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And only a lie-flat seat for rest. :-(
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 1416104)
Let me start by saying I normally don't post rumors or feed into them but this one is gaining traction. I came across a post on airlines.net a minute ago about a possible order but I blew it off, airliners.net is usually incredibly inaccurate. However, :D...
RUMOR: DL To Order 30 A321 + 10 A330 — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net Let's see.... 330s, not super premium. A 321s... smaller than 757s. Annnnnnnnnnnd.. since bigger pays more.... Any logic majors out there? This is not much of a reach to be believable however. |
Originally Posted by Sobchak
(Post 1416178)
Hmmm. Three weeks with company guys/LCAs. Blue jeans-check. Running shoes-check. Golf shirts-check. Flying stories abound. I wonder if you can tune into Fox News in Singapore?
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Dumb question, but why would they leave a 3-man crew in SIN for 3 weeks? Heck, we wouldn't do that and we're paying biz class back and forth.
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Originally Posted by tsquare
(Post 1416202)
This is not much of a reach to be believable however.
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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
(Post 1416207)
Dumb question, but why would they leave a 3-man crew in SIN for 3 weeks? Heck, we wouldn't do that and we're paying biz class back and forth.
GF Day 1: Maintenance Crew Arrives Day 3: Wrong part ordered Day 5: Don't have the right tools ... who knew we would need a Phillips Head screwdriver? Day 7: Part arrives, wrong dash number Day 10: Waiting on paperwork from France, but all if Aerospatial is on some sort of mandatory holiday Day 13: Got paperwork, but mechanics too sunburned to work. One now taking Penicillian and talking about being in love. Day 15: Airplane fixed but everyone forgot about cure time and the sealant all spewed everywhere when pressurization test done. Must disassemble, clean and re install repair ... and it continues ... . Crew told "airplane will be ready in a couple hours .. you stay at the airport" for several weeks / until they time out / threaten to quit at an outstation. |
^ the funniest satire is the kind that is over the top yet doesn't exagerate. At all.
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 1416215)
Just a guess, but I suspect it has to do with maintenance. At a former airline an airplane broke in a fun location could take FOREVER to fix ...
Day 1: Maintenance Crew Arrives Day 3: Wrong part ordered Day 5: Don't have the right tools ... who knew we would need a Phillips Head screwdriver? Day 7: Part arrives, wrong dash number Day 10: Waiting on paperwork from France, but all if Aerospatial is on some sort of mandatory holiday Day 13: Got paperwork, but mechanics too sunburned to work. One now taking Penicillian and talking about being in love. Day 15: Airplane fixed but everyone forgot about cure time and the sealant all spewed everywhere when pressurization test done. Must disassemble, clean and re install repair ... and it continues ... . Crew told "airplane will be ready in a couple hours .. you stay at the airport" for several weeks / until they time out / threaten to quit at an outstation. Go look at the rotation, they flew down to NRT on May 3, then on to SIN on May 4...and sat there until a couple days ago, when they flew 3:45 one day, SIN-SIN, (test flight most likely) and flew 11:15 another day, also SIN-SIN. I'm wondering if that was a "turn back", or a very long test flight? I know they did a lot of the lie flat seat mods in SIN, I wonder if that's also where they are ripping out the rest facility? :rolleyes: I wonder how many wives had an all expenses paid, 3 week trip to Singapore. |
Originally Posted by Jinks
(Post 1416179)
And only a lie-flat seat for rest. :-(
Absolutely incorrect. ALL Delta A330-200's have a Class 1 rest facility on board. |
Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 1416215)
Just a guess, but I suspect it has to do with maintenance. At a former airline an airplane broke in a fun location could take FOREVER to fix ...
Day 1: Maintenance Crew Arrives Day 3: Wrong part ordered Day 5: Don't have the right tools ... who knew we would need a Phillips Head screwdriver? Day 7: Part arrives, wrong dash number Day 10: Waiting on paperwork from France, but all if Aerospatial is on some sort of mandatory holiday Day 13: Got paperwork, but mechanics too sunburned to work. One now taking Penicillian and talking about being in love. Day 15: Airplane fixed but everyone forgot about cure time and the sealant all spewed everywhere when pressurization test done. Must disassemble, clean and re install repair ... and it continues ... . Crew told "airplane will be ready in a couple hours .. you stay at the airport" for several weeks / until they time out / threaten to quit at an outstation. |
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