Might not be a bad time to bid NYC M88A.

There are at least 40 guys that have it bid that will bump you down. And no I am not bidding m88A.

What, you don't want to be on reserve for 12 years or fly to DCA and BOS all the time? I agree. I was NYC based on the -800 and while the guys were great to fly with, living in a crashpad in Queens, waiting 30 minutes for a bus in January when its 18 degrees outside, always finishing trips after the last flight out has left makes the only aircraft that would be okay up there the ER. They go to great smaller European cities and you're back by 3. Plenty of time to get out of dodge.

That's right Fatty!

JFK sucks! everyone should stay away! (unless you were hired after March this year - then, welcome :cool:)

Looking at the "required manning levels" vs "current manning levels" on the ops page for the upcoming months it appears more that ATL MD88B was the most short. Both NYC MD88B and 76ERB was overstaffed. A far cry from the inverse assignment calls from this summer. Remember now that the summer flying schedule is done this weekend, the lines are shrinking with the fall schedule. We lsot over 30 lines in Sep and lose all Paris lines to Air France in October. We are also stopping Bucharest and London Gatwick is going seasonal. We will add Buenos Aires in December but probably no other destinations until next Spring or Summer. The inverse assingment calls, multiple green slips and out of base pilots are most likley over.

What, five guys in a room and someone is lactose intolerant? Come on? What fun.

Not so fast. Latest DOT filing (08.29.08) as follows:
Applied with the DOT for 3-times weekly service between Los Angeles and Sao Paulo, Brazil. One of the frequencies is Delta's own (you all currently have 21 frequencies which you use out of either JFK or ATL to Brazil) while the other two are currently allocated to United. United's frequencies have been dormant for some years.
Delta plans to inaugurate new Los Angeles - Sao Paulo service, initially to be operated three times per week on or about December 14, 2008. Delta will use 767-332ER aircraft.

Summer schedule:
LAX-GRU 2100-1305 (+1)
GRU-LAX 2120-600 (+1)

Winter schedule:
LAX-GRU 2100-1525 (+1)
GRU-LAX 2255-600 (+1)

Block Times:

Summer LAX-GRU 12.1
Summer GRU-LAX 12.7

Winter LAX-GRU 12.4
Winter GRU-LAX 13.1

Yeah, those flashbacks remind me of the fun of watching Apocalypse Now at the end and Brando muttering "the horror".

It's good to see 4 pilot rotations. Will LAX ER fly it?

I am not inside the DL kingdom, maybe somebody from within will know.