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Originally Posted by LivingTheDream
(Post 1793277)
If I want a gs when I'm flying, I call skeds before I leave and tell them I will accept any gs during my flight. They will put a note on your sked and you will get the gs if it's yours.
Baja. |
Thanks Purple, now every web site I go to has ads for Amazon Hush Puppies.
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year APC friends. Do yourself a favor and watch this 1 minute clip of Kim Jong Un "piloting" an airplane. The caption contest clips from this could be endless.
http://youtu.be/h7uh4NAeXrE |
Originally Posted by duder
(Post 1793644)
Happy New Year APC friends. Do yourself a favor and watch this 1 minute clip of Kim Jong Un "piloting" an airplane. The caption contest clips from this could be endless.
http://youtu.be/h7uh4NAeXrE |
Originally Posted by whitt767
(Post 1793469)
Whats This?
Delta Air Lines to use own pilots on London routes • 3:54 PM Clark Schultz, SA News Editor Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) agrees to use its own pilots on trips to London, instead of outsourcing work to Virgin Atlantic. The decision could help appease Delta pilots ahead of contract talks. Delta owns 49% of Virgin Atlantic Delta Air Lines to use own pilots on London routes - Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) | Seeking Alpha Update: Delta Preemptively Strikes A Deal With Pilots Dec. 31, 2014 7:50 PM ET | 4 comments | About: Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) SUMMARY
Delta (NYSE:DAL) is preparing for union contract discussions in April by appealing its pilots. The company just released a deal that is the first of its kind, according to Rick Dominguez. Mr. Dominguez is the executive administrator of Delta's chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association. The interesting feature of this deal is that Delta is providing assurances to the union that it will use Delta's planes and pilots for flights to London. The union wants to ensure that Delta does not transfer the flights to Virgin. According to the report on Bloomberg, the deal "would let Virgin add eight more wide-bodies to its current 38." After that point, Delta would be forced to ensure it was expanding rapidly enough to maintain its share of capacity relative to Virgin. However, the deal does not contain any specific penalties for Delta if the firm fails to follow through on the assurances it has provided. Tim Caplinger, who started a union (Delta Pilots Association) that hopes to replace the Air Line Pilots Association, has held a more confrontational stance than the current union. In my most recent article on Delta, I discussed the ways Delta is trying to leverage its competitive advantages. The company has worked hard to reduce debt and acquire attractive pricing on fuel, but management is showing another side to their strategy. By offering concessions to the ALPA, management may reduce the appeal of another union that wants to make stiffer demands. In my opinion, this is an intelligent move for Delta to prevent disruptions in service and keep the pilots happy. By dealing with the more favorable union, Delta stacks the deck against a replacement union that could be much worse for the airline. I supported the changes management made to the company strategy, and I think this is another smart move. |
Seeking Alpha is a blog aggregator, it's not vetted or checked by an editor or editorial process. It's "writers" very often submit blog posts chick full of errors and suppositions.
That's an awfully weak article (in many respects, not just the "labor" angle) by an entity that won't even use his or her own name (...incidentally Google does not show any entity by the name of "Colorado Wealth Management Fund") using secondary sources to draw a primary conclusion. |
Originally Posted by shiznit
(Post 1793681)
Seeking Alpha is a blog aggregator, it's not vetted or checked by an editor or editorial process. It's "writers" very often submit blog posts chick full of errors and suppositions.
That's an awfully weak article (in many respects, not just the "labor" angle) by an entity that won't even use his or her own name (...incidentally Google does not show any entity by the name of "Colorado Wealth Management Fund") using secondary sources to draw a primary conclusion. With a slot limited airport such as Heathrow the deal that was just penned seems of limited value. Let VA fill to the brim with 8 more widebodies and there's no room for growth on Delta metal. Silly. "According to the report on Bloomberg, the deal "would let Virgin add eight more wide-bodies to its current 38." After that point, Delta would be forced to ensure it was expanding rapidly enough to maintain its share of capacity relative to Virgin. However, the deal does not contain any specific penalties for Delta if the firm fails to follow through on the assurances it has provided." |
Originally Posted by EdGrimley
(Post 1793682)
There seems to be a lot of spin going on here. I posted this link earlier but took it down when I realized how nonsensical it was.
With a slot limited airport such as Heathrow the deal that was just penned seems of limited value. Let VA fill to the brim with 8 more widebodies and there's no room for growth on Delta metal. Silly. "According to the report on Bloomberg, the deal "would let Virgin add eight more wide-bodies to its current 38." After that point, Delta would be forced to ensure it was expanding rapidly enough to maintain its share of capacity relative to Virgin. However, the deal does not contain any specific penalties for Delta if the firm fails to follow through on the assurances it has provided." I don't see spin, just some pseudo-investor's ignorance for realities of our industry. I see the labor agreement as realistically including the pre-existing long term business plan of VAtl. Before DAL even announced their intention to acquire a stake; VA had a long term plan to park 340's and 744's to replace them with more modern aircraft and operate a fleet size in the high 30's to very low 40's. |
In a related story, Mary Schiavo is the media's go-to expert on aviation: "It can't be terrorists, they only strike in nice weather."
But since the Seeking Alpha story is on the internet, it must be true. |
Rare consensus calling out that 8th grader's school project. Good start to the new year.
Let's make 2015 healthy, safe, and PROSPEROUS! |
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