Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
08-09-2015, 12:58 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Position: window seat
Posts: 12,522
Originally Posted by iceman49
They work, they can't help if you do not use them. Probably the tablet is going to give us all that information...oh wait1
Attention all airmen, there's a possibility that, somewhere within this geographical area a third the size of the entire country, there may or may not be turbulence and/or dangerous convective activity, or not, maybe. You have been warned.
If its 1960 you could say hey, it's better than nothing, and get your navigator to plot it for you etc. In modern times its an obsolete relic that belongs in a museum right next to a sextant and cockpit ashtrays.
There is much better information available now, and we're the only segment of aviation that not only doesn't embrace it, we go out of our way to resist it. Its long overdue. Especially in the era of billion dollar quarterly profits and lighting 6 Billion dollars on fire just to labor can't get it.
08-09-2015, 12:59 PM
The Brown Dot +1
Joined APC: Jun 2009
Position: 777B
Posts: 7,775
Originally Posted by forgot to bid
I have yet to see any value in those tp reports, nor have I seen anyone use them.
You probably don't do your TPS reports either...I've been waiting on those.
08-09-2015, 01:02 PM
The Brown Dot +1
Joined APC: Jun 2009
Position: 777B
Posts: 7,775
Originally Posted by Corndog
An 85 mile downwind lateral offset? That seems implausible, unnecessary and likely to create other problems. Maybe I'm misunderstanding.
08-09-2015, 01:04 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Position: window seat
Posts: 12,522
Originally Posted by scambo1
I thought the same thing. Even downwind, 20nm should be more than enough.
08-09-2015, 01:09 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Position: On the hotel shuttle
Posts: 5,815
I request the latest TP's when I enter a new geographical area (Europe, NA, Eastern Canada ...) I plot them if it looks like we'll go through them. This process, however, can take a good 10 minutes.
If they uplinked to Route 2 -- and only the ones affecting your route -- a lot more guys would use them.
Someday
If they uplinked to Route 2 -- and only the ones affecting your route -- a lot more guys would use them.
Someday
08-09-2015, 03:35 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: Permanently scarred
Posts: 1,707
Originally Posted by forgot to bid
When Crew Scheduling has their Christmas party this year and decides to play the best calls of 2015... I might be one off them.
It was like 2am and my wife wakes me up. At that moment, I didn't who she was.
She said it was Delta. I had no idea who that was either.
She said it was scheduling. This isn't getting any better.
Then I don't know what I said. My wife the next day said she was listening to me talk and felt like saying "WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"
He mentioned a green slip. So I told him didn't I just pick up a 2 day white slip? he said no. And he was right. I have no idea why I said that.
He told me it was a green slip. I said okay.
And I'm not sure what happened next. Or how it ended. But I did do the trip.
For the record, I don't drink. And I never will.
It was like 2am and my wife wakes me up. At that moment, I didn't who she was.
She said it was Delta. I had no idea who that was either.
She said it was scheduling. This isn't getting any better.
Then I don't know what I said. My wife the next day said she was listening to me talk and felt like saying "WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"
He mentioned a green slip. So I told him didn't I just pick up a 2 day white slip? he said no. And he was right. I have no idea why I said that.
He told me it was a green slip. I said okay.
And I'm not sure what happened next. Or how it ended. But I did do the trip.
For the record, I don't drink. And I never will.
08-09-2015, 04:17 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: Permanently scarred
Posts: 1,707
WSJ: Oil Futures Signal Weak Prices Could Last for Years
Bigger profits headed our way, unless of course our "smart" people found a way to lock in paying 50% more for fuel than we otherwise would.
With the bankruptcy history behind us and how much Delta pilots gave up, how anyone can justify taking so little when the company is so flush is bewildering.
Bigger profits headed our way, unless of course our "smart" people found a way to lock in paying 50% more for fuel than we otherwise would.
With the bankruptcy history behind us and how much Delta pilots gave up, how anyone can justify taking so little when the company is so flush is bewildering.
08-09-2015, 05:08 PM
veut gagner à la loterie
Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: Light Chop
Posts: 23,286
Originally Posted by scambo1
I use them all the time on long flights. Generally they correspond to turbulent areas on the aloft charts. So you have strength of bumps and altitude. I look at it compared to our route on the aloft chart and if it's near us, I plot it on rte 2. Smooth ride when everyone is sleeping is my goal.
You probably don't do your TPS reports either...I've been waiting on those.
You probably don't do your TPS reports either...I've been waiting on those.
My TPS reports were rejected because of my cover sheet.
08-09-2015, 05:14 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: 320A
Posts: 333
08-09-2015, 05:14 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2011
Position: retired 767(dl)
Posts: 5,724
Originally Posted by Rolf
Badflaps,
"It's forecast to be yellow"
"It's forecast to be yellow"
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
