Congrats on the A350s ya'll

Airbus wins Delta wide-body order | Leeham News and Comment

 

The DeltaNet is still tweaked. Something must be hard broke. Maybe the 4000th and one Surface was just too much for it to handle!

 

Airbus wins Delta wide-body order | Leeham News and Comment

 

VERY interesting article, thanks for posting! Congratulations to all the speculators out there... looks like everybody had some good points, but in the end, FIFI (or, what shall we call her?) won out!

 

Well, that settles it. If it's online, it must be true.

I'm going to see what A350 categories are available for this AE.

 

It doesn't say when deliveries begin. What is an A330-900? Is that a NEO 330-300?

 

Still being negotiated. I smell a calculated leak.

Airbus Said to Near Delta Order Up to $13 Billion to Top Boeing - Bloomberg

 

Then again, this article says it was independently confirmed by the Seattle Times:

Boeing loses to Airbus on big Delta order | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times

 

I know this has been answered on here before...but does anybody have any expertise on how to justify an airline pilot salary to a bank's loan department?

I'm trying to get a 6 month construction loan to finish a place, then that would be taken over by a conventional mortgage of some type once an occupancy permit is issued.

Lady at bank tells me my salary doesn't justify the loan. This isn't a million dollar home...couple hundred grand. I'm a new hire, only been here 6 months after retiring from the military so naturally, the pay has been low. I tried to explain the hours and pay scale thing to them and they said that is all "projected earnings" and that my salary since retirement doesn't warrant a loan.

Anybody got any expertise or experience on how to work this thing? I was polite about it, but basically asked her..."if a guy who has retired from the military, with a monthly retirement check, no debt, and a job as a pilot at Delta airlines can't get a loan for a couple hundred grand... who is getting them then?"

 

Airbus debuted both the Airbus 330-800 & 330-900 aircraft. (Delta ordered the -900's.) Both variants (-800 & -900) will be certified as NEO engined aircraft.

Anyone in the know? Can they "hang" a NEO engine on either of the two smaller variants? (e.g. -200/-300 w/ NEO engines?)