It's not expected that AF, KLM or Virgin will take delivery of any additional A380's. I would not call their orders sizable and they have all been purchased as replacement not growth airframes.

 

Well at least they are replacing the departing aircraft with aircraft the same size. We are losing 747's, 757's and 767's and replacing them with A330's and 737-900's.

 

Not actually. The 747 and A340's will be replaced with smaller airframes. That's actually not a good thing for us as it allows them more flights within the joint venture. We currently fly about 370,000 block hours a year across the Atlantic. AF/KLM fly only 200,000. Block hours equals jobs.
By the way we flew around 400,000 block hours in 2011. AF/KLM flew about 235,000 back then. Carls fantasy that we took the cuts not AF/KLM is simply not true. Both sides dropped flights.

 

Flying a non-ILS approach with Capt. Sailingfun:
Cheers
George

 

Carl stated that AF/kLM's share of the flying has gone up while ours has shrunk. You tell me, is that true or not? Unless all the data is fabricated the answer is it's not true. I don't get what the above on your post is about. If your going to compare our share of flying over time you have to look at the past. Not quite the same as a approach plate but I think you knew that.

 

Can we now talk about something important??

Auburn is getting KILLED by Texas A+M!

35-17 in the 3rd Q.

Just before half the score was 28-17, and Auburn tried to kick a field goal which would have closed it to 28-20...but it was blocked...picked up by TA+M and run 65 yards for a touchdown!

OUCH!

Bama-LSU coming up later...any bets?

 

Delta is the most profitable airline, and yet pilots question their
business decisions. Personally I don't care what planes we fly/buy as long as we make money. We are employees, not managers. We don't decide what airplanes Delta will buy. Given our status, I think it's fair to expect industry leading pay for the equipment we operate, but I don't expect 380 pay for flying a 737.

 

They are running the 73N sims With E periods now.

If one goes down for maintenance, trainee gets sick, instructor gets sick, extra time needed to SAT training, it sets off difficult to correct ripples through the whole program.

Just look how bad they screwed up TOEs back 3 years ago. So yes, it has been an issue and likely will be one again. Count on it.

 

It was mostly political a$$-covering Bar. But to the extent that study from DALPA can be believed given its a$$-covering objective, even it showed that our EASK percentages are down from where they're supposed to be. Now, since we're talking about percentages, that can only mean that the Euro's percentages of EASK's are up from where they're supposed to be. That's not my opinion Bar, that's math. It's not arguable. I can't believe you seem to be trying to do so.

That's a meaningless point Bar. It makes no difference what remedy might have been used to bring us to the percentages set forth in our contract. It only matters that Delta management has not done what they can control to ensure the contractual percentages are met. And of course our "union" has done nothing but agree to longer time periods of non-compliance. But that's not Delta's problem, it's Delta's solution.

Delta doesn't have "difficulty" complying Bar. Our "union" has given them not one single bit of difficulty for not complying. We've only agreed to make it easier for them to not comply.

Carl

 

Never mind the simple point that they are in compliance until 1 APR of next year. Never heard of being able to grieve potential future violations.