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03-31-2014 | 01:17 PM

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LivingTheDream

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From: 7ER Capt

Just spoke with Unical guys in Guam... over 74 777s alone... at least we're adding a boat load of 717s! Yeah!

I'm happy for these AEs for the bottom half... for the top half... not so much.

I'm just hoping I can hang on to my medium body ER for 8 more years, but it's not looking good.

03-31-2014 | 01:36 PM

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ATL7ER

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Largely irrelevant trivia: Today's paycheck was the first in 30 months to NOT have the $100 shared rewards payout and the first time in 40 months to have $0 shared rewards payment. January ice storms I guess...

03-31-2014 | 01:41 PM

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Bucking Bar

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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler

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Originally Posted by NERD

Come on bb don't disappoint us!

It was a spoof vehicle review about Honda Oddessy minivans that suggested that instead of buying a minivan we should wear hats when bumping uglies with moderately attractive girls just after college.

I now know why these things nearly run me down in the suburbs.

03-31-2014 | 01:47 PM

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76drvr

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

I don't get how you attribute this to C2012... the company would have been absolutely stupid to not get the 717s. The 50 seaters were being parked anyways. What you're seeing is the natural economics of the dying outsourcing bubble with a proactive management team taking advantage of it.

Yeah right. You can assume all that if you'd like.

03-31-2014 | 01:52 PM

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76drvr

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

It's awesome, with the great scope recapture of 2012 we've add two dozen 717s, we now have 11,655 pilots on the list as compared to 12,022 from March of 2012, .

What were the staffing levels? Good thing we had industry leading job protection during the the great recession. How many active captain positions were there in 2012? How much hiring are we doing now? What's the fleet projection? How about all those AE's? Lots of new captains?

03-31-2014 | 02:01 PM

#152756

76drvr

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Originally Posted by LivingTheDream

Top half has done better than the bottom half these last 10 years. I'm glad to see all the upward movement for the FOs as a result of C2012 capturing more Delta flying for the mainline. 10- A330s begin arriving 1Q 2015. Bids for those should come out in the fall. I think you'll be fine.

03-31-2014 | 02:24 PM

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LeineLodge

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From: DAL FO

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Originally Posted by LivingTheDream

So far widgetlog.com seems quite awful... Tried to load trips from Jan without success. Can only get trips from archive at this point and apparently, widget log doesn't recognize Delta's archive format... good concept, though... maybe site will improve.

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Originally Posted by LivingTheDream

Also, widget log doesn't seem to recognize mil charter trips... maybe another day...

Good feedback. After some tweaking it appears to be working now for archived rotations.

Not sure what's up with the mil charter, but I suspect it was the same problem causing it. If you want to PM me the rotation number/date I can take a look at it.

03-31-2014 | 02:25 PM

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Hoser

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From: Recliner 105A

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Originally Posted by dalad

FTB, I tried to PM you but your mail box is full. My daughter is interested in the Aviation program at AU.

Nah send her to Bama's Aviation Program. Oh wait, they don't have one but we do football.

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03-31-2014 | 02:30 PM

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80ktsClamp

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From: Poodle Whisperer

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Originally Posted by 76drvr

Yeah right. You can assume all that if you'd like.

I told you back then what we see now is what was coming down the pipe, with or without C2012 in its initial form. That is exactly what has happened... the transfer was already beginning before C2012.