:) .........

You weren't the acquiring company; DAL was! You are just a pilot. Just like me with 22 years at the old NWA. So explain to me why you are superior to me:)

It depends on where you are in relation to me on "The List."

One number senior to me or more and DTW has no good neighborhoods.

One number junior to me or and DTW is ok.

No seriously, I have tried to get my wife to move up there and she won't hear of it. Even though I tell her that Ann Arbor is a great place, she hates the cold. Unfortunately, no matter how nice Ann Arbor is, it still gets cold.

Ann Arbor is probably the best spot, but you still have to shovel. :)

New K Now

I live in Ann Arbor.

It basically sucks.

Compared to most of the east coast though, you get about the same thing for much less money. So that is worth considering.

Better than other options because it is cheap. But if that is what makes a place good, is it really good? Or is it really just better than bad and cheaper than the west coast. I think anyone who has lived in the Pacific time zone knows the answer to that one!

ATL will as they say have room for every type of jet we fly. I would not be surprised to see us have each type/fleet based here as we move beyond SOC.

As for how. It appears there are a lot of RJ's taking up our gates;)

Delta Air Lines Inc. trimmed its loss in the first quarter, but said it would remove from service its fleet of freighters and many other passenger aircraft and it will charge a $50 fee to check a second bag starting this summer to cope with the recession.

In an attempt to generate some $100 million in annual revenue, Delta (NYSE: DAL) said it will charge customers a $50 fee to check a second bag on international flights starting July 1. The so-called “unbundling” of services, which includes baggage fees, has been a strong source of revenue for the carrier. So-called “other” net revenue grew 18 percent, or $137 million, largely from baggage fees.
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Delta further reported Tuesday plans to ground about 50 jets, including its entire fleet of 14 Boeing 747-200 freighter aircraft on Dec. 31 because of that fleet's age and inefficiency. Delta said it will also ground 30 Bombardier CRJ regional aircraft, as well as several less efficient Boeing 757 and MD-88 aircraft.

The 747-200 freighters were acquired through the carrier’s merger with Northwest Airlines Corp. Company officials said the planes would likely be sold.

The airline reported a net loss of $794 million and a loss per share of 96 cents, compared with a loss of $6.4 billion and a loss per share of $16.15 in the first quarter of 2008. It is the sixth consecutive quarterly loss for Delta.

Delta’s performance beat analysts’ expectations of about a $1 per share loss.

Slacking demand and bad bets on fuel hedges hurt Delta again. The carrier said it would have broken even for the quarter excluding $693 million in special charges and upside-down fuel hedges.

Despite the challenging economy and reduced demand, Delta remained committed to its prediction earlier this year that it will turn a profit in 2009. The carrier said it ended the quarter with $5 billion in unrestricted liquidity.

"Despite the worst economic recession in our lifetime, the fundamental strength of Delta's business allowed us to deliver break-even results this quarter, excluding fuel hedge losses and special items,” Delta CEO Richard Anderson said in an earnings statement. “These results would not be possible without the hard work of all Delta employees -- they are running a great airline while executing a seamless integration in the midst of this very difficult economic environment. We remain focused on making disciplined decisions about capacity, costs and capital, achieving merger synergies and finding new sources of revenue."

Passenger revenues for the combined carrier were down $1.2 billion, or 18 percent, for the first quarter.

Delta previously said it would reduce capacity by 6 percent to 8 percent year over year by the end of 2009, including a 9 percent to 11 percent reduction in international capacity.

Delta said cargo revenue declined $146 million in the quarter, a 44 percent drop year over year. The carrier cited weakness in demand and yields because of the recession and declining revenues from fuel surcharges, as well as the carrier’s previous reductions in freighter capacity. Delta has already parked seven of its 14 jumbo freighters.

Delta President Ed Bastian said the carrier will focus on “belly business” cargo in its wide and narrow body passenger jets, and will close its freighter maintenance hanger in Anchorage, Alaska.

On April 6, Delta said mail cargo ton-miles was down 31.7 percent for March, while freight was off by more than one-third at 36.7 percent.

“We have worked really hard to avoid any involuntary furloughs of front line employees and that is our goal,” Anderson said. About 2,500 employees opted for early buyout and retirement packages, and most will leave the company after the peak summer travel season.

Anderson said a number of employees will also take advantage of convenience leaves and other voluntary sabbatical programs, but “the best way for us to contribute to the economy is to preserve as many jobs as we can.”

The results for the first quarter of 2009 include both Delta and Northwest financial results, but only Delta standalone results account for the first quarter of 2008. Delta acquired Northwest last October, and the first three months of 2009 was the first full quarter of operations for the combined carrier.

The results for the first quarter of 2009 also include a $50 million charge for severance for voluntary workforce reduction programs offered in January and $49 million in merger-related expenses. Fuel costs increased 35 percent to $1.9 billion.

Revenue rose nearly 40 percent to $6.7 billion with the inclusion of Northwest, but combined revenues for carrier actually dropped 15 percent.

While not yet ready to predict a bottom, Delta officials said revenue decline appears to be slowing.

“Despite signs of stabilization in recent demand trends, we expect the revenue environment to continue to be under significant pressure for the remainder of the year,” Bastian said in a statement. “We believe lower fuel prices, combined with a focus on accelerating merger synergies and other initiatives will more than offset the revenue decline. The fundamentals of our business remain strong, and once the economic outlook improves, Delta will be best positioned to take advantage of the global recovery.”

Hey, that's my plan! I need to get everyone out of DTW so I can drive to work!

But really, I live in Ann Arbor and it's a nice town.

Ann Arbor is great. Good school to get a law degree too!

ann bucking arbor is the biggest shathole on the planet! It needs to be wiped off the face of the planet along with that holier than thou shathole school!
ann arbor u of m :mad:

My plan is to take the position one number junior to you. No sense in rocking the boat. Word is in SoCal that 1/4 of the Delta-N list lives out here and will displace all the Delta-S pilots. :eek: I have a nice home that I'm renting out right now in Florida, but I've beeen told the entire state of Florida is occupied by Delta-N pilots who will soon migrate to ATL.

Why not beat the rush and move to Michigan...... Jeff Daniels keeps on popping up on the tele to tell me that it's a great place to live. Possibly this ad is paid for by the Delta-N pilots to get the Delta-N pilots to move to DTW. I'll visit the Upper Peninsula this summer, so that my wife want be "distracted" by the snow. Here's an idea, you guys should host a BBQ up on Makinaw (sp) Island and show us around...... I hear the fudge is awesome!

All kidding around, newKnow, I'd yank gear for you. Still think this is the place to be. May take a couple of years for the dust to settle, but things are looking alright.

TC,

LAX 73NB --- 'til I make my next move!