Carl Spackler

Nah, we didn't have enough cash to purchase Delta. We would have had to merge via an all stock transaction...just like Delta did.

Carl

NuGuy

Your point is as sharp as a sack of wet mice.

Nu

dashdriver22

Does anybody know who ML is on the non-rev list? Also what priority they use? Thanks

buzzpat

A "sack of wet mice?" Really? Is that a term that anybody uses outside of the Middle Ages? OK. You got me.

You go, Nu. Do whatever it is that you do.

buzzpat

Well, it seemed to work for RA. What was your boy thinking?

caddis

I will be the first to say there were some good things about the merger, but Delta's technology was not one of them. There was a lot that NWA did not do well but technology was not one of them.

I am willing to bet that when Delta gets the crew notification system we were used to on the north side you will be a big fan of it.

Here is some food for thought. As one of my longtime NWA friends said to me, "Never was there an airline that pilots hated as much as NWA and now that it is gone they are romanticizing for the good old days. Who would have thought that would happen."

forgot to bid

I'm curious what is in a DOT Form 41 (T2 and P-5.2) document. The only thing I see is you download an adobe $700 program and you can see the free download from the DOT.

https://1bts.rita.dot.gov/pdc/user/p...SC,%204%20DESC

I look at those numbers and this is what I wonder, are the numbers skewed because of the extremely small size of the MD90 fleet? Such as we only have 16 aircraft in the fleet of 600 with those particular engines. I realize that the fuel burn of the 738 and 90 are almost identical so once the seating is identical then they should be very similar CASM in fuel numbers alone right?

And this is before we talk acquisition prices which I take it is not included in these numbers? Otherwise it'd be more economical to dump every 88/90/9/737/738 and order 320s as a replacement.

forgot to bid

About the IT.

It was explained to me the other day that if you look at a department that deals with HVCs (and I won't name names) but they right now have a need to do something that would make life a lot easier for our customers to accomplish their goals on our website. A simple pull down menu on the website is basically what they need.

In 1 year they'll get that simple fix implemented by IT.

That's the backlog. Told my wife that and she said that's how it was at AT&T/Bellsouth, if a problem was found for the customer and you wanted the website updated and corrected it could take months to over a year. Maybe sometimes that is why our best thought out solutions fall on deaf ears because people have already fought that battle and lost.

It was also explained if IT could hire people that would help a lot. But I guess there is a freeze?

As to the IT, it is my understanding what you're looking at is not Delta's stuff but NWA.

forgot to bid

It's really your fault, really. Not to be redundant but it deserves to be repeated over and over... and over.

Once you pull that chariot up to the gate Newk, leader of the Fly DC Jets congregation, and they know you're there, they're not going to want you to leave.

It's really a complement that you're late. A complement to you.

So maybe if you'd just stay in the cockpit and keep to yourself and don't open that door, the plane will get out on time?

Otherwise, once they sense the Newk is there, all hell breaks loose.

forgot to bid

Honestly, I don't know why, but I find that life is hard for a fish out of water. We all can go to an outstation and be in and out but go to a hub that didn't have that aircraft there before and somehow wires cross. I pitty 747s in ATL, 767s in MSP, 88s in DTW, 9s in ATL, and so on and well, 747s, 767s, 777s, MD88s, 9s, 320s, 319s, 330s and 737s in JFK.

But don't take my word... I've only flown 6 hours in 30 days and 50 in 90 days. I hardly fly, but when I did, that was my thought. 80ktsclamp flies more in 1 day then I flew in a month, and more in 3 weeks then I do in a quarter, and I do rub it in. Like now.