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

I'm putting up the shields because what I'm going to say isn't popular, but....

Long answer, not a sound bite, sorry. Just my opinion, and worth what you paid for it.

No apology required - I said that there was probably not a soundbite answer. :)

Scoop

georgetg

03-16-2010 09:29 PM

Holy Cow!

Suncountry is doing MSP STN (Londons Stanstead)
Sun Country Airlines : London Landing Page

Fuel stop in Gander NFL
(That's still a long flight in an 800...)

Cheers
George

Bucking Bar

03-17-2010 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roadrunner65 (Post 779562)

I'm going to DTW.

Found ya a crash pad.

http://hooniverse.com/blog/wp-conten...er-502x650.jpg

Superpilot92

03-17-2010 01:45 AM

Now that's living in style!!! You could crash that out and make some money renting out "hot seats" ;)

sailingfun

03-17-2010 03:34 AM

CVG could not compete because there simply is not enough O&D traffic. Absent O&D traffic with a decent yield no hub is going to survive long term. Delta has to many hubs in a small area. From the moment the merger was announced CVG was doomed. Anyone who thought otherwise was deluding themselves. I also suspect that as soon as the new terminal opens in ATL you will see MEM go away also. At best it will become a focus city.

acl65pilot

03-17-2010 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 779796)

Slow,

Nice summary. I don't see any LCC's moving into CVG. If they were going to do it, they would have by now. There is a reason they haven't yet.

Agreed. IMO the reason is exactly why DAL is leaving, decreasing yields on flat traffic numbers.

acl65pilot

03-17-2010 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 779852)

Using that logic, DTW is doomed as well.
As you know DTW is not the strongest O and D market, but it has awesome connecting numbers.

As for MEM, they are doing the last great RJ rollout.....

tsquare

03-17-2010 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 779840)

Found ya a crash pad.

http://hooniverse.com/blog/wp-conten...er-502x650.jpg

I've got my own drawers thank you. Besides, I don't know how often you do laundry.

Three THOUSAND dollars?????

Mem9guy

03-17-2010 06:29 AM

Don't the bid awards have to be in DBMS by 0800E on the 17th? Almost 10:30 and all we have is the "unofficial" bid awards page...