Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
10-03-2013 | 04:40 AM
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It's scheduled to leave BFI at 1300 on the 3rd. After hours of rolling down the runway, it will eventually tail strike and struggle up to around 1000 feet, then doddle around the SEA area for a few hours until it can finally muster up enough steam to clear the cascades. Meanwhile the FO will lose his left knee cap to the trim wheel, but his screams will go unnoticed due to the volume of the wind noise. Most responses to ATC will be "HUH??" or "PLEASE REPEAT" for the same reason.
Eventually, it will land in ATL, striking the tail again despite a Vref speed of 185 knots, and despite using 27R, will still roll off the end of the runway into the parking lot. It will finally be delivered to the TOC a week later via a couple cranes and flatbeds. The pilots will high five each other for a successful delivery of a 757 replacement.
Eventually, it will land in ATL, striking the tail again despite a Vref speed of 185 knots, and despite using 27R, will still roll off the end of the runway into the parking lot. It will finally be delivered to the TOC a week later via a couple cranes and flatbeds. The pilots will high five each other for a successful delivery of a 757 replacement.
10-03-2013 | 04:41 AM
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Its hard to get excited about us making record profits for the quarter knowing we voted to have our profit sharing reduced.....so it would be in regular paychecks? Too bad we couldn't have gotten that same raise without reducing our profit sharing. I know you can't just nit pick one item but .....Record profits seem to have been said a lot at Delta this year. I hope that turns in our minds on our next vote on pay.
10-03-2013 | 04:48 AM
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10-03-2013 | 05:48 AM
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Two escape windows over the wing and now an escape door behind the wing...easy. Plus you look at it and go "that just looks longer," just like the 757-300.
10-03-2013 | 06:16 AM
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10-03-2013 | 06:19 AM
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What's the government going to do about raising the bar on the quality of Delta's product? Emirates has a far superior product and everyone knows it. We should be focusing on this and not crying over the fact that Emirates is flying this route. Just had a layover in Las Vegas where the Pilots and FA's both went to the hotel. In the lobby we see a British Airways crew, where the Flight attendants were all wearing skirts and jackets and hats. They all still looked uniform and sharp. One of our FA's started to make fun of them and say how she was NWA and they never wore their hats and blah blah blah. Well this FA was older and disheveled and looked a mess. I just bit my tongue. Sad when every international carrier I see looks sharp and professional. Any American carrier looks like they just fell out of bed.
ALPA needs to be fighting to improve the quality of our product.
ALPA needs to be fighting to improve the quality of our product.
10-03-2013 | 06:22 AM
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What's the government going to do about raising the bar on the quality of Delta's product? Emirates has a far superior product and everyone knows it. We should be focusing on this and not crying over the fact that Emirates is flying this route. Just had a layover in Las Vegas where the Pilots and FA's both went to the hotel. In the lobby we see a British Airways crew, where the Flight attendants were all wearing skirts and jackets and hats. They all still looked uniform and sharp. One of our FA's started to make fun of them and say how she was NWA and they never wore their hats and blah blah blah. Well this FA was older and disheveled and looked a mess. I just bit my tongue. Sad when every international carrier I see looks sharp and professional. Any American carrier looks like they just fell out of bed.
ALPA needs to be fighting to improve the quality of our product.
ALPA needs to be fighting to improve the quality of our product.
10-03-2013 | 06:36 AM
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What's the government going to do about raising the bar on the quality of Delta's product? Emirates has a far superior product and everyone knows it. We should be focusing on this and not crying over the fact that Emirates is flying this route. Just had a layover in Las Vegas where the Pilots and FA's both went to the hotel. In the lobby we see a British Airways crew, where the Flight attendants were all wearing skirts and jackets and hats. They all still looked uniform and sharp. One of our FA's started to make fun of them and say how she was NWA and they never wore their hats and blah blah blah. Well this FA was older and disheveled and looked a mess. I just bit my tongue. Sad when every international carrier I see looks sharp and professional. Any American carrier looks like they just fell out of bed.
ALPA needs to be fighting to improve the quality of our product.
ALPA needs to be fighting to improve the quality of our product.
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10-03-2013 | 06:47 AM
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Don't let the shiny cabin product fool ya, Emirates is a low cost carrier operating as a legacy. They have very low labor cost due to a melting pot of reasons. The fact their pilots fly 90+ hours a month and most have 10-12 days off a month contribute to that. I'm sure Delta would gladly upgrade its cabin product in exchange for Emirates labor costs.
Emirates business model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emirates business model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
10-03-2013 | 06:52 AM
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