Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
08-28-2010 | 09:59 AM
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Since we're having confessions of our attractions to TV news hosts, I'll admit I find myself inexplicably attracted to Christiana Amanpour.
Yeah, I know, she's not your prototypical FOXNews, blonde hottie. In fact, she's with CNN, not FOX. But you just know she has armpit hair that she braids - and I find that very enticing.
Yet, she never answers my calls. She does not respond to my many letters. I sit outside her New York apartment and throw pebbles at her bedroom window at 2am ... nothing! I've gone through her trash to collect a momento or two. I've followed her around the city during the day. How a lifesize photo of her in my bedroom with a candle burning continously. How much deeper can my love for her be? And what do I get for all my efforts? A restraining order! Pfft! Women! They show their love in the strangest ways.
I have half a mind to dump Christy (that's what I call her) for Candy Crowley, another CNN hottie.
Yeah, I know, she's not your prototypical FOXNews, blonde hottie. In fact, she's with CNN, not FOX. But you just know she has armpit hair that she braids - and I find that very enticing.
Yet, she never answers my calls. She does not respond to my many letters. I sit outside her New York apartment and throw pebbles at her bedroom window at 2am ... nothing! I've gone through her trash to collect a momento or two. I've followed her around the city during the day. How a lifesize photo of her in my bedroom with a candle burning continously. How much deeper can my love for her be? And what do I get for all my efforts? A restraining order! Pfft! Women! They show their love in the strangest ways.
I have half a mind to dump Christy (that's what I call her) for Candy Crowley, another CNN hottie.
At least you're not telling me you have a thing for Richard Quest!
Carl
08-28-2010 | 10:23 AM
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From: Urban chicken rancher.
Yes, that's what we do. I've picked up a couple 73s there. The van ride sucks and then you fly it wherever they want it.
08-28-2010 | 10:56 AM
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So why not DH to ONT and make the ride a little shorter or am I preaching to the choir?
08-28-2010 | 10:59 AM
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08-28-2010 | 12:10 PM
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Ding Dong, the deal ain't dead...
Southwest Is the Sweetheart of United-Continental Deal
One of the biggest beneficiaries of the United-Continental merger: Southwest Airlines.
The discount airline picked up 18 slots at Newark Liberty International Airport, as part of United-Continental’s efforts to diffuse some of its concentration there. United-Continental will lease the slots Southwest as a condition of DOJ approval.
The deal gives Southwest more than simply a greater foot hold in the all important New York City market, it gives the Dallas air carrier a huge presence, almost overnight.
Prior to the deal, Southwest has about half-dozen slots at New York’s La Guardia airport.
By comparison, Southwest has 8 or 10 daily slots in most of its markets.
This side deal might be just a footnote in the Continental-United mergr, but it could have big implications for the industry. It will likely spur the revival of “slot swap” debate. Last year U.S. Airways and Delta Airlines proposed trading slots at Reagan National Airport in Washington and LaGuardia. The upshot of the deal was to give Delta more clout at LaGuardia and U.S. Air more heft at Reagan.
But the arrangement was blocked by the FAA because the agency said the deal didn’t benefit consumers.
The deal also raised questions about whether the FAA controlled airport slots, or the airlines did.
Helane Becker, an airline analyst at New York investment firm Dahlman Rose, said the Southwest transfer could help U.S. Airways and Delta argue that they too should have the ability to swap slots, just as United-Continental has done.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to see Delta and US Airways come back and try to get their deal done,’’ says Becker.
While the headlines focus on the mergers in the airline industries, it is these swap deals, cut on the side and often with no money changing hands, that truly reshape the airline industry landscape.
Southwest Is the Sweetheart of United-Continental Deal
One of the biggest beneficiaries of the United-Continental merger: Southwest Airlines.
The discount airline picked up 18 slots at Newark Liberty International Airport, as part of United-Continental’s efforts to diffuse some of its concentration there. United-Continental will lease the slots Southwest as a condition of DOJ approval.
The deal gives Southwest more than simply a greater foot hold in the all important New York City market, it gives the Dallas air carrier a huge presence, almost overnight.
Prior to the deal, Southwest has about half-dozen slots at New York’s La Guardia airport.
By comparison, Southwest has 8 or 10 daily slots in most of its markets.
This side deal might be just a footnote in the Continental-United mergr, but it could have big implications for the industry. It will likely spur the revival of “slot swap” debate. Last year U.S. Airways and Delta Airlines proposed trading slots at Reagan National Airport in Washington and LaGuardia. The upshot of the deal was to give Delta more clout at LaGuardia and U.S. Air more heft at Reagan.
