The small print states, not licensed buy the AMA, or the Texas board of Medical Certification..... :eek:

Good point, that hadn't even crossed my mind.

Yeah.. the one on the 28th.. I saw that. Over Superbowl Sunday no less. One word. Ewwwwwwww

That reminds me of a joke about proctologists:

When they go to medical school, they start at the bottom . . . and stay there.

Also just to get you going, there is a surprise on this AE.[/quote]


Like 'All' not 'Some' on big jets?

Like 'All' not 'Some' on big jets?[/QUOTE]

Hugh? Not sure what you are saying.

Surprise as in something they have not announced, as they are still debating pulling the trigger on it.

Just how BIG is this Guam rumor?

It is "Big" ;)

Big as in how junior would that go........

(even my wife told me he!! no!)

Since it is a rumor.. it is as big as you want it to be. :D

Surprise as in something they have not announced, as they are still debating pulling the trigger on it.


Rumor I heard awhile back was ALL 777s and ALL 765s to JFK. That would REALLY cause some movement, hence the debate you mentioned. :eek:

I can't imagine all 777's going to NYC... too many departures out of ATL and DTW for that to happen.

I can't imagine all 777's going to NYC... too many departures out of ATL and DTW for that to happen.

You're right...It should have read '...ALL 777s to DTW...' Anyhow, that's the rumor I heard, for what little any rumor is worth, Right? :)

While we're at it, I heard we're opening a base in Easter Island with 777LR's and will be serving the entire southern hemisphere from there.

I agree, no way no how. 777 still does a lot of flts out of ATL. It will continue to as well.

Silly, it is SAL that we will be doing that in once we take the 757's out of Asia and move them to that theater! :rolleyes:

I was serious. A lead mechanic who heard it from his boss who plays golf with RA told me so. :)

320 pilots will soon be getting this email:

Due to an error in the A-320 bid packages for January, the bid window for all A-320 categories (DTW, MEM and MSP) has been extended and will now close at 1700E on December 14th. If you submitted a bid earlier than 1700E on December 7th please ensure you download the updated bid package and resubmit your bids for January schedules. The award deadline for your January schedules will still be no later than 1800E on December 17th.

Nice.

At least they told you. Better hope you have a e-mail in dbms.

at least we'll have long call for commuters........:eek:

Maybe ACL or Buzz will buy a house and start a crashpad for us. ;) :p

CFO just implied that we will not be seeing the 787 in DAL colors....

Delta fleet stabilisation plan throws more doubt on 787 order

DATE:07/12/09 (note that's european formate for dec 7, 2009)
SOURCE:Flight International


Delta fleet stabilisation plan throws more doubt on 787 order
By Lori Ranson
Delta Air Lines will invest in upgrades of its current fleet rather than ordering new aircraft, ahead of the delivery of four remaining orders in the first half of next year. The revelation throws further doubt on the airline's inherited order for Boeing 787s.

Speaking during a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Transportation Conference in Washington DC, the US carrier's chief financial officer, Hank Halter, said that after the merger of Delta with Northwest Airlines last year, the carrier had a combined operating fleet of almost 1,400 aircraft, including mainline and regional aircraft.

The carrier holds combined orders for 52 aircraft, including 25 Boeing 737-800s and two 777-200LRs, as well as seven A319/A320s and 18 787-8s ordered by Northwest before the merger. Halter says Delta's focus for the time being is making investments in its current fleet in areas such as audio/video on demand, Wi-Fi connectivity and lie-flat seats on its widebodies.

"We believe we can do that at a much more economical cost than re-fleeting an entire section of our aircraft," says Halter, who adds that, after the four deliveries planned for next year, "we don't have anything else".

This strategy to keep the fleet constant for the foreseeable future re-emphasises the uncertainty about the inherited Northwest 787 order. The airline was among the launch customers for the twinjet, and had originally secured early delivery slots. In a regulatory filing last year, Delta did not include the 18 787s in its firm order schedule running to 2012.

In the past, Delta executives have said the combined company has Boeing 777s that offset requirements for the 787, and during the carrier's 2008 investor day, chief executive Richard Anderson said the carrier did not have the capital allocated to the 787 in its three-year plan.

