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Originally Posted by keenster
(Post 792424)
Also, the guam base is a problem in that the 737 is not an international category creating a need for contract changes or LOAs if it were to happen. News and rumors from NRT. Over and out.
Hearing 757's to Hawaii rather than 737's to Guam, who knows? More 747 rumors always quashed with 747's going to storage. Are we still getting the Tupperware 767? |
Originally Posted by Waves
(Post 792341)
Thanks, I didn't know that. I asked my ER buddy about Pegasus and he said they were still about half and half. I will ask him again.
I heard the Air Tran guys really liked the 717, too bad they stopped making them. Did it also have the Airbus type FMS like the MD-11? No execute button! Nu |
Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 792406)
Just thinking about this merger news and reading communications from some of the brighter analysts before turning in....
So if UAL and LCC actually merge, how many slots you figure the DOT would make them divest? They sure would have a lot of the Washington DC market. Wonder if they'd end up giving some of the DCA slots right back to Delta? Unfortunately I see them consolidating more on Delta's route structure than any other carrier's, which is good if they have to divest and bad if they don't. It is pure irony that United's MEC wanted to get on someone else's seniority list, but somehow, LCC wasn't what they had in mind. CAL has been playing high and loose with this deal for a while, just waiting for UAL's positioning to further weaken. UAL has been courting CAL for a while now, so UAL probably is thinking that its time for CAL to show a little skin or even put out a little. I think UAL realizes this, so this move is more of a strategy to get CAL and LCC wrapped up in a bidding war if it comes to that. Similar to the way JAL was pitting us against AMR. At the end of the day, I think it becomes more about preventing your competition from getting stronger than it does about consolidation. |
Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 792331)
If you look online they have pics with FMS' in them, including the analog 300s.
I personally think nothing is more hideous 5 big screens and having it draw analog instruments. It works, it just looks hideous. Tapes are where its at. Peace out. Southwest 73NG, same as Continental Airlines cockpit screen arangement: http://www.aviationexplorer.com/Comm...kpit_Image.jpg Glory to the Lizard! http://www.aviationexplorer.com/Comm...41_cockpit.jpg |
Originally Posted by DeadHead
(Post 792450)
Personally, I think that UAL is just trying to lure CAL with this whole public deal. LCC is not particularly interested in putting announcements regarding mergers out in the public like this. Based on their track record LCC would probably just announce the merger publicly as late as humanly possible in the process. That would leave UAL with some very good underlying reason to announce a prospective merger agreement.
CAL has been playing high and loose with this deal for a while, just waiting for UAL's positioning to further weaken. UAL has been courting CAL for a while now, so UAL probably is thinking that its time for CAL to show a little skin or even put out a little. I think UAL realizes this, so this move is more of a strategy to get CAL and LCC wrapped up in a bidding war if it comes to that. Similar to the way JAL was pitting us against AMR. At the end of the day, I think it becomes more about preventing your competition from getting stronger than it does about consolidation. Agreed, this whole "News Leak" was designed to get CAL back to the Alter. |
Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 792431)
Shouldn't be too big an obstacle to overcome with the South America flying we are doing now.
Hearing 757's to Hawaii rather than 737's to Guam, who knows? More 747 rumors always quashed with 747's going to storage. Are we still getting the Tupperware 767? |
nevermind - slow beat me to it!
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Originally Posted by keenster
(Post 792424)
Ship number 6311 went to the desert last week and will be followed by ship number 6312(747s).:( This is due to the lack of charters because DAL deals with another company other than Fedex and we are #3 in line for military charters, therefore we do not get many. This is going to change in late summer in that DAL will go with Fedex and hopefully mil charters will pick up. Hearing the company wants to do A320 charters in europe this summer. Also, the guam base is a problem in that the 737 is not an international category creating a need for contract changes or LOAs if it were to happen. News and rumors from NRT. Over and out.
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Originally Posted by Waves
(Post 792249)
Delta pumping nearly $1B into retirement plans
(AP) – 3 hours ago ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines says it is on track to contribute nearly $1 billion to its employees' retirement plans this year, and it is providing some of the funding earlier than previously scheduled. The world's biggest airline said Thursday that by the end of April it will have contributed $665 million to its traditional pension plans in the first four months of this year, in addition to $100 million that has been contributed to employees' defined contribution 401(k) plans. Another roughly $200 million is scheduled to be contributed to 401(k) plans during the balance of the year. Delta, based in Atlanta, says its pension funding is normally distributed throughout the year, with the majority of contributions being added near the end of the year. Who's pensions, management's? DAL FA's pensions were basically fried around the same time ours were. So all the front line employees have no real pensions. I guess folks with lots of years left can theoretically have a pension. |
Starlizards Unite!!
And for the final look, I present the ultimate dials on glass. C-141C http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...t_Upgrade.JPEG
Originally Posted by satchip
(Post 792454)
You mean tapes like these? Now this is a real man's cockpit!
http://www.aviationexplorer.com/Comm...kpit_Image.jpg Glory to the Lizard! http://www.aviationexplorer.com/Comm...41_cockpit.jpg |
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