But the arrangement was blocked by the FAA because the agency said the deal didn’t benefit consumers.
The deal also raised questions about whether the FAA controlled airport slots, or the airlines did.
Helane Becker, an airline analyst at New York investment firm Dahlman Rose, said the Southwest transfer could help U.S. Airways and Delta argue that they too should have the ability to swap slots, just as United-Continental has done.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to see Delta and US Airways come back and try to get their deal done,’’ says Becker.
While the headlines focus on the mergers in the airline industries, it is these swap deals, cut on the side and often with no money changing hands, that truly reshape the airline industry landscape.
08-28-2010 | 12:52 PM
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From: A330B
Ding Dong, the deal ain't dead...
Southwest Is the Sweetheart of United-Continental Deal
One of the biggest beneficiaries of the United-Continental merger: Southwest Airlines.
The discount airline picked up 18 slots at Newark Liberty International Airport, as part of United-Continental’s efforts to diffuse some of its concentration there. United-Continental will lease the slots Southwest as a condition of DOJ approval.
The deal gives Southwest more than simply a greater foot hold in the all important New York City market, it gives the Dallas air carrier a huge presence, almost overnight.
Prior to the deal, Southwest has about half-dozen slots at New York’s La Guardia airport.
By comparison, Southwest has 8 or 10 daily slots in most of its markets.
This side deal might be just a footnote in the Continental-United mergr, but it could have big implications for the industry. It will likely spur the revival of “slot swap” debate. Last year U.S. Airways and Delta Airlines proposed trading slots at Reagan National Airport in Washington and LaGuardia. The upshot of the deal was to give Delta more clout at LaGuardia and U.S. Air more heft at Reagan.
But the arrangement was blocked by the FAA because the agency said the deal didn’t benefit consumers.
The deal also raised questions about whether the FAA controlled airport slots, or the airlines did.
Helane Becker, an airline analyst at New York investment firm Dahlman Rose, said the Southwest transfer could help U.S. Airways and Delta argue that they too should have the ability to swap slots, just as United-Continental has done.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to see Delta and US Airways come back and try to get their deal done,’’ says Becker.
While the headlines focus on the mergers in the airline industries, it is these swap deals, cut on the side and often with no money changing hands, that truly reshape the airline industry landscape.
Southwest Is the Sweetheart of United-Continental Deal
One of the biggest beneficiaries of the United-Continental merger: Southwest Airlines.
The discount airline picked up 18 slots at Newark Liberty International Airport, as part of United-Continental’s efforts to diffuse some of its concentration there. United-Continental will lease the slots Southwest as a condition of DOJ approval.
The deal gives Southwest more than simply a greater foot hold in the all important New York City market, it gives the Dallas air carrier a huge presence, almost overnight.
Prior to the deal, Southwest has about half-dozen slots at New York’s La Guardia airport.
By comparison, Southwest has 8 or 10 daily slots in most of its markets.
This side deal might be just a footnote in the Continental-United mergr, but it could have big implications for the industry. It will likely spur the revival of “slot swap” debate. Last year U.S. Airways and Delta Airlines proposed trading slots at Reagan National Airport in Washington and LaGuardia. The upshot of the deal was to give Delta more clout at LaGuardia and U.S. Air more heft at Reagan.
But the arrangement was blocked by the FAA because the agency said the deal didn’t benefit consumers.
The deal also raised questions about whether the FAA controlled airport slots, or the airlines did.
Helane Becker, an airline analyst at New York investment firm Dahlman Rose, said the Southwest transfer could help U.S. Airways and Delta argue that they too should have the ability to swap slots, just as United-Continental has done.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to see Delta and US Airways come back and try to get their deal done,’’ says Becker.
While the headlines focus on the mergers in the airline industries, it is these swap deals, cut on the side and often with no money changing hands, that truly reshape the airline industry landscape.
08-28-2010 | 12:59 PM
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08-28-2010 | 04:34 PM
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08-28-2010 | 05:43 PM
veut gagner à la loterie
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From: Light Chop
Bring back the props.
random photo of the day as I watch preseason NFL.
random photo of the day as I watch preseason NFL.
08-28-2010 | 06:05 PM
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From: Light Chop
BTW, good news, I will outlive retirement. According to deathclock.com I will make it to at least 72. I might make 92 if you consider me an optimist, which I am now. But I once was a horrible pessimist and if that had continued then I'd only make it to 56. So I'll say I kicked the pessimist mode but some damage might have already been done so 72, possibly more. 
Funny.
Funny.
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