Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 823668)

NewK, not to tell you what to do but just a suggestion, why don't you grab that Dutch kid from Aruba that killed Natalie Holloway and stuff him in the pipe to plug the leak?

Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 823637)

OK, you're right Carl, you're always right. "You" and "He" was "me." You're not reading the posts either! You're just like my wife. The first line is everything. OK, I've got it, whatever. Read the rest of the frikkin post dude! Yeah, Nosmo was all over the first line regarding AWABS, which, incidentally, was addressed to you, not him. Only problem? There were like 25 additional lines that completely ignored the subject.

Yeah, its going to difficult to affect change when guys like you and Nosmo are shooting from the hip with absolutely zero credibility, references or objective observations. Only the tired, increasingly tired, emotions of "man, we got screwed!" You want an objective debate? That's what I do for a living. Flying for Delta is a hobby.

As for Nosmo, 50% of your ATL departures are late due to late AWABS? Really? Show me. Or ****. You guys are a bunch of whining *****es. I'll ask ops to show me late departures out of ATL due to AWABS for the 330 and the 747. I can guarantee you that you are nowhere near 50%. 5% maybe, 50%, prove it or shut up.

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 823608)

DAL,

Common sense - you hit the nail squarely on the head. I have been doing S/E taxi at DAL for years and think its a great policy........ with one big exception. I hate being in the middle of a single engine taxi and getting a runway change. If we are single engine and get a rwy change we should stop and set the friggin parking brake.

Why is it a such big mystery what rwy we will be using?? Granted, I am not the sharpest tool in the shed but when I am doing the rwy change items while doing a delayed engine start I am totally worthless as a back-up to the CAPT as far as taxiing goes. I am pretty much inside with quick/sporadic looks outside and it bothers me every-time we do it. I can literally feel the hairs stand up on the back of my neck - like I am doing something wrong and should know better.

If asked what will be the cause of the next mishap at DAL my vote is for some kind of ground incident/rwy incursion while the FO was doing the delayed start checklist and rwy change items simultaneously. Now I know what you are thinking - just stop if you are uncomfortable. Well this would solve the problem at an individual level but it would not solve the problem for DAL as a whole. This should be an ALPA issue. Yeah I know batteries in the cargo hold are a dire threat but so is overtasked FO's!

If S/E taxi is so important to DAL then let them work out a system with ATC where you receive an "expected" runway with your PDC 100% of the time.

Rant Over - Scoop :mad: Mad face for emphasis!

Originally Posted by Nosmo King (Post 823675)

Read it again, 50% of MY departures out of ATL, not total A330 departures. I never claimed the total of all A330 delays is 50%. I never claimed in this post that my observations were objective. I never said we got screwed. They were simply line pilot observations. Your reaction to the presentation, however, has a ring of familiarity. Perhaps you should personally call some of the fNW Program Managers/Fleet Captains and ask them what reaction they got after presenting logical, objective reasons why some procedures might need to be changed. Maybe you could wirte a book about it comparing the "fNW/DAL integration process" to some of the decision making processes you observed in the Clinton Administration.

I really hope this isn't the attitude(in this quote) that you use when you research and write your books.

So exactly what part of my post mentioned that we got screwed?

Originally Posted by DeadHead (Post 823488)

Wait, so your saying from 250 this fall we are looking at approximately 900 new hires over the next year and a half?

Just curious where you heard that. Not trying to discredit you or anything, just wondering, since ACL is the only one with the Golden Word.

Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 823505)

I haven't heard this and certainly hope not but maybe this is why 90 out of 120 capts who got the SEA7ER bid on the last AE won't convert until DEC.:rolleyes: In other words, they (me because it's all about me :)) get the base and then lose it before they are converted.:mad:

Any chance of letting us know where you heard this from?

Denny

Originally Posted by enuff (Post 823715)

Nosmo,

You're forgetting something, Buzz is ALWAYS right. I hope to meet him one day. I've never met anyone in all my years who is ALWAYS right. What a gift. Oh wait, it's Buzz that ALWAYS thinks he's right. Not much of a gift at all.

Originally Posted by enuff (Post 823715)

Nosmo,

You're forgetting something, Buzz is ALWAYS right. I hope to meet him one day. I've never met anyone in all my years who is ALWAYS right. What a gift. Oh wait, it's Buzz that ALWAYS thinks he's right. Not much of a gift at all.

Originally Posted by Lifeisgood (Post 823734)

I heard it in MSP crew room 2 days ago.
The guys were saying that Delta has plans for A330 in ATL and JFK and they will come from SEA. I hope, if it ever materializes, it will not cut the base in a half.
I asked JG about this exact issue during a base visit 6 months ago. He said "no, the number of positions should stay the same". Which whould mean if they take out the A330, equal amount of 7ER's should come in.
I just hope they didn't change any plans from 6 months ago.
FWIW.