Originally Posted by satchip (Post 941251)

Umm, better check your headlines. War Chicken had one go chicken right after the Espn show. Check out the rankings. Bama #1 in the Sec and #2 overall.

College Football Class Rankings 2011 - ESPN

Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 941252)

How many pilots did we have on the date of the merger?

How many do we have now?

Trend vector?

Nu

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 941264)

Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts


Delta Air Lines Inc. posted its first profit in years in 2010, and now it looks to reduce the size of its fleet, tackle its debt and fight fuel costs in 2011.

That will be the message from Delta President Ed Bastian, who is scheduled to make a presentation to the Raymond James Global Airline Conference on Feb. 3. The presentation was pre-filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bastian will say the Atlanta-based airline is set to reduce debt by $7 billion over a three-year period. It also plans to battle the spike in fuel costs through revenue, capacity and fleet efficiency. This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft such as turboprops, 50-seat jets and DC9s; adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.

Delta’s fleet in December 2007 totaled 1,482 : 693 regional aircraft, 169 international and 620 domestic mainline. As of December 2011, it projects a fleet of 1,318: 600 regional aircraft, 179 international and 539 domestic mainline.

With jet fuel prices jumping some 20 percent to $2.75 a gallon in just the last 100 days, Delta said it can fight those costs by accelerating the retirement of aircraft; raising domestic fare and tacking on international fuel surcharges; trimming capacity; and cutting capital spending to keep free cash flow at $1.8 billion.

Read more: Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts | Atlanta Business Chronicle

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 941274)

Delta Air Lines Inc. posted its first profit in years in 2010, and now it looks to reduce the size of its fleet, tackle its debt and fight fuel costs in 2011 through fare hikes and other methods.

That will be the message from Delta President Ed Bastian, who is scheduled to make a presentation to the Raymond James Global Airline Conference on Feb. 3. The presentation was pre-filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bastian will say the Atlanta-based airline is set to reduce debt by $7 billion over a three-year period. It also plans to battle the spike in fuel costs through revenue, capacity and fleet efficiency. This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft such as turboprops, 50-seat jets and DC9s; adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.

Delta’s fleet in December 2007 totaled 1,482 : 693 regional aircraft, 169 international and 620 domestic mainline. As of December 2011, it projects a fleet of 1,318: 600 regional aircraft, 179 international and 539 domestic mainline.

With jet fuel prices jumping some 20 percent to $2.75 a gallon in just the last 100 days, Bastian will say Delta can fight those costs by accelerating the retirement of aircraft; raising domestic fares and tacking on international fuel surcharges; trimming capacity; and cutting capital spending to keep free cash flow at $1.8 billion.

Read more: Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts, raise fares | Atlanta Business Chronicle

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 941276)

ACL and FTB;

Whaddayou guys do, walk around with "Delta News" typed into your search engines and press refresh every 30 seconds?

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 941264)

Delta to accelerate fleet size cuts

Delta’s fleet in December 2007 totaled 1,482 : 693 regional aircraft, 169 international and 620 domestic mainline. As of December 2011, it projects a fleet of 1,318: 600 regional aircraft, 179 international and 539 domestic mainline.

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 941280)

Adding 10 int'l aircraft but parking 81 domestic mainline aircraft for a net loss of 71 Delta aircraft. :confused: