it actually has to fly.
02-28-2013 | 05:55 AM
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Good news for any CHS-NYC commuter. Jet blue just inaugerated that service today. The first flt just landed in CHS. They are putting on an inaugeation dog and pony show that is a lttle (opposite of hetrosexual), but its good to have more options for the commuters.
02-28-2013 | 05:55 AM
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Reserve staffing goes up and down by category. I bet system wide reserve usage not up. Guys complained on here last fall that they were being abused by alv15 and it was not even in use! We have been overstaffed in the copilot categories for a long time. Well thought out anti furlough clauses kept the company from furloughing those surplus pilots. We are working through those surpluses now so reserves will work more. It also means the company will have to hire soon.
02-28-2013 | 06:18 AM
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From: Cockpit speaker volume knob set to eleven.
Timbo,
It's in MSP...there are two...one in the main terminal, one in the C concourse. The one in C is better IMO. Try the house fried rice, medium spicy. Chicken, pork and shrimp and lots of it, plus they cook it up for you, not just sitting in a pot.
It's in MSP...there are two...one in the main terminal, one in the C concourse. The one in C is better IMO. Try the house fried rice, medium spicy. Chicken, pork and shrimp and lots of it, plus they cook it up for you, not just sitting in a pot.
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