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Old 05-09-2013 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
I don't know, if that worked that well I'd dun already moved up 20 numbers.

The 757 has a fart shield too, that's a problem.



... unless you go to Qdoba and order a ground beef burrito with sour cream and quac ($1.40 extra or something) then put it in your bag, wait 3 days and then pull it out, eat it and see what happens.
The fart shield on the 757 was a thing of brilliance. Once you found the proper positioning of the gasper, no one had to deal with your own stench. It went someplace. I don't know where, but I assume it ended up in the seats of DC-9 pilots.
Old 05-09-2013 | 07:50 PM
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It went someplace. I don't know where, but I assume it ended up in the seats of DC-9 pilots.[/QUOTE]

It does. Thanks a lot......#$%&er
Old 05-09-2013 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
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Old 05-09-2013 | 09:48 PM
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Another piece of positive news for Delta Pilots...


ATLANTA (TheStreet) -- Analysts are applauding Delta's (DAL_) move to fashion a new model of an airline that can compete for investor dollars.

The carrier said Wednesday it will restore its dividend, repurchase shares, continue to reduce debt and carefully manage capital expenditures, prompting JP Morgan analyst Jamie Baker to write in a report Wednesday that "any deployment of cash that benefits stakeholders and leaves less for manufacturers and pilots to pursue must be viewed positively."


I am sure we can all rest knowing DALPA is working hard on the following...

Originally Posted by FlyZ
From the news today...Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA and U.S. partner Delta Air Lines Inc said on Thursday they were extending their codesharing pact to Delta's flights between the United States and Brazil.

Anyone think this will lead to more intl flying for Delta pilots?

I don't.
Old 05-10-2013 | 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by whaledriver1
Another piece of positive news for Delta Pilots...

JP Morgan analyst Jamie Baker to write in a report Wednesday that "any deployment of cash that benefits stakeholders and leaves less for manufacturers and pilots to pursue must be viewed positively."
This is the same Jamie Baker that said in 2003 that Mesa Air Group was a stronger company as a standalone.

Son of a....
Old 05-10-2013 | 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by whaledriver1
Another piece of positive news for Delta Pilots...


ATLANTA (TheStreet) -- Analysts are applauding Delta's (DAL_) move to fashion a new model of an airline that can compete for investor dollars.

The carrier said Wednesday it will restore its dividend, repurchase shares, continue to reduce debt and carefully manage capital expenditures, prompting JP Morgan analyst Jamie Baker to write in a report Wednesday that "any deployment of cash that benefits stakeholders and leaves less for manufacturers and pilots to pursue must be viewed positively."


I am sure we can all rest knowing DALPA is working hard on the following...
Jamie Baker for Toll of the Day.
Old 05-10-2013 | 03:45 AM
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In regards to the latest Capital Deployment Plan, what groups are still getting pensions?

Is the extra pension funding for current retirees who are still collecting pension payments, or is paying off some type of pension-related debt?

I was under the impression that most, if not all, employee pension programs were done with.
Old 05-10-2013 | 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by DeadHead
In regards to the latest Capital Deployment Plan, what groups are still getting pensions?

Is the extra pension funding for current retirees who are still collecting pension payments, or is paying off some type of pension-related debt?

I was under the impression that most, if not all, employee pension programs were done with.
No, only the pilots pension is done with. The other employee groups have a "promise to pay" still in place varying from frozen DB to regular DB. It is one of the "elephants in the room" financially for DAL (the obligation is somewhere around the $20B-$30B mark). Additionally, the frozen FNW pilots pension does have annual funding requirements.

Draw your own conclusions about the effectiveness of organized labor on this one.
Old 05-10-2013 | 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyZ
From the news today...Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA and U.S. partner Delta Air Lines Inc said on Thursday they were extending their codesharing pact to Delta's flights between the United States and Brazil.

Anyone think this will lead to more intl flying for Delta pilots?

I don't.
From deltanet:
The first phase of the codeshare agreement includes the Brasilia to Atlanta route and will be in operation by late May. The second phase will include Goiania, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba and Porto. The codeshare will eventually include routes from Sao Paulo to Atlanta, New York John F. Kennedy International Airport and Detroit; Rio de Janeiro to Atlanta; and connecting destinations in the U.S.
Also from Deltanet:
Delta hopes to continue its Latin America expansion with new flights in Brazil, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and air travel markets, the airline announced Tuesday in a release.

Delta has filed for approval to begin a second daily flight between Sao Paulo and New York-JFK and Atlanta,which would begin later this year. The new flights would add to Delta’s 35 weekly flights between Brazil and the U.S., which currently include service from Atlanta, Detroit and New York-JFK to Sao Paulo as well as service from Atlanta to both Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia.

Customers can also access 24 destinations within Brazil thanks to Delta’s strategic alliance with GOL Linhas aéreas inteligentes.

It’s the first time in more than a decade that the U.S. Department of Transportation has the opportunity to allocate new Sao Paulo frequencies. These opportunities arise as direct result of the U.S. government’s success in negotiating a new air service agreement with Brazil, which is expected to result in a full Open Skies agreement by 2015.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say YES.... It does look like it will lead to more international flying for Delta Pilots.
Old 05-10-2013 | 04:41 AM
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I see ALPA negotiated a side letter allowing them to install video screens in pilot lounges to "keep us updated."

ALPA guys here are fond of lecturing us about how they must always give up something to get something in negotiations.

So what did we "give up" for that gem? (In addition to several thousand dollars of dues money spent on network and video equipment.)

I'd rather ALPA bought the TVs and then had a drawing to give them away. At least then the TVs would be watched.

Hint to ALPA: If what you're negotiating for doesn't give us a higher QOL, more money, and more time off...stop wasting our time and money.

Negotiating to spend our money on TVs to broadcast the company's talking points clearly misses on all three.
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