Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
06-21-2011 | 06:04 AM
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Another gem for DAL:
Airlines Rank Worst of 47 Industries With U.S. Fliers ?Vastly? Unsatisfied - Bloomberg
Lowest Score
The lowest score among major carriers was a 56 for Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), the world’s second-largest by traffic. The only worse result among more than 225 companies covered in the index was a 54 for energy delivery company Pepco Holdings Inc. (POM)
Airlines Rank Worst of 47 Industries With U.S. Fliers ?Vastly? Unsatisfied - Bloomberg
Lowest Score
The lowest score among major carriers was a 56 for Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), the world’s second-largest by traffic. The only worse result among more than 225 companies covered in the index was a 54 for energy delivery company Pepco Holdings Inc. (POM)
And then let's go knocking everyone's trash cans over right in front of them and their families - and not even apologize.
06-21-2011 | 06:29 AM
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Almost Nobody from MSP went to ATL, imagine that. A few 747-400 displacements from the 330A bid. ATL 330A went into low 2500s. 16 744A early outs as of now 30 330a early outs as of now. AE out by noon.
06-21-2011 | 06:39 AM
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That's what outsourcing your main product, air transportation, will do to you. This is a outsourcing problem. End it. Bring the planes here or replace them with more mainline jets and hire more pilots.
And then let's go knocking everyone's trash cans over right in front of them and their families - and not even apologize.
And then let's go knocking everyone's trash cans over right in front of them and their families - and not even apologize.
Her problem was when she arrived in ATL she was looking for her rollerboard on the jetway. She assumed since she was allowed to gate check it from DLH that she could do the same from MSP. Now she is ATL with 1 hour until her flight to EYW. Why didn't the agent in MSP find out whose bag it was so he/she could check it to the final destination rather then assume the final destination was ATL?
To make things even more confusing DAL allows customers to planeside claim bags while flying on CRJ100/200/700/900's but not while flying on E170/175's. How is that not confusing to a passenger? It's not a seamless product for the customer, and it's embarassing. It's managements fault because they don't keep things the same for everyone, and the customers suffer.
I'm not knocking RJ drivers either, I'm knocking the crappy policies that our management have put in place.
06-21-2011 | 06:41 AM
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06-21-2011 | 06:43 AM
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Dow in the week of Nov 6, 2006 was 12,108
Dow in the week of Sep 15, 2008 was 11,421 (Lehman Bro Ch 11)
Dow in the week of Nov 3, 2008 was 8943
QE1 and 2 started late Nov 2008
The US Federal Reserve held between $700–$800 billion of Treasury notes on its balance sheet even before the recession. In late November 2008, the Fed started buying $600 billion Mortgage-backed securities (MBS).[33] By March 2009, it held $1.75 trillion of bank debt, MBS, and Treasury notes, and reached a peak of $2.1 trillion in June 2010. Further purchases were halted since the economy had started to improve. Holdings started falling naturally as debt matured. In fact, holdings were projected to fall to $1.7 trillion by 2012. However, in August 2010 the Fed decided to renew quantitative easing because the economy wasn't growing robustly. Its goal was to keep holdings at the $2.054 trillion level. To maintain that level, the Fed bought $30 billion in 2-10 year Treasury notes a month. In November 2010, the Fed announced it would increase quantitative easing, buying $600 billion of Treasury securities by the end of the second quarter of 2011.[3
Dow in the week of Sep 15, 2008 was 11,421 (Lehman Bro Ch 11)
Dow in the week of Nov 3, 2008 was 8943
QE1 and 2 started late Nov 2008
The US Federal Reserve held between $700–$800 billion of Treasury notes on its balance sheet even before the recession. In late November 2008, the Fed started buying $600 billion Mortgage-backed securities (MBS).[33] By March 2009, it held $1.75 trillion of bank debt, MBS, and Treasury notes, and reached a peak of $2.1 trillion in June 2010. Further purchases were halted since the economy had started to improve. Holdings started falling naturally as debt matured. In fact, holdings were projected to fall to $1.7 trillion by 2012. However, in August 2010 the Fed decided to renew quantitative easing because the economy wasn't growing robustly. Its goal was to keep holdings at the $2.054 trillion level. To maintain that level, the Fed bought $30 billion in 2-10 year Treasury notes a month. In November 2010, the Fed announced it would increase quantitative easing, buying $600 billion of Treasury securities by the end of the second quarter of 2011.[3
06-21-2011 | 06:46 AM
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Bingo. The product has so big and so outsourced it's terrible. Just a few weeks ago I was helping a lady going DLH-MSP-ATL-EYW. She rode a CRJ200 from DLH to MSP. Then she rode a A320 from MSP to ATL, and then went on to EYW.
