SIDE QUESTION:

How does the company repay us for our medical. Do we need to submit a copy of the expense?

what wire???

it should be auto paid once u fax in your new medical.. if i remember right

After you submit your medical certificate to the company, your payment will be reimbursed next pay check as a fixed amount (ekg no ekg rate)

Announcement on Routes....
 

It doesn't hurt to check on it though. Mine wasn't auto-paid, had to call the CPSC and they got it straightened out.

New Schedule
 

It's out.

Delta's new and expanded nonstop routes for summer 2010 will be focused in three regions: Trans-Pacific, trans-Atlantic and Africa.
Region Route Effective* Aircraft Frequency
------ ----- --------- -------- ---------
Trans- Seattle to Beijing, June 4, 2010 Boeing 767-300 Five times
Pacific China weekly
Seattle to Osaka, June 7, 2010 Boeing 767-300 Daily
Japan
Detroit to Hong June 2, 2010 Boeing 777-200 Five times
Kong weekly
Detroit to June 1, 2010 Boeing 777-200 Five times
Seoul-Incheon weekly
Detroit to June 1, 2010 Boeing 777-200 Expanded
Shanghai, China from five
to seven times
weekly
Tokyo-Narita to June 1, 2010 Boeing 747-400 Upgraded
New York-JFK from
daily
Boeing
777-200
to
747-400
aircraft
Tokyo-Narita to Los June 1, 2010 Airbus A330-200 Expanded
Angeles /Boeing from
777-200 seven to
11 weekly
flights


Trans-
Atlantic New York-JFK to May 27, 2010 Boeing 757-200 Daily
Copenhagen,
Denmark
New York-JFK to May 27, 2010 Boeing 757-200 Daily
Stockholm, Sweden
New York-JFK to June 3, 2010 Boeing 747-400 Upgraded
Tel Aviv, Israel from
daily
Boeing
767-300
to
747-400
aircraft
Seattle to June 1, 2010 Airbus A330-300 Expanded
Amsterdam /Boeing from
767-300 seven to
10
weekly
flights


Africa Atlanta to Accra, June 1, 2010 Boeing 767-300 Three times
Ghana** weekly
New York-JFK to June 1, 2010 Boeing 767-300 Three times
Abuja, Nigeria** weekly

*Effective dates denote first U.S. departures
**Subject to foreign government approval

Sorry, can't get the silly thing to format right.

"...At Seattle,Delta's Asian expansion is powered by its partnership with Alaska Air Group. New nonstop flights from Seattle to Beijing and Osaka will be timed for convenient connections with Delta and Alaska's 267 combined daily departures to 64 destinations from Seattle/Tacoma, and will complement Delta's existing daily service to Tokyo-Narita. Delta and Alaska offer customers reciprocal codeshare, lounge and frequent flyer benefits to make it easier to connect between the airlines' domestic and international networks at Seattle..."

Considering the little game of tit-for-tat with AMR surrounding JAL, the retaliatory route changes by AMR, and the end of JFK terminal negotiations, I wouldn't be surprised to see a bidding war for ALK (provided AMR were to lose JAL). We have some rights with respect to a merger with ALK, but I wouldn't be surprised to see us being forced to bid higher...

I would bet ALK would be an important piece of the puzzle in any future consolidation event.

SEA-PEK: B767 (5/week)
SEA-KIX: B767 (Daily)
SEA-AMS: A330/B-767 (10/week)
DTW-HKG: B777 (5/week)
DTW-ICN: B777 (5/week)
DTW-PVG: B777 (Daily)
JFK-TLV: B747 (Daily)
JFK-ABV: B767 (3/week)
JFK-ACC: B767 (3/week)
JFK-CPH: B757 (Daily)
JFK-ARN: B757 (Daily)
LAX-NRT: A330/B-777 (11/week)

Does this mean some 757/767/777 vacancies in the upcoming Jan AE?