It is always nice to be the whipping post for someone.

If they allow increased foreign ownership, then I bet DAL moves to merge with AF/KLM.

Can we say SkyTeam Air Lines anyone? :eek:

It would be like trading Peyton Manning for Rex Grossman. RG is an OK QB, but Peyton is much much better. So... if you want Manning, you had better throw in a few running backs/linebackers/water buckets and a few draft picks for the next 20 years. Not to mention cash.. lots of cash.

The way I understand it is Delta found the oversight and corrected it, then self disclosed the error made by former NWA.

I KNOW you're not coming to the defense of the FAA here...So, lemme' get this straight: DAL self-discloses a MTX oversight, then corrects said oversight, reports it to the FEDS, and now they want to fine us for what amounts to an accounting/tracking error--THAT WE FOUND!!! Good grief. And this is the bunch that's now gonna' run the nations health care. Lord help you if you get seriously ill. I wouldn't want these guys to put a band aid on me.
Chuck

Chuck. That is the way it is done. It is the same way they found the SWA issues with the window frame inspections. Self reporting does not alleviate the fine, it only shows good will. We have a responsibility per the FAA to self disclose with in a given amount of time after becoming aware of such an issue.

Where was the FAA then?
 

Well if the FAA had been doing it's job they would have dropped the hammer on NW in 2005 during the mechanics strike. Their own inpector Mark Lund who found numerous maintenance problems occuring was pulled off the line and put behind a desk because NW complained. Looks like the FAA was bought and paid for if you ask me.

Your right.....I'm not coming to the defense of the FAA, just pointing out what really happened...chill out!

Fleet Data
 

Hey ACL, any thoughts on why the fleet data has not been updated since Dec 09. I have watched that page for years and they used to update in monthly or bi monthly at the longest. Not that I am a conspiracy theorist or anything:D

TSquare is using former FUer in the same sentence as Sir Peyton? There are surely 4 horsemen riding around here somewhere.:D

PS-draft picks for 20 and cash for 30!

Burn Notice

I was wondering, did DAL figure this out and self report and now the FAA wants to fine them? The figure of $1.45M seems low given the amount of years. If so then I say screw you DOT, if you didn't find it and we found it and fixed it then you get $0.

I'm betting this might not be the first thing we find on the N side or S side as with any airline if you get a second set of eyes on the books and in the shop they'll find something. I know of some really rich corporate departments that have inspections occasionally done outside of their own department to have a second set of eyes see the plane and look at the books. The corporate aircraft I was on had 1 maintenance shop doing the work and 2 other entities looking at the books. It requires some humble pie and fat wallet to allow it. Or in IAH, umble pie.