And with his very first entry, no less!

 

I pictured heaven... differently.

 

I thought you couldn't use your APD over major holidays?

 

Disclaimer - I got no idea what Delta's going to do. But, I found a rumor / speculation thread with smarter than average participants (ie, one has "Managing Director" as a job title). Scott Hamilton has an inside track at Boeing and FWIW, he says, "No 777, no 787-10." Even if Delta were looking at used 777's, Boeing's role in ongoing certification and support would likely mean it would be on Mr. Hamilton's radar if it were likely.

Delta looks to double Seattle gates as wide-body decision nears | Leeham News and Comment

I'm a Boeing guy ... but here is the 330 sales pitch.

http://www.ausbt.com.au/files/A330ne...esentation.pdf

 

New hire Delta Pilot here...

Is it too early to try to drop December trips? Seems like I'm unable to access the reserve levels for December... or I'm doing it wrong, which is typical.

Thanks,

MCFlyer

 

Dec bids are first worked the morning of the 20th at 7am. To access the Dec rsv levels go to icrew>open time, fill in base>equip>Pos>bid period, then select Pilot Rsv Levels. Welcome to DeltaNet

 

PCS runs begin on the 20th.

 

Yup, I was doing it wrong... Interesting how they're already below the required reserve numbers for late December.

Thanks for the info!

 

I can't help but think the special MEC meeting today will be dealing with whatever the new AC is. There are a lot of them out there today for which we have no pay rates...

It does make sense to go with the 330NEO, if only from a commonality standpoint, and that doesn't include the engines, of course. It sounds like we are looking for direct replacements for the 7ERs, but I guess the elephant (or whale) in the room is what's going to replace the 747's? Or are we going to downgage a lot of that service onto existing 777's and 330-300's (or -900's if they are the NEO)? We should have our answer soon. Certainly the recent developments in the Japanese economy would point towards a non Tokyo based Asia operation. I've heard from fairly good sources that the plan is to get a JV with Korean Air and eventually someone in China. We'd only need to fly to their hubs then and wouldn't need the range or the payload of anything bigger than a 330, and we could move all the cargo on their big widebodies.

 

Where does one bid the Golden X days?
Thanks