Her problem was when she arrived in ATL she was looking for her rollerboard on the jetway. She assumed since she was allowed to gate check it from DLH that she could do the same from MSP. Now she is ATL with 1 hour until her flight to EYW. Why didn't the agent in MSP find out whose bag it was so he/she could check it to the final destination rather then assume the final destination was ATL?
To make things even more confusing DAL allows customers to planeside claim bags while flying on CRJ100/200/700/900's but not while flying on E170/175's. How is that not confusing to a passenger? It's not a seamless product for the customer, and it's embarassing. It's managements fault because they don't keep things the same for everyone, and the customers suffer.
I'm not knocking RJ drivers either, I'm knocking the crappy policies that our management have put in place.
Her problem was when she arrived in ATL she was looking for her rollerboard on the jetway. She assumed since she was allowed to gate check it from DLH that she could do the same from MSP. Now she is ATL with 1 hour until her flight to EYW. Why didn't the agent in MSP find out whose bag it was so he/she could check it to the final destination rather then assume the final destination was ATL?
To make things even more confusing DAL allows customers to planeside claim bags while flying on CRJ100/200/700/900's but not while flying on E170/175's. How is that not confusing to a passenger? It's not a seamless product for the customer, and it's embarassing. It's managements fault because they don't keep things the same for everyone, and the customers suffer.
I'm not knocking RJ drivers either, I'm knocking the crappy policies that our management have put in place.
Now I don't know if we really have started this policy, but on the last flight of the day to an outstation, is this really necessary. Luckily I was not in uniform and was able to hide from the very angry passengers who complained bitterly not about the DCI carrier or the gate agent, but about Delta!
06-21-2011 | 06:49 AM
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And they say this next generation is a worthless bunch of kids who feel entitled to everything they want. Meanwhile I watch my in-laws deal with members of the greatest generation who are so demanding and have no problem with pushing kids over a cliff for a social security check.
Truth is, it's not a generation thing that's the problem, it's a gene pool problem.
And too often we bury the best of the gene pool at Arlington and are stuck with pilots who thought it was their right to never save a dime and buy multiple homes, boats, planes and cars. And then unsurprisingly the pension disappears and so they're willing to throw everyone under a bus for a pay raise most feel is inadequate even if we tightened scope.... ?
The man is a douche bag and if I was a drinker I'd like to propose a toast to all of the senior guys here who bother and actually enjoy interacting hanging with those of us on the bottom. They don't pull up the ladder but instead stand up for everyone on the list especially where it matters most - employment.
Thanks, you guys rock.
Truth is, it's not a generation thing that's the problem, it's a gene pool problem.
And too often we bury the best of the gene pool at Arlington and are stuck with pilots who thought it was their right to never save a dime and buy multiple homes, boats, planes and cars. And then unsurprisingly the pension disappears and so they're willing to throw everyone under a bus for a pay raise most feel is inadequate even if we tightened scope.... ?
The man is a douche bag and if I was a drinker I'd like to propose a toast to all of the senior guys here who bother and actually enjoy interacting hanging with those of us on the bottom. They don't pull up the ladder but instead stand up for everyone on the list especially where it matters most - employment.
Thanks, you guys rock.
06-21-2011 | 06:52 AM
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I wonder if crew resources will take the early outs into account with the award? The problem with doing that is those pilots can rescind their requests as late as July 15th.
06-21-2011 | 06:52 AM
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And to pile on, was in DTW this week and the agent, who was already waaay behind the power curve was telling the pax that DAL has instituted a new policy that says you can't gate check (pink tag) a bag on a commuter if it won't fit into the size-wise container. He then went onto check every single bag and gate check them, all while taking a huge delay that didn't need to be taken.
Now I don't know if we really have started this policy, but on the last flight of the day to an outstation, is this really necessary. Luckily I was not in uniform and was able to hide from the very angry passengers who complained bitterly not about the DCI carrier or the gate agent, but about Delta!
Now I don't know if we really have started this policy, but on the last flight of the day to an outstation, is this really necessary. Luckily I was not in uniform and was able to hide from the very angry passengers who complained bitterly not about the DCI carrier or the gate agent, but about Delta!
I saw this as well from DTW just a few days ago on a CRJ900. IMO it's a double edged sword. I think it's a good idea as it streamlines the product a little, but it ticks people off. I think a better idea is to allow plane side claims on ALL RJ flights.
The agents were nice enough in DTW to allow 3 commuting crew members to still pink tag our bags so that was nice.
06-21-2011 | 06:54 AM
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