Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
08-06-2013 | 10:16 AM
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Been doing them for a month now, updates a bit late. Dont think anybody has forgotten to get on a/c and head home.
08-06-2013 | 02:05 PM
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But, I'm all for guys retiring....
08-06-2013 | 03:59 PM
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I believe the RNP authorization doesn't refer to anything more than a deal has been made with Airbus. The DAL Airbus fleet has been simulator flying RNP's forever waiting on that day when Airbus would flip the giant RNP switch in France that allowed us to legally fly an RNP approach in the aircraft. The problem was that Airbus wanted a boatload of money to flip the RNP switch to On. (Same shakedown Boeing gives us on buying post delivery takeoff data.)
Well, that's a lot of words to say: Connecting the dots makes CAAC think that we have completed a big Airbus order and they flipped the RNP switch for "free".
Well, that's a lot of words to say: Connecting the dots makes CAAC think that we have completed a big Airbus order and they flipped the RNP switch for "free".
This is the dot connecting I was referring to this morning. I now believe the 330/321 rumor not to be a rumor any longer.
We had been practicing RNP but didn't have approval because of the $$ airbus wanted.
We wanted the aft galleys removed but didn't because of the $$ airbus wanted to certify them.
No IFE in the airbus because of a number of factors.
Now all of a sudden those things are happening at the same time as the 330/321 rumor.
No coincidence in my humble O.
08-06-2013 | 04:16 PM
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08-06-2013 | 04:18 PM
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Hey fellas, I'm thinking about where to move after I roll off my current mil leave. As an '08 hire, I'm still too junior to hold LA or Seattle, but I wonder what y'all (Did I do that right? I might wind up in Atlanta!) think the over/under is on some movement in the, y'know, desirable bases.
If your goal is to get to LAX then bid the 73N because once the movement starts you will be able to lateral bid into LAX.
If your goal is SEA it may require a future bid to the ER if you can not hold it system wide when you come back.
Either way your timing is pretty good - hopefully 12 years of stagnation with the last 5 being retrograde may actually be coming to an end.
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08-06-2013 | 04:23 PM
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That's the third time you've done that, not really sure why. Maybe it's because you're senior and don't care? Or you'll believe it when you see it.
For guys in my seniority range that have been displacing the last 3 AEs, this is good and interesting news.
For guys in my seniority range that have been displacing the last 3 AEs, this is good and interesting news.
08-06-2013 | 04:41 PM
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This is the dot connecting I was referring to this morning. I now believe the 330/321 rumor not to be a rumor any longer.
We had been practicing RNP but didn't have approval because of the $$ airbus wanted.
We wanted the aft galleys removed but didn't because of the $$ airbus wanted to certify them.
No IFE in the airbus because of a number of factors.
Now all of a sudden those things are happening at the same time as the 330/321 rumor.
No coincidence in my humble O.
We had been practicing RNP but didn't have approval because of the $$ airbus wanted.
We wanted the aft galleys removed but didn't because of the $$ airbus wanted to certify them.
No IFE in the airbus because of a number of factors.
Now all of a sudden those things are happening at the same time as the 330/321 rumor.
No coincidence in my humble O.
08-06-2013 | 05:13 PM
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Find out what RA told the group of employees he was addressing in Narita...
This is the dot connecting I was referring to this morning. I now believe the 330/321 rumor not to be a rumor any longer.
We had been practicing RNP but didn't have approval because of the $$ airbus wanted.
We wanted the aft galleys removed but didn't because of the $$ airbus wanted to certify them.
No IFE in the airbus because of a number of factors.
Now all of a sudden those things are happening at the same time as the 330/321 rumor.
No coincidence in my humble O.
We had been practicing RNP but didn't have approval because of the $$ airbus wanted.
We wanted the aft galleys removed but didn't because of the $$ airbus wanted to certify them.
No IFE in the airbus because of a number of factors.
Now all of a sudden those things are happening at the same time as the 330/321 rumor.
No coincidence in my humble O.
08-06-2013 | 05:15 PM
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Bar is quite junior... bottom 10%.
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08-06-2013 | 05:22 PM
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Ok, so I know the Airbus pilots are pretty excited about something the Boeing fleet has been doing since almost the flying boat days....
I told a couple of folks about this and captured their reactions. We will start with my own:
so, I ran it by the hot chick in Married with Children
So, it would seem ... exactly zero craps given.
When DAL went with Boeing instead of Airbus on the 739/321 order, Airbus said "fine- since you went with Boeing, it'll cost you $20,000 (or something high like that) to RNP certify each individual aircraft." Had we ordered airbus, certification would have been free, and the high cost is the reason for the delay in certification.
The fact that RNP is now happening is very telling of the company's intentions: an Airbus order. I welcome new airplanes... particularly new ones that don't take the skin off of my head, don't have screaming cockpit volume at any reasonable speed, and have room to put both pilot's bags plus 2 jumpseaters' bags.
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