Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

I have a humble 35 hours in the right seat of a warbird B17, stories like the one you just related fill me with a renewed sense of appreciation for the tough old Boeing,and the boy crews who flew her. Love the nose art !!!

Sink r8

01-24-2014 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1565465)

Boeing still wins.

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uplo...1277816101.jpg

http://thinkingouttabox.files.wordpr...D490%26h%3D332

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Boeing fan. No matter how good the 350 looks, you're still basically just a meat-servo for the computer. It's just that with every other Airbus product, you have to emphasize the comfort of the seat, and the tablet for your lap-top, to draw attention away from the underwhelming aesthetics. You do this with a straight face, the way you would bravely talk about the "great personality" of a girlfriend that you (strangely) refuse to introduce to your friends and family. The best example is the Lufthansa/Air France 380 drivers, who probably keep a model of the 747 on their shelf. When the kids ask about the new plane, they bravely say it's Supah/Supperre.

At least, with the A350, you'd be able to show them a picture. They'd never have to know about normal (martial) law.

;)

tsquare

01-24-2014 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1565452)

:rolleyes:

Dammit, missed it! I was in a movie theater watching American Hustle until about 10pm. Pretty funny movie if you haven't seen it. I have seen some of the night Shuttle launches from my driveway on a clear night, and once we were flying a 757 from DFW to FLL at night, when ATC told us to look out the left side for the Shuttle Launch.

It was about 10pm, we were delayed out of DFW about two hours, and the launch had been delayed about 5 hours, so by accident we got front row seats for the launch that night. It was a huge fireball going up, very bright. Of course we made a PA and woke everybody up, but we got a lot of Thank You's when we got to FLL.

Too bad that program is retired...:rolleyes:

Yeah no kidding. I still can't believe that we have to go to Kazakhstan to go to the ISS that WE built.....But... it was a really nice launch. My windows started rattling at T+53 seconds, and kept it up until MECO. :)

tsquare

01-24-2014 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1565462)

Remember, Richard is the guy who brought the first Airbus to North West. He loves Airbus, and he hates spending money (the last DC9 just now retired).

Notice what he just ordered, a bunch of 321's and 10 330's.

I doubt if we'll ever see Richard order another new Boeing widebody, he is constantly talking down the 777 as a jet with nowhere to go. :rolleyes:

Sad, isn't it? At least there will still be Boeings on the property until I retire. I am not interested in a sex change.

forgot to bid

01-24-2014 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1565462)

You may be right, but man I just think there is a reason airlines around the world have ordered the 773 in mass.

orvil

01-24-2014 04:02 AM

Ask the important question: Which one will pay more?

n9810f

01-24-2014 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1565462)

Remember, Richard is the guy who brought the first Airbus to North West. He loves Airbus, and he hates spending money (the last DC9 just now retired).

Notice what he just ordered, a bunch of 321's and 10 330's.

I doubt if we'll ever see Richard order another new Boeing widebody, he is constantly talking down the 777 as a jet with nowhere to go. :rolleyes:

Richard was still at Continental when Northwest ordered the first Airbus'. He was in top management though when the order was made for the A330.

Truth is, the real person responsible for the A330 at NW was Mickey Foret who was the numbers guy for years there. Worked Airbus over on that deal, especially since all the internal studies at NW showed the 777 was too big. He's on the BOD with Delta.

Rhino Driver

01-24-2014 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ITSALLGOOD (Post 1565443)

Mil LV question for u experts out there. I took 10 days of MLOA this month. Only had to drop 3 of the 16 on call
days this month. My sched now shows proj credit of only 48. The way I figure it, I should get 58.5. Res gar of 72 with 16 on call days equals 4.5 hrs per day so they should only subtract 13.5 for those 3 dropped on call days right???

If you only dropped 3 days for MIL, then your projected credit should've only dropped by 13.5. Any training or vaca on your schedule?

Timbo

01-24-2014 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1565557)

You may be right, but man I just think there is a reason airlines around the world have ordered the 773 in mass.

Every other carrier can figure out where to fly the 777, but for some reason, Delta cannot. A buddy of mine at AA asked me why we don't fly them to Europe. I said, "We do fly to Europe...we fly right over Dublin, London, Paris, and Frankfurt, then we keep going 6 more hours to land in Dubai!" :D

The only 'good news' I've heard from the LCA's is that the 777 will be going to London come May or June, after they've added more seats, and that Boeing was in ATL a few months ago, pitching the 777-300 as the replacement to the 747.

Replacement jets, not growth jets.

We have yet to see an A/E replacing the retiring 777/747 Capts. :rolleyes:

GogglesPisano

01-24-2014 07:01 AM

JAN AE just came out. Vacancies in 765 A and B, SEA 7ER A and B, ATL 7ER B and the narrowbodies.

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