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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1596199)

They can want DAL to take them all day long. They better figure out a way to get all the mods done before the end of the year if they need it to happen. Delta staffing is not the problem Amigo. You got a bad burrito with that little tidbit. So it's Kelly's problem, not Delta's. Too bad, so sad.

We are not going to be taking them early. They are going to be parked by SWA as well as about 10 of their 737-700's that will have to be modified with HUD's, interiors and paint. There will also be about 300-350 pilots being paid to sit around at that time. This all from a friend at Airtran.

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Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1596193)

How did NAI get Heathrow slots?

Obamacare?

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1596277)

How a demo is done. Long live the raptor!

12.5 minutes to get out of the chocks.:confused:

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Originally Posted by dalad (Post 1596291)

all to keep the guys at AT pay? dang those dudes are cutthroat.

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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1596069)

Okay I understand now what you meant. Initially, what I thought you were saying is something to the effect of "that flying is beneath me." Getting displaced stinks.

There have also been many post complaining that the growth is all small aircraft.

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1596329)

There have also been many post complaining that the growth is all small aircraft.

And these posts would be true.

Southwest is parking the remaining 717 fleet after 12/31/14, but it's due to the decision to retire the AirTran brand altogether. With that decision Southwest will have dozens of 717's parked until they go to the Delta system. Southwest is looking to mitigate the loss for parking the jets and would like Delta to take on more 717's quicker. I have not heard a peep about Southwest flying the 717's a day after the end of AirTran under any circumstances.

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Originally Posted by DogWhisperer (Post 1596153)

We interrupt this whaling and caterwauling for an important….RUMOR DE JOUR...

SWA is going to park the rest of the 717s by the end of the year…they want Delta to take them NOW…If I remember correctly, the fleet plan was to have them all on property by end of summer 2015. Apparently, there is a clause in the AT/SWA merger deal that if one is flying for SWA after Dec 31, all the 717 Airtran CAs must be paid SWA Ca rates…as well as all SWA FOs that can hold it….. Staffing them on the Delta side is the long pole in the tent…either way…all remaining Mini Dogs will not be flying for SWA after the end of the year.

Now back to your regularly scheduled lamenting...

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Originally Posted by dalad (Post 1596291)

The 717.... an airplane you get paid NOT to fly! I'd bid Airbus if I could make that happen with one of those...

So... if you have a vacation that spills from one month to the next, you can only slide the days that are in the current bid month. Is that the way ya'll understand it? IF that is correct, we need to get either that changed, or vacations that spill from one month to the next eliminated.... Rep to be informed this morning.