Well, for us McDonald Douglas jet pilots it's a very pertinent topic.

/end my discussion of the event

 

You had one of those flights too? How coincidental. How was it?

As for mine, it was hard to tell whether there really were APC'ers on board, and since this is an anonymous forum after all, how would I know?

It was just a suspicion, call it a hunch.
We weren't full, no volunteers, but I heard Deadhead's name a bunch.

Girls fussed over the security of their under-cleavage.
RJ drivers ogled, but just underage.
It was not just sexual tension: Sierra Nevada hung in the air.
That, and perspiration.

Some of us forgot to bathe.

Someone tried to order a salad.
Someone had too much, asked for the bar.
One girl called another a timbo.

Elsewhere a wicked argument began:
"It's they're, not there, you moron"
"Your stupid, than", and it was on!
And so the shiznit hit the fan.
Another fight, in slow-motion.

I almost got into the brawl.

Overhead an eagle flew.
southwest.
I hate Southwest.
In the darkness, a kitten hissed.

...

Eerie. Just weird.

 

The April flt standards newsletter is out. There is some interesting information on fleet plans, where aircraft will be used ect. Much of it straight from RA. Check Delta net, it's well worth reading.

 

News/rumors from the Kremlin (some old some new): All the early model 320s will be getting heavy checks and sticking around for a good while.

321s will be coming with brake fans (woo hoo!), and an RFP for more (15ish) 321s or 739s is coming.

757s that were slated to be parked in another year to instead take over the NBA charters from the 319s as they are reconfigured.


All good news!

 

It was a great read indeed!!

 

Brilliant!!!!!!!! Your an genius!

 

does this mean... am I allowed to say this... does this mean...... .. organic... growth?

are we taking Seattle and dont have a plane to spare?

 

FTB

At a flight Ops meeting in January 80knots rumors you quoted plus the increased hiring was all discussed. A lot of this type of news is going to trickle out as RA wants to keep the growth news out of the media.

Watch for year over year numbers about growth to be in the 1 to 2% range. However when you dig deeper you will see it is a DECREASE in DCI of 7% and an increase in mainline in the 4% range.

Also some interesting notes came out of the LCA meeting that basically RA says we have tried to work with Alaska for the last 2 years and they have not wanted to play ball so the plan now is to grow SEA. The VP that was in charge of growing NYC is now in SEA. Gates are an issue but they are working on A and B and the satellites.

So connecting dots I am cautiously optimistic about organic growth.

 

Cut it out, stop it, you're not allowed to get excited because none of it helps Tsquared move up at all and bigger pays more, and such.

 

Keep an eye on two things; type (LR or ER) and temps. This time of year it's not too hot at 10pm there (departure time) as long as it's an LR you should be fine if you can find a seat, but in summer months it can be over 100F at 10pm....and that can be a problem even with the LR.

I flew 3 DXB trips last mo. and we were not payload optimized on any of them, but we were completely full on all of them out of DXB (not into) and left some non-revs behind. Some did get on however, but there were about 25 on the list.

One backup plan is to buy a Zed fare on Air France to Paris, then get on DL there.

If for some reason (MX usually) they put an ER on it, could be very tight getting out and they might payload optimize it. ER's are ships #7001-7008.

Check the ship numbers in iCrew, flight status the day prior. The 10 LR's are 7101-7110.