CE,

If you are sitting at the gate with the APU air on, just turn off the left pack. This will lower the noise level from a CAT IV hurricane to merely that of a tropical storm. This works good during briefings and checklist reading. Obviously you have to weigh the cost of shutting off a pack but the amount of the noise reduction is amazing and unless its really hot, is probably worth it. You can also set up for single right pack when taxiing in.

Scoop

 

Continental is in the process of taking the remaining (4) ATA 757-300's parked at Victorville for nearly two years. One is already in the fleet equipped with winglets...the other three join this year. When all is said and done, CO will be flying all 12 former ATA 757-300ET's. Worked out well for CO - same Rolls engine & minimal conversions needed to conform to CO.

 

ACL,

Some stuff is actually better in the 737 - like the displays and the dual GPS LNAV capability. Not to mention that the left seater can easily, and I do mean easily, hand-fly a single engine CAT III approach with the HUD, albeit down to a 50 DH vice an AH.
The problem with the VNAV in the 737 is that it is weighted far too heavily toward fuel savings (idle descents) to the point where it will often hold you up at altitude far too long and then immediately after starting down it will start wanking at you for drag - which is a drag (pun intended ). I mean, really, if you are going to start asking for drag .00005 seconds after starting down why not just start down a little earlier. Starting down 15 miles prior to TD (via descend now) may help but it will eventually rejoin the "unrealistic" descent path and then start asking for drag again.
There are many techniques to get around this (increase tailwinds, Engine A/I on, etc) but these merely defeats the purpose of VNAV in the first place which is fuel savings. The VNAV is quirky but you will eventually achieve "Total VNAV conciousness" so you will have that going for you.
Trust me - after a few flights you will be much more bummed out about the inadequate cockpit confines then VNAV shortcomings.

Scoop

 

Johnso,

I think y'all are talking about what you got for a primary vacation bid and whether you will keep it.

If you are MD'd, which I don't think you or super are, you will keep your vacation. For AE/VD and I think for reinstatement (check with the union on this one), you bid your vacation based on the category you hold on 31 Jan 2010. If you convert on April 1 2010, you will rebid all your vacations at once. If you convert any month after this and have bid a week or whatever before you convert, you take your vacation and have fun!

It all depends on what category you hold on 31 jan and when you convert.

Denny

 

Which seven years are those?

 

WOW, I cannot wait!

 

My guess is 2022-2029?!

Denny

 

2016/17 to 2024/25

 

Yeah.. I thought it was down the road a piece.

 

Sure as heck ain't for the next few years! Take another 12 to hit 50%.



Retirement by year at the combined DAL:

2009 7
2010 7
2011 9
2012 20
2013 120
2014 203
2015 273
2016 326
2017 379
2018 472
2019 560
2020 652
2021 831
2022 877
2023 832
2024 821
2025 732
2026 632
2027 530
2028 507
2029 506
2030 540
2031 473
2032 396
2033 318
2034 236
2035 173
2036 165
2037 132
2038 106
2039 87
2040 85
2041 71
2042 66
2043 48
2044 31
2045 27
2046 10
2047 4
2048 1