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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 941274)

... plans to battle the spike in fuel costs through revenue, capacity and fleet efficiency. This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft ...(and)... adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.

Realize that as Delta CONTRACTS for more regional lift they are obligated to use it.

When they need to further adjust capacity the only remaining capacity they can adjust is mainline. We become the accumulator in the system with 90 days notice.

Not forecasting anything, not saying we're on fire, just pointing out the operation of the system so you understand the steps in the QRH. Hope we don't have to use it.

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 941249)

So what's to keep the company from accelerating the retirement of gas guzzling aircraft when oil hits $100... $105... $110.... ? How many will take a paycut when the whales are parked?

Loyalty?

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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.

I don't know how accurate these numbers are, but the addition of 10 Intl aircraft doesn't come close to making up for the loss of 80 narrowbodies. That's a boatload of jobs.

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Let me do some editing here and show you a few things:

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.

lets do some public math on 100 newer MD-90's and Two-Class regionals. They have announced how many RJ's and how many MD-90's? How many more 70+seat RJ's can they add?
My math shows as of June they had 223 70+ seat jets, they can add 32 more so.
32 RJ's +30 MD-90's = 62 jets. Not all of those RJ's are announced either. They are only at 235 with the RJET announcement so effectively; 12 RJ's + 30 MD-90's = 42 jets
Right there Ed states 100 jets. There is a disparity here between announced jets and what he is stating. Like I said worst case scenario you still have 62 jets that are unaccounted for in the RJ limits and the MD-90 announcements. True?

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Define a International or a Domestic jet. Some are easy but many are not. RJ's and Mainline jets as small as the 88 and 320 do international. I see that has a shuffling of what an airplane is defined as. No more no less.

I'm looking for where it's written that we will be given a seat in the cabin if bumped from a RESERVED jumpseat by a Fed, LCA, etc.

Anyone know where this is written? LOA, contract, FOM? I'm short on time and figured I'd come to the brain trust here.

Grassyass in advance:D

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Originally Posted by Brocc15 (Post 941281)

That article is comparing the fleet from 2007. How do the new numbers compare to the fleet from 2010? If the info on APC is correct its a loss of 39 Delta aircraft compared to right now.

Remember that this was prepared for the investor community that is pressuring the sector for capacity constraint or cuts. Ero, use the number that best help your cause.

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 941278)

Stock quotes on iPhone. :D

Nope got my sector news up on one screen, working on another and posting on a third.

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Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 941206)

IMHO, now would be a great time for DALPA and DAL Inc. to amend Section 1 to limit the number of 20-50 seat aircraft (and 51-76 seats) to those currently operating under contract and limiting renewal to 2/3 of leases coming up for renewal, with a max of 4 years on a renewal.
That would slowly draw down the outstanding ASA agreements, giving realistic and reasonable timelines for the sub-contractors to find alternate business opportunities and allow DAL to spool up the recaptured flying on the mainline side.

How about we don't care about the ASA agreements, let Delta do whatever it wants to do with whoever it wants to do it with, but the flying MUST be performed by DELTA pilots, represented by the Delta MEC, under a Delta contract?

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 941280)

... parking 81 domestic mainline aircraft ... :confused:

30ish -9s, but 50 what else?? And kiss gooodbye to hiring.:(

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Originally Posted by LeineLodge (Post 941286)

I don't know where it's written. But last month I reserved a Jumpseat in the morning for an evening flight. About 3 hours after reserving the seat I got a call from the CPSC informing me that I had been bumped out the Jumpseat by a Fed, & that they had booked PS on the same flight. In the same phone call they gave me my confirmation #.

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 941287)

Remember that this was prepared for the investor community that is pressuring the sector for capacity constraint or cuts. Ero, use the number that best help your cause.

A little sugarcoating today?