Halter acknowledges Delta will eventually need to supplement its fleet, "but for right now, our fleet of 1,400 aircraft clearly meet the needs of our network".

Hm - kinda throws some cold water on the rumor here on APC of the 52 unnamed Airbus orders being Delta.

Also, this article made me think that Delta is trying to get it's debt under control. A order for new aircraft doesn't help that.

remember that only used or canceled orders could be taken right now. If we want jets in two plus years they need to be announced shortly.

Maybe.....

You will clean for my wife right? ;)

For my money, the newest ACL hinted at rumor is referring to is pilot-hiring at DAL. I think it's imminent.

While I wouldn't claim to have a tenth of the rumor-plugin capacity as ACL (honestly, who would? :) ), I've heard some rumblings in this direction from non-internet based sources.

Seems counter intuitive, what with the recession and DC-9 retirements and all. But hey, I just fly the things, not plan grand global strategy.

We will hire someday and sooner than we are planning on furloughing.

If they punch that button to do that, they are biting a huge piece of the apple off. That added with all of the other training would be a ton to do prior to May. We need everything but the DC-9 displacements done prior to Summer.

Do I get a discount on the pad? :p

Anybody here with an iphone use the Skype app? If I call another iphone with the Skype app which has a separate Skype account is it free?

Skype experts feel free to chime in. Thanks :)

That sounds right - Skype only charges when you call a phone number. Computer to computer is free, I can't see why an iPhone would be different.

Isn't there an app called true phone for iphone to iphone?

Truphone is just like Skype - you could either call computer to computer, or deposit money and call landlines/cell phones with it.

20,000 Posts on this thread!
 

So I say we start a contest to whoever makes the 20,000th post on this thread wins a prize. What say You?:D

I'll bet a small pomeranian dog that ACL makes it. :)

I bet a Longhorn loss that it is Super-Pilot.

20,000 posts - 19,715 posts = 285 posts.

285 posts x every 30 seconds = in roughly 2 1/2 hours I will make the 20,000 post. It will take some work and lots of gibberish but usually I work hard to make posts that turn out to be nothing but gibberish so I think I can do it.

-OR-

ACL can tell us the new rumor and I bet you we can hit 3,000 pages and 20,000 posts by morning.

The sad thing is (to me anyway:D) we are on page 1972 and it sounds like most of you were not even a gleem in your daddy's eye then!!!:D

DennyCrane!

I think one guy (Delta Pilot) on another thread said he was born in 1983. His daddy might not have even been in high school in 1972! :eek:

Leine or anyone who cares that I am writing gibberish, I went looking for those new Get to Know Your Contract bulletins that had some of these questions on it in lamen terms.

I found it, if you login to DALPA and in the search box put CA Bulletin 09-12 it'll come up. Click on the disk and it'll open the 1100 page PDF which includes the bulletins and the whole contract and some other documents. So its nice because if the bulletin says "Refer to Section 23:Q" it'll take you to the actual contract. Just don't hit print at home or in the crewroom. :mad:

Its a good document.

As to proffers for reserve pilots (cut and pasted from that CA 09-12 & Contract):

A reserve pilot who is proffered/awarded a yellow slip for a rotation with a report that is:

Today, when submitting a yellow slip to lower your RAW score by 15 points, you are doing so on a universal basis, not simply for specific rotations or dates. At the same time, you are also indicating that you wish to accept a trip with less than 12 hours’ notice to report (this is a proffer)

There is someone lurking on this thread born in 83... oh wait... 81? Couldn't have been 83 for this particular Conquistaqdor of the Seniority List. If I do the math in my head right.

Sorry for jumping in late with this if someone already said it (I'm catching up)

We did have that rig prebankruptcy. The trips we're talking about would not leave at 11am, they would leave at 1500 to 1700 so one can commute in with backups. Also, they release a lot earlier than 7pm so once again you can commute home.

I guess all we are saying is look at some north patters/rotations/pairings or what ever we call them today and see what we are talking about. Delta does NOT have the perfect answer to everything.

Rant over.........

Ferd <--------over transitioned, out of good humor and that feeling of adventure