All of that pales in comparison to the money spent buying off people when we are oversold.

Delta is always #1 by far in DOT overbooking and denied boarding.

They must make money doing it because they don't seem to care.

Delta does not give cash to over sales. They give Delta dollars. A high percentage are never redeemed. The rest are used for ticket purchases. You can't use them on priceline ect.. so the tickets purchased tend to be higher cost. In the end the over sold Delta dollars handouts cost the company very little and direct additional sales back to Delta.

Lighten up Francis. I guess I should have used a smiley face or something. You're gonna have a loooong career if you let external forces eat away at you with frustration.

Again, control what you can. I can't control what type of flight planning software that DAL uses that forces us to carry additional gas. I can't control the hiring of rampers or the supervision of rampers that would make it a more efficient operation. There are many cost effective initiatives I can't control.

What I can control is when I start or shutdown that second engine. That's my little piece of the picture. And seeing that around 10% of the A320 flights taxi out SE, that's a big enough challenge for me.:cool: cool face applied

Good thing I don't fly a McD bird! :p :D

It also ****es off the passengers and the employee's. Our leading industry non-rev benefits are practically worthless because the flights are all full anyway.

Hockey, I feel you pain. I just buy tickets or use my miles for redemption. I almost never non rev.

There is nothing that states they need X number of seats for non-revs though. Do what I do. Go on price line a few hrs before the flight and see what our revenue guys are dumping seats for. Most of the time it is worth the price for a confirmed seat.

Yup. I'm headed down to the Dominican for vacation, & I bought tickets. Screw non-rev travel. It's too stressful.

Can't remember if there was actually anything in the MD-88 books specifically prohibiting this. I do know that the LCA's on the 88 would tell you not to do it. However, I have checked the DC-9 Vol 1, FCTM, and OE Guide and, unless I missed it (you know, "one place, some place" ;)) there is nothing in any of those manuals prohibiting the use of the Air Conditioning Auto Shutoff switch during single-engine taxi. This topic was not covered during my sim training or OE either. Of course, systems knowledge and common sense will tell you that, if you do use it, you better d@mn sure not forget to put it back!

You're too late. I just got back from Punta Cana yesterday.
I drank all the rum and smoked all the Cuban cigars. :D

Wife wanted to try Dreams. Had a good time but its not as good as Riu.
Too many Americans, too many kids and Cabeza de Toro beach is not as good as Bavarro.
You're gonna love the Palace.

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