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

 

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?

 

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.

 

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

 

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? I wonder how many wives had an all expenses paid, 3 week trip to Singapore.

 

FALSE!!!!!!

Absolutely incorrect.

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

 

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.

 

The funny thing is, that is probably exactly what happened.

 

To pile on the USAA bashing, I have been a loyal member for 15yrs and haven't had any real negative experiences except for my homeowners policy with them. I am a FL resident and 7 years ago my yearly cost was $700. Every year they increased it and every time I called to make any updates they also increased the premium. As a loyal member I didn't question them and assumed they were giving me a competitive rate.

When they tried charging me $2700 this year I figured I should get some other quotes and sure enough found a national company with the exact same coverage with 1/2 the deductible USAA was charging for $1500.

The bottom line is I've enjoyed their services in the past but their product isn't worth twice the market rate in my book. I think they are trying to price themselves out of the FL market and are milking customers that are too lazy or loyal to shop around. I was pretty upset I didn't shop around sooner.

 

BLAH!!! Nevermind. I'm not getting into it.