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Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 890268)

There's two more announcements that go with that one...

Cheers
George

And they are?? Why so secretive? Here's the full article for those that want it:
Delta Keeps 787s, Defers Deliveries Into Next Decade - Bloomberg

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Originally Posted by Superpilot92 (Post 890240)

Delta, Boeing revise 787 purchase deal
October 25, 2010

Delta and The Boeing Co. have finalized an agreement regarding Delta’s purchase of 18 Boeing 787-8 aircraft, originally ordered by Northwest Airlines.

Under the agreement, disclosed Monday in a quarterly financial filing, Delta remains a 787 customer, and will begin accepting the aircraft at a rate of six per year starting in 2020.

Under the original order, Delta was going to start taking the aircraft in 2008. Boeing was unable to meet the original delivery date, which is why the agreement was re-negotiated.

Delta has the youngest widebody transoceanic fleet among the major U.S. carriers, with an average aircraft age of 11 years

When is the 1st due to be delivered to the launch customer? And ours won't be here till 2020? Wow...maybe this will get some over 60's out the door that have been waiting.

If the info isn't private, how about a link to the info? Anyone...Anyone???

Baja.

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Originally Posted by Going2Baja (Post 890351)

Right ... I'm sure there are plenty of guys sticking around to fly the 787 ... right.

Surprised to see that they haven't changed them to the 787-9s. Also, no mention of any compensation for late deliveries. I saw something a while back about a monetary settlement, but no numbers. Has anyone actually seen or read the details of the settlement?

The 787 is a big pile of poo, plus it's not big enough.

CHICAGO (WBBM/CBS) – A combination of strong thunderstorms, followed by violent and destructive winds, will make for one of the most dangerous storms in 70 years.

The temperature Monday is expected to climb to 77 degrees under partly sunny skies. But when Tuesday morning comes around, the Chicago area will be slammed with furious thunderstorms as a cold front passes over the area.

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Originally Posted by Mesabah (Post 890362)

The 787 is a big pile of poo, plus it's not big enough.

So, you're saying it should be a bigger pile of poo?

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 890342)

Really?:rolleyes:

Hey T, & Jughead,

Seems like I've hit a touchy subject with the A's on the board. I remember the safety guy who briefed my indoc class. He told us that 90% of DAL taxiway and runway incursions happened when the f/o was " heads down."

I'll never be a captain at DAL, but I tend to remember statistics like those. I should have qualified my post with IMHO.

Just sayin"

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Originally Posted by Going2Baja (Post 890351)

If the info isn't private, how about a link to the info? Anyone...Anyone???

Baja.

Here is a wealth of information about Delta's current situation --

The 787 discussion is on page 13.
The fleet snapshot is on pages 29 and 30.

Form 10Q. Just filed today:

EDGAR Filing Documents for 0000950123-10-095598
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Lets be more specific. The 787-800 is a pile of poo. The 787-900 will be the airplane we want.

Check, you beat me to it. It was part of the 10K.

Don't all things happen in threes? :rolleyes: