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Originally Posted by Hawaii50 (Post 1761238)

Anyone else hear the rumor that we're not only not retiring the 757s at the rate they mentioned but we're also looking for 75's in the used market?

We could always retire them at a slower rate, then buy back some of the ones we retired to offset the retirements.

Wait, what?

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Originally Posted by Hawaii50 (Post 1761260)

Hey it is almost Christmas! Heard it from someone who should know that we were looking and that the 737-900s weren't doing quite the job the company wanted. Maybe it's just what I wanted to hear.

At the AMS ops meeting they said the 900 was outstanding so far. Great reliability, cost lower then expected and transcons no issue. Based on that I suspect they will take all 100.

Oh me...I miss Tsquare.

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Originally Posted by Hawaii50 (Post 1761238)

Anyone else hear the rumor that we're not only not retiring the 757s at the rate they mentioned but we're also looking for 75's in the used market?

RA said that at the last LCA meeting.

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Originally Posted by Alan Shore (Post 1761017)

To be fair, I believe that I have always been responding to, and agreeing with, the point, which is that we are below the level of flying required by the PWA. My issue lies in my belief that you continue to mischaracterize the background behind this issue.

Agreed, because there are more Euros being counted in the mix. At this point, we've neither added nor lost any flying.

This is where we diverge. Our percentage share of this JV's EASK's was around 47% when Alitalia was first added to the mix, making their share 53%, and it remains there today. While we are contractually entitled to more, we were never actually there, so we've not actually decreased.

No one is spinning or apologizing or saying that we've suffered no harm. We are contractually entitled to 48.5% of the total flying, and we've only received around 47%. That is real harm for which we must be compensated.

All I'm saying that this flying is additional flying that due to us -- not flying that we once had that was taken away.

It's simply not true Alan. I've read every document that's been released on this. After the Alitalia addition, we got up into the 48% area at one point, which took them down to the 52's. Since that peak, we've LOST SHARE and are currently down to the 47's again bringing them back up to the 53's. At one point we even got down into the 46's. Anyone who cares to research back can see for themselves.

What I'll never understand is why people like you, Sailingfun and DALPA spread the falsehood that we've never actually lost something that we once had. Even if it were true, it does nothing but bolster management's defense in a grievance hearing. I'll never get what people like you think you're doing to help Delta pilots by doing this.

Like Sailingfun, you have the floor Alan.

Carl

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Originally Posted by LeineLodge (Post 1761247)

Question for those that have done the tablet training...

In the content locker, the training CD shows a method to open the same manual twice, having 2 separate pages of the same manual open on different tabs. I screwed around with that for several minutes and never could get it to work.

Every time I "opened" a manual that was already open in a tab, it just took me back to the tab/page where I was. Anyone else figured this out?

The example they were using was critical terrain routes where it would be nice to have the graphic and text on two different tabs to switch back and forth easily.

I don't remember that in the training. I was under the impression that we could only split the window between two different apps. For example you can display the Cat III briefing guide in SCL and the approach plate in FDP at the same time, but you can't have the approach plate and taxi diagram in FDP up at the same time.

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Originally Posted by Hawaii50 (Post 1761238)

Anyone else hear the rumor that we're not only not retiring the 757s at the rate they mentioned but we're also looking for 75's in the used market?

According to this plan, during the quarter, Delta had 22 aircraft delivered. It retired 34 aircraft. Out of the 22 aircraft, eight were CRJ-900, nine were B-717-200, and five were B-757-200 aircraft. Out of the 34 aircraft that were retired, 24 were 50-seater aircraft.

Must-know: Delta's fleet restructuring and capacity growth plans - Market Realist
About half way down. I was surprised.

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Originally Posted by Herman (Post 1761304)

Oh me...I miss Tsquare.

Not to worry, he'll get a snoot full one dark night and be unable to control his little tapping fingers......

A causal read of NTSB reports from the railroad industry will tell you what you want to know, Alan.

Nu

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Originally Posted by CheapTrick (Post 1761315)

RA said that at the last LCA meeting.

Which part did he say?

1 we're not retiring them...this we know.

2 we are looking to buy more of them... This is news.