Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
12-06-2014 | 07:23 AM
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Maybe some flying will shift to SEA but SLC will be around for awhile. I could see the 73N category growing at the expense of the ER category as that shift continues to occur.
The O&D traffic out of SLC is one of the best O&D markets Delta has if you look at it on a percentage of the population basis. Huge national park destination airport, one of the most stable, fast growing business markets in the U.S. due to lower labor costs and taxes, close to 50,000 LDS missionaries that go all over the world from there on a yearly basis. It's not a huge market, but it is a stable one that makes cash.
Just signed a long term lease deal on the new airport terminal they just started which would lead you to believe we will be there for awhile, although you can look at BOS and argue otherwise.
The O&D traffic out of SLC is one of the best O&D markets Delta has if you look at it on a percentage of the population basis. Huge national park destination airport, one of the most stable, fast growing business markets in the U.S. due to lower labor costs and taxes, close to 50,000 LDS missionaries that go all over the world from there on a yearly basis. It's not a huge market, but it is a stable one that makes cash.
Just signed a long term lease deal on the new airport terminal they just started which would lead you to believe we will be there for awhile, although you can look at BOS and argue otherwise.
12-06-2014 | 07:34 AM
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12-06-2014 | 07:44 AM
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12-06-2014 | 07:44 AM
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I think that if any base suffers due to the west coast expansion it will be CVG.
We're still getting -900's, so maybe they won't shrink CVG to fund a SEA 73N, but the crew resources letter mentioned that they won't be backfilling anyone who bids out of CVG either.
SLC should be fine. I don't have any data to compare how the AS expansion has affected us in SLC, but at least those annoying "AS Explorer" radio ads have stopped being blared every other minute on every classic rock station in the valley.
Could be a slow death for CVG, though...hope not.
We're still getting -900's, so maybe they won't shrink CVG to fund a SEA 73N, but the crew resources letter mentioned that they won't be backfilling anyone who bids out of CVG either.
SLC should be fine. I don't have any data to compare how the AS expansion has affected us in SLC, but at least those annoying "AS Explorer" radio ads have stopped being blared every other minute on every classic rock station in the valley.
Could be a slow death for CVG, though...hope not.
12-06-2014 | 07:44 AM
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The language would be Ebonian and he misspelled "lagi."
12-06-2014 | 07:51 AM
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We might need a thread dedicated to these Surface tablets. I have lots of questions and need lots of gouge.
My first flight impression: Two thumbs up. The thing is really sweet. Much better than paper Jepps. And it could be fabulous once the Feds let them turn on all the capabilities.
HOWEVER: the mount sucks. There's gotta be a better solution.
Maybe not so bad in other jets with bigger cockpits but in the 737 its in the way.
Potentially so much in the way that I'm worried somebody's gonna smack the yoke on it in the flare and really prang a landing.
I'll be paying close attention to where me and my FO clamp that thing.
My first flight impression: Two thumbs up. The thing is really sweet. Much better than paper Jepps. And it could be fabulous once the Feds let them turn on all the capabilities.
HOWEVER: the mount sucks. There's gotta be a better solution.
Maybe not so bad in other jets with bigger cockpits but in the 737 its in the way.
Potentially so much in the way that I'm worried somebody's gonna smack the yoke on it in the flare and really prang a landing.
I'll be paying close attention to where me and my FO clamp that thing.
Check out http://dalpilots.forumchitchat.com/ forum for 'how to' info on the Surface tablet. JB has done several training videos I found to be most helpful, and there is lots of other gouge there.
12-06-2014 | 07:59 AM
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From the "not the sharpest knife in the drawer" file, as presented by the MSP newspaper:
also---what language is this sign written in??
"Kip Hedges, left, a longtime Delta employee who was fired this week for remarks he made, speaks at a rally of airline workers protesting low wages at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)"
also---what language is this sign written in??
"Kip Hedges, left, a longtime Delta employee who was fired this week for remarks he made, speaks at a rally of airline workers protesting low wages at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)"
So. Devils advocate here.
What if everything he said was factual.
How does it then make it disparaging or disrespectful.
If so, he might have a wrongful termination suit.
12-06-2014 | 08:12 AM
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I don't think it has to be either/or.
SLC is a good hub and a good enough market to strive to stay dominant in. I think we'll stay, although flights per day will likely decrease as more of the "feed" will come from larger planes from other hubs rather than direct hourly service from 50 seaters. But mainline seats/departures should stay relatively similar.
SLC is a good hub and a good enough market to strive to stay dominant in. I think we'll stay, although flights per day will likely decrease as more of the "feed" will come from larger planes from other hubs rather than direct hourly service from 50 seaters. But mainline seats/departures should stay relatively similar.
12-06-2014 | 08:19 AM
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I don't think it has to be either/or.
SLC is a good hub and a good enough market to strive to stay dominant in. I think we'll stay, although flights per day will likely decrease as more of the "feed" will come from larger planes from other hubs rather than direct hourly service from 50 seaters. But mainline seats/departures should stay relatively similar.
SLC is a good hub and a good enough market to strive to stay dominant in. I think we'll stay, although flights per day will likely decrease as more of the "feed" will come from larger planes from other hubs rather than direct hourly service from 50 seaters. But mainline seats/departures should stay relatively similar.
I also heard from a reliable source that there is a possibility of adding another bank in SLC. That depends on cutting block times back by an average of 8 minutes to fit the extra bank in. We may also see a SLC-LHR flight with the Virgin JV. Didn't specify if it would be a DAL flight or a Virgin flight.
12-06-2014 | 12:53 PM
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There are several decent to good schools in the Olympia/Tumwater area (my only reference is Great Schools, if there is something else to rate them I don't know it). How bad is traffic through Tacoma? The google machine says 74 minutes from Tumwater to SEA-TAC in current traffic. Pretty realistic?
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