Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
05-11-2011 | 09:15 AM
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In the last hour, oil analysts predicted that the flood waters heading down to New Orleans, will NOT knock out the numerous gas refineries. As a result, gasoline at the wholesale level immediately DROPPED 25 cents/gallon. At least some good news.
05-11-2011 | 09:25 AM
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05-11-2011 | 09:39 AM
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Heyas F4H.
Right you are.
It's like the single engine taxi thing. Now I'm all on board with that, BUT, there needs to be more SA going on with it. DTW ain't ATL...you don't have 2 minutes behind every airplane because each one is a heavy or a 757....the departure line moves pretty quick. When you taxi out to 22L in the morning, you're going to get right out, and 3 minutes is the minimum (on the 757), not the goal. If you crank up at the gate and taxi out to 22L, that's just about 5 minutes.
On the -9, in the dead of summer, you need to engage. Open all of the overhead cockpit vents (yea, I know they're noisy), and run the APU. If the ground air is weak, run the APU and write up the ground air. If you let the cabin get hot, you're done, especially with the loads and short legs. The -30s were a bit better (-10s were the best), but you need to use what you got.
As I said, you need SA....
Nu
Right you are.
It's like the single engine taxi thing. Now I'm all on board with that, BUT, there needs to be more SA going on with it. DTW ain't ATL...you don't have 2 minutes behind every airplane because each one is a heavy or a 757....the departure line moves pretty quick. When you taxi out to 22L in the morning, you're going to get right out, and 3 minutes is the minimum (on the 757), not the goal. If you crank up at the gate and taxi out to 22L, that's just about 5 minutes.
On the -9, in the dead of summer, you need to engage. Open all of the overhead cockpit vents (yea, I know they're noisy), and run the APU. If the ground air is weak, run the APU and write up the ground air. If you let the cabin get hot, you're done, especially with the loads and short legs. The -30s were a bit better (-10s were the best), but you need to use what you got.
As I said, you need SA....
Nu
I was on a 757 a couple months back DTW-ATL and we 2 engine taxiied out to deice. We subsequently sat in line waiting for deice for 30 minutes. Then, apparently one of the doors wasn't closed fully. Thanks to our wonderful FA's of unspecified origin
(and pilots that wouldn't push the issue), the FA's wouldn't touch the door, so we then taxiied back to the ramp with both engines still running so mx could come out with a lift truck to jiggle the door handle. That took another 30 minutes. Absolutely embarrassing. Oh, since we were so late, we rolled around ATL for 25 minutes waiting for a gate still... of course with all engines running. The only thing keeping me sane was the fact that I was making $1.66 a minute for their stupidity. Unfortunately all the pax around me didn't have the same motivation.
There is common sense and then there is a complete lack of it.
05-11-2011 | 09:40 AM
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My question is, is this the same lease company that owns a bunch of 744's that they are trying to off load? If so, do your own math.
Furthermore, this plan has changed 10 times in as many months, so until they are gone, or the positions are MDed away, fret not.
If oil continues to go south, the plan changes once again......
Furthermore, this plan has changed 10 times in as many months, so until they are gone, or the positions are MDed away, fret not.
If oil continues to go south, the plan changes once again......
05-11-2011 | 09:42 AM
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Chuck
05-11-2011 | 09:43 AM
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My question is, is this the same lease company that owns a bunch of 744's that they are trying to off load? If so, do your own math.
Furthermore, this plan has changed 10 times in as many months, so until they are gone, or the positions are MDed away, fret not.
If oil continues to go south, the plan changes once again......
Furthermore, this plan has changed 10 times in as many months, so until they are gone, or the positions are MDed away, fret not.
If oil continues to go south, the plan changes once again......
05-11-2011 | 09:58 AM
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Just to play devil's advocate....from the "don't count your chickens before they hatch" department. It is being reported that the river will crest, when the bulge of water gets there, at 19' 6". The levy structures around the city are SUPPOSED to hold out UP TO 20". That, my friend, is a lot of water. My hope is that the analysts are correct. Oh, the bulge of water is currently in the Vicksburg, MS area.
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05-11-2011 | 10:08 AM
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There are always experiences of lack of SA.
I was on a 757 a couple months back DTW-ATL and we 2 engine taxiied out to deice. We subsequently sat in line waiting for deice for 30 minutes. Then, apparently one of the doors wasn't closed fully. Thanks to our wonderful FA's of unspecified origin (and pilots that wouldn't push the issue), the FA's wouldn't touch the door, so we then taxiied back to the ramp with both engines still running so mx could come out with a lift truck to jiggle the door handle. That took another 30 minutes. Absolutely embarrassing.
Oh, since we were so late, we rolled around ATL for 25 minutes waiting for a gate still... of course with all engines running. The only thing keeping me sane was the fact that I was making $1.66 a minute for their stupidity. Unfortunately all the pax around me didn't have the same motivation.
There is common sense and then there is a complete lack of it.
I was on a 757 a couple months back DTW-ATL and we 2 engine taxiied out to deice. We subsequently sat in line waiting for deice for 30 minutes. Then, apparently one of the doors wasn't closed fully. Thanks to our wonderful FA's of unspecified origin
(and pilots that wouldn't push the issue), the FA's wouldn't touch the door, so we then taxiied back to the ramp with both engines still running so mx could come out with a lift truck to jiggle the door handle. That took another 30 minutes. Absolutely embarrassing. Oh, since we were so late, we rolled around ATL for 25 minutes waiting for a gate still... of course with all engines running. The only thing keeping me sane was the fact that I was making $1.66 a minute for their stupidity. Unfortunately all the pax around me didn't have the same motivation.
There is common sense and then there is a complete lack of it.
05-11-2011 | 10:12 AM
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Bingo... on the opposite end of the spectrum there are guys that want to single engine taxi the 767-300's with the small engines above 300,000 lbs. That...just doesn't work. Think think think.
05-11-2011 | 10:26 AM
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Well I just had a guy SE a 767-300ER at 399K and it worked just fine. Of course we had no turns except to head down to the runway. I was not too sure but he proved to be correct.
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