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Originally Posted by Timbo
(Post 1491346)
10 hour battery life?
So is it going to be plugged in somewhere for our 15-17+ hour legs? As long as it will quickly, easily and adequately display all the Jepp pages and charts we need, I don't really care about how it does Facebook, video games or Angry Birds. Words with Friends would be nice, I'm sick of that Alec Baldwin kicking my arse with that! |
Originally Posted by alfaromeo
(Post 1491115)
In all of these examples, management must decide how many aircraft it takes to fly their schedule. Block hours = pilot jobs. Period.
For 4 years there were 0 new 50+ seat jets. It seems like the fleet count constraint worked just fine. Why take it out and advocate so hard for it to be removed? And who am I supposed to believe in? The PWA 2008 DALPA said we need a fleet count and not block hour ratio or the ones in 2012 that say the opposite? |
Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 1491376)
I'm about to demonstrate how to move up a number. Now I know what you guys are thinking...you are all polite. Next time your Captain sneezes, don't say "bless you" instead say "die already":D:eek: Alright, not to Timbo. |
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 1491302)
You Surface 2 haters are full of hops.
It is really the best device out there for what Delta wants to do. In fact Surface 2, if people will keep an open mind, will be a terrific piece of enterprise level kit for the reasons covered here: Windows RT: Fortified against malware | Security - InfoWorld Delta could care less if you don't have a dedicated Facebook App ... boo flipping hoo ... you'll have to run your Skype, Facebook, type stuff on Internet Explorer 10. But even so IE10 is tons better than any browser that runs on the iPad. For us the Surface 2 is cool because it will be a powerhouse of a Tablet, something like 6 times as fast an iPad for some tasks. It cuts through 1080p video like butter. We can set up our own User Accounts and have reasonable independence from the Administrator, while using full Office productivity tools, real HDMI, USB3, the latest WiFi protocols and being able to print from it easily. Windows accessory keyboards are the best in this marketplace and with the aux battery / keyboard a lot of us could probably leave the charger at home and be fine. That combo should have something like a 15 hour + life (and perhaps well over 20 hours) the thing already has 15 days of standby power without the aux battery accessory. From a system administrator viewpoint, this thing is perfect. I don't know if it will replace my personal EFB, but we've already got one coming for the wifey (since I'm the system admin at my house and hate dorking with her computers). In semi related news, my hacked tablet is running a distro called "Brazillian Wax" ... guess the nerd figured that was as smooth as it could be made :) That's why Delta probably should remain well clear of anything like and Apple or full Win 8.1 product ... some nerd like me would try to hack it & just break the thing. Delta is ahead of the curve on this. |
Originally Posted by scambo1
(Post 1491394)
That's me and Timbo flying to Dubai. Timbo's the one sitting down. The wiring is to code. (Outsourced to Douglas).
I'm about to demonstrate how to move up a number. Now I know what you guys are thinking...you are all polite. Next time your Captain sneezes, don't say "bless you" instead say "die already":D:eek: Alright, not to Timbo. Too funny! Hey, I've got to go to Dubai again tomorrow, you in? I'll bring the electric hot plate, you bring your flip flops! :D And you know what the L1011 Copilot said to the engineer, after the Captain had a heart attack in flight? "Help me get this A-hole out of MY seat, and you can have the landing!" |
Originally Posted by flyallnite
(Post 1491409)
I see your points, but what happens when Windows RT is tossed into the bin? Who supports this platform then? Delta Tech? You can't do Windows on an ARM processor. Then we are stuck with an orphaned operating system with limited crossover capability. I too don't care about facebook etc... but what about our training and our bids? Can we do that on this thing? Or again, is this just a device that contains a PDF viewer for our charts and manuals... something that most of us already have?
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Great article:
Growth at Emirates Airlines Shows Need for US Airways/AA Merger - TheStreet This seems to follow what ALPA and DAL management have been shoving down our throats for the past few years! |
The highlights from that article for those of you too lazy to click on the link, read that last paragraph, twice!:
On the Milan-New York flight, Emirates will compete with three airlines: Alitalia, American and Delta, in addition to United, which flies Milan-Newark. The Dubai-Milan-New York route is made possible by a bilateral treaty between the United Arab Emirates and Italy, and by Italian regulators' agreement to grant Emirates "an extra-bilateral right," to fly the Milan-New York segment, despite objections by Alitalia. Emirates has various advantages in competing with U.S. carriers. For one, it is backed not only by the Dubai government, its wealthy owner, but also by the U.S. government, which helps Emirates buy Boeing aircraft with below-market interest rates provided by the Ex-Im Bank. Emirates pays less for Boeing airplanes than U.S. airlines pay, then competes with U.S. airlines for passengers, according to a suit filed by Delta, Hawaiian and the Air Line Pilots Association. Additionally, the U.S. government has been prone to sign aviation treaties benefiting airlines in other countries more than they benefit U.S. airlines. Aviation consultant Robert Mann said: "For years, we've had an open skies policy that trades away access to the U.S. market for what amounts to nothing, in most cases, because we sign treaties with anyone who gives us open skies, even places with no internal traffic. Now, a couple of fast-growing carriers are maximizing their take, due to open skies." The combination of open skies treaties, Ex-Im financing, high airline taxation and the approval of three mergers followed by rejection of a fourth shows that "we lack a coordinated air transportation policy," Mann said. "In some cases there is no evidence of any policy, and in other areas there is evidence of a lack of a coordinated policy." And that's why I hate our Politicians. |
How a Century-Old Law is Fueling an American Building Boom
Interesting how an old law is allowing foreign tankers move oil to Canada bypassing Deltas refinery. |
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