Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

Ice, the answer is No.

Bar,

They want a sim they can count on. It will take time, and as you are getting ready to go to training on the baby bus the 330 will be AEed on the Aug AE and you will get to come back to ATL. It is short term. ATL will grow in the long term!!

No on the Manchester sim..or no on the last cgo date. DL wants to count on a Thales sim?

Bucking Bar

11-29-2009 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 718401)

No short bus for me. DC9 all the way. Go ugly early seems to be a winning strategy.

Try to get a schedule other pilots might like and put the whole thing into the swap board and open time. I'm trying to find senior Captains to learn strategies for OTJR status. I want to be as close to "quit" as possible without actually quitting - for a job I never applied for in the first place.

Does the DC9 have "poles and ladders" to compensate for a lousy fuel system design, or is that just an MD88 thing?

KC10 FATboy

11-29-2009 09:24 AM

Bucking Bar:

How is the MD-88 fuel system "lousy"?

944Turbo

11-29-2009 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy (Post 718410)

Bucking Bar:

How is the MD-88 fuel system "lousy"?

It works a LOT better than the 73N system. I've only had to do poles and ladders once. It is only an 88 thing. 90 doesn't and the 9 can't fly that long where it is a problem.

pilotc90a

11-29-2009 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Nosmo King (Post 718212)

Or we could just wear leather jackets and not worry about popping buttons...

You have my vote, i like it

freightguy

11-29-2009 09:27 AM

Positive space travel-training

Training schedulers told me that I can book my own positive space travel via travelnet for training travel. Anyone knows which 'travel priority code' to use for that?

FlyingViking

11-29-2009 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by freightguy (Post 718415)

Training schedulers told me that I can book my own positive space travel via travelnet for training travel. Anyone knows which 'travel priority code' to use for that?

Normally they will book it for you, then you have to call in to change it unless you want to JS to your base first. Not a big issue..

Bucking Bar

11-29-2009 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy (Post 718410)

Bucking Bar:

How is the MD-88 fuel system "lousy"?

Maybe it is the airframe, but cold soaked fuel can cause icing on the center trailing upper surface of the wing. They installed heaters for the wing surface which when inoperative require a tactile inspection to determine whether there is clear ice. That means the FO gets to run around the airport in bad weather looking for a ladder to climb up so they can run a plastic stick across painted non slip lines on the wing. It was my experience the rampers did not know what the poles where there for, so they would cut them up when they needed wands. A broomstick works well enough as a substitute.

"Poles and Ladders" was just another work around forced on pilots for problems which were not anticipated in Long Beach.

Desperado

11-29-2009 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 718341)

I sure do not see this uniform going away. Hat and all. Best to get used to it.

Hat??? I've recently flown with several F/O's whose hat has gone away. Some left on the airplane, some in the van, crewroom, terminal, etc.:eek:

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