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Jinks 05-26-2013 01:56 PM

And only a lie-flat seat for rest. :-(

tsquare 05-26-2013 02:54 PM


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.

GunshipGuy 05-26-2013 02:56 PM


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?

Sounds like I'm LCA material in at least some sense.

galaxy flyer 05-26-2013 02:59 PM

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

Bucking Bar 05-26-2013 03:02 PM


Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1416202)
This is not much of a reach to be believable however.

Lately the best way to validate rumors about Delta is to ask pilots at other airlines. Anyone have friends at Southwest, Pinnacle, Hawaiian or Alaska?

Bucking Bar 05-26-2013 03:12 PM


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

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.

gloopy 05-26-2013 03:20 PM

^ the funniest satire is the kind that is over the top yet doesn't exagerate. At all.

Timbo 05-26-2013 03:45 PM


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.

shiznit 05-26-2013 04:00 PM


Originally Posted by Jinks (Post 1416179)
And only a lie-flat seat for rest. :-(

FALSE!!!!!!

Absolutely incorrect.

ALL Delta A330-200's have a Class 1 rest facility on board.

GunshipGuy 05-26-2013 05:14 PM


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.

Sounds like a 30-day break I had in EGUN. Not as great a deal as you would think when you're coordinating MX, Dips, etc., and your expected departure is always 2-3 days away. But it did have the benefit of each day ending with a few good pints at the Bird in Hand.


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