Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

Hope the track is warmer than the roads have been lately. Summer tires have all the stick of MD40 soaked ping pong balls right now.

I'd like to get a DAL pilot LeMons team together and take the fight to those US Air boys over in Charlotte.

Pschaw, get me in my '02 VW on some MSP-style snow and ice and it is OVER. :D

georgetg

12-18-2010 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 918201)

Interesting post Bar.

I agree that there are no current jets that meet our long term needs (WRT to the narrow body market)
A few comments:
1) Talking does not mean buying, but I do agree that they need to look and it is good that they are.
2) Looking now and even ordering a new clean sheet design (minus the 350, 787 and C-Series) means that if ordered those jets will not be here for at least five more years (Best case)
3) Delta does not talk publicly about its plans unless there is an underlying reason. In this case they could be sending a signal to Boeing to get off their duff, and airlines they want to merge with, that yes, there are other options besides buying them. It would be more of a warning to all. Do not get greedy!

RA has warmed to the GTF.

Agreement with Boeing on 787 delay penalty reached.

The company publicly talking about needing new jets.

Airbus gives the A320neo the go-ahead.

The trans-con capable A321 is coming next year.

Hmmmm....

Cheers
George

RockyBoy

12-18-2010 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 918227)

A fleet of 319/320/321 jets would make more sense than having 5 fleets doing domestic flying. It would save alot on training costs. The 321 really isn't a 757 replacement, but with GTF's on it, it could be a good airplane for transcons.

iceman49

12-18-2010 04:35 PM

Are all of the holiday fliers getting excited about the possibility of 2 PS passes?:rolleyes:

TOGA LK

12-18-2010 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 918192)

FTB, looks like my 2004 Lariat (loved that truck) which was sold in 2007 with the new hire pay cut. Shopping for a FX2 with the 3.5 EcoBoost as soon as they hit the lot. May just do an STX with the 3.7. Drove one with the 3.73. The six cylinder feels quicker and lighter on its feet than the 5.4 Triton did. Also like the electronic power steering that everyone else is dogging.

Sorry about the thread creep, boring day waiting for the Crew Scheduling to reward my sobriety with a big fat Green Slip.

Some have been questioning the ecoboost's towing abilities.

YouTube - Ford F-150 EcoBoost Torture Test Episode 3: 24 Hours of NASCAR Track Testing

Just a general Youtube search of ecoboost and torture test. Also, "truth about trucks" F150 will produce some interesting facts as well.

TOGA LK

12-18-2010 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 918202)

awesome! btw, speaking of cars, dancia patrick, she says 'when you peak you win.'

http://www.sportressofblogitude.com/...ca-patrick.jpg

she may have been talking about lubrication/oil.

In 2000 I knew of a certain #3 that would've been all over the tail end of that car.

Superpilot92

12-18-2010 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by FedElta (Post 918147)

Hey Super,
Road Atlanta has a track day for road cars on 28 Dec....scheduled by Skip Barber Racing School. One of the greatest natural road courses in North America....bring the Goat, I'll meet you, and let's see what you got.

Regards :D
BG

I'd love to but I live in Houston, eventually we'll likely end up in atl though. My GTO is sitting right around 500hp at the wheels and more coming soon ;-). We're a car family and do shows often. Here's a video of it on the dyno this past summer before I ported the intake/throttlebody, and added a 3inch exhaust system.

YouTube - LMR GTO puts down 475rwhp!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7taB...e_gdata_player

TOGA LK

12-18-2010 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Superpilot92 (Post 918273)

I'd love to but I live in Houston, eventually we'll likely end up in atl though. My GTO is sitting right around 500hp at the wheels and more coming soon ;-). We're a car family and do shows often. Here's a video of it on the dyno this past summer before I pitted the intake/throttlebody.

YouTube - LMR GTO puts down 475rwhp!

Nice. The GTO will be missed.

acl65pilot

12-18-2010 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 918227)

Trust me George I know. RA stopped dogging the GTF's a little over a year ago. The change did not go unnoticed by me.

I fleet of the 320 series makes a lot sense for a lot of flying we do. the 321 is not a 757 though. I suspect that 15% is good but absent a clean sheet design we will probably shy away from signing on to fleet renewal with the current generation of jets. Maintaining or growing a given fleet, yes, but not total replacement.
With the amount of jets we need and the varied missions there is not fleet that meets all of the needs that will compete with the next get stuff. A re-engineing of the 320 makes good sense, but I do not know if DAL would sign on to replace the entire narrow body fleet for the savings touted.

Either way, talking of new jets is good. Signing on the dotted line for new or used growth jets is better! :D

Columbia

12-18-2010 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TOGA LK (Post 918271)

In 2000 I knew of a certain #3 that would've been all over the tail end of that car.

Here's her at Indy 2005. I was in the Bombardier Pagoda and briefly chatted with her the night before the race. At the time, I was more interested in meeting David Letterman, who you can see in the pits during the race (team owned by Rahal-Letterman). Most exciting sporting event I have ever witnessed. 500K people were going BANANAS!
YouTube - Danica at Indy 2005 - Race Day

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