Bar; the MD-90 makes great sense for a company with 15 billion and debt that needs to do some fleet renewal. Dress it however you want, the MD-90 is the choice now because it makes sense. New airplanes are expensive and DAL cannot afford that type of capital outlay.

There is no point in buying a 73N that will be outdated in 10 years. If the airplane manufactures fall on their faces and cannot deliver anything more efficient, AMR will look like a winner, but given the fact that the technology has almost matured to the point of design and production, DAL will be the one smiling.

They are hoping to discover your huge stash of underboob!

Looks like the airlines are not the only ones burning through cash.

U.S. Treasury Drew Down Its Cash Balance by $81.6 Billion in Just First 4 Days of March | CNSnews.com

When does America declare bankruptcy and start over? Thanks for posting....

That would be AWESOME!

I usually get the cell phone # of the Captain I'm flying with in case I'm running late for whatever reason (deadhead flight delayed, Wx, etc.).

God I hope American buys Alaska!

Most definitely.

If I were CEO...

Id get into a bidding war with American for Alaska and bid up the price. Once I had bid it up to poison pill levels I'd pull out and let American take the hit on the purchase price. Then I'd go and get Virgin America for a song and take the West Coast on the cheap cheap.

To look at the lines of MEC/LEC members to see how much ALPA trip drop they are getting, if they are picking up WS, GS, etc. and making more than the garden variety line pilot. Last year there was a MEC "volunteer" who had a whole month of trip drops and then picked up a GS for 150+ hours of credit time for a few days in the CP. Nice work if you can get it. Didn't know volunteering was supposed to be so lucrative :eek:

I don't mind if an instructor or line check pilot does it. They'll usually do it before the training/flight so they understand your background.

I *really* hate when someone out of category, that I don't even know, looks at my personal information or schedule. I think the company is putting themselves at risk should an individual use your information to do something illegal (credit identity fraud, physical hard, theft).