Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
11-23-2010 | 07:16 AM
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11-23-2010 | 07:17 AM
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The over/under SC for Thanksgiving Day is 8. Who's in? Christmas Eve is 9 and Christmas Day is 10. What we need the group to do is make the company justify this number by showing actual historical useage of short calls on major holidays...
11-23-2010 | 07:23 AM
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11-23-2010 | 07:23 AM
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Woops, met Jet Airways. I had the AWST MRO Magazine Article on Jets Star opened. My bad.
T-Write your reps, they are the ones that forward the suggestions.
T-Write your reps, they are the ones that forward the suggestions.
11-23-2010 | 07:25 AM
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11-23-2010 | 07:26 AM
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FYP;
A Cash settlement was "rumored" to be part of the deal on the 788 that was announced a month or so back, so DAL may in fact have that deal and issues dealt with!
A Cash settlement was "rumored" to be part of the deal on the 788 that was announced a month or so back, so DAL may in fact have that deal and issues dealt with!
11-23-2010 | 07:35 AM
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The MD90s do add a twist, but I guess I was looking at the fact that Delta didn't have anything smaller than the MD88 prior to the merger. The DC9s are good because they are paid for, and can be parked if fuel goes up again. I don't know what the going rate for a 717. Two CR9s can serve a market better than a single DC9, the frequency attracts business travelers. A leisure traveler doesn't usually care how often a flight goes, as long as it gets there and the fare is cheap. The business traveler wants the frequency, so I think it would be more attractive to network. The 2 CR9s might be cheaper than a single DC9. However, the company can't add many (or any, not sure, paging ACL...) more CR9s because of scope. They can add any number of mainline aircraft.
Also, from what I looked up, AAI is paying around $140K a month for a 717. Since leases are usually about 1% per month the value of the aircraft you're looking at $14M 717s. Makes sense if slightly older MD90s are coming in around $8-12M.
Now a CRJ-900, according to a couple of articles, is nearly $35-$40M a copy at, mind you, list price. But still, if you cut the price in half you're still buying a 70 seater for more than a almost new 717.
But that's from me, which means nothing.
11-23-2010 | 07:37 AM
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FtB;
That is the logic used on the MD-90 so it makes a ton of sense to me. The only issue with the 717 is those darn engines.
That is the logic used on the MD-90 so it makes a ton of sense to me. The only issue with the 717 is those darn engines.
11-23-2010 | 07:37 AM
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I just looked on the dalpa website, and the old guys addys are there.. I have a burning issue right now, and I wanna strike while I am still ****ed off. Too bad I cannot get in touch with them....
11-23-2010 | 07:40 AM
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