nwaf16dude

disregard the question...

I guess it is interesting that the bottom four guys on the entire seniority list are going to be NYC ER guys.

tsquare

I was just amazed how junior the -ER went in this bid.. it really had nothing to do with your school quandry.. sorry

Amish Pilot

Hey Guys,

I recently flew with a senior F/O and I was trying to understand why a 10+ year guy would be sweating his but off on the DC9 with me during the summer. I am sure he could hold a block on the 7ER or the Little Bus. Then I found out he was a instructor. Is instructor pay that much more than a normal line pilot? I know what the deal was at NWA, but is it still a good deal at Delta? Inquiring minds and all...

Thanks

scambo1

There are a couple guys from my new hire class still flying M88B - and they dont greenslip and live in base. They can comfortably hold M88A. Different strokes - iszlisek es poffanok coulonbozuek.

forgot to bid

Is this a rhetorical question?

How about how many Republic aircraft were ordered for Delta flying?

And how many MD-90s has Delta ordered? 16. How many do we have, 50 and growing? Can't remember.

How many 737-800s did we defer or sell? And whats wrong with doing that?

What are talking about here? I'm confused.

Jabberwock

Think they were talking about the fact Airbus is up over 330 orders in the first couple of days of the Paris Ari Show as airlines all around the planet and here at home are planning narrow body fleet renewal.

One poster was dismissing Republic's order while the other poster was pointing out that the chances of Delta not taking airplanes is statistically higher than Republic's.

If I'm not mistaken, Republic has taken every airplane they've ever ordered and usually re-orders before the airplanes are all delivered. Of course houses rose in price consistently from the great depression to 2008.

In semi related news, Boeing announced more lay offs of their employees this week. Wish management would focus more on their product line and less on union busting.

forgot to bid

Could've been avoided with a simple "hey, you with the bottom back end of your jet on fire, eject, eject, eject."

Oh wait.

Disregard.

"Am I here because you're there or are you there because I'm here?" Evidently a line used on the cranky RIC ground controller who I'm sure not only do pilots want to sucker punch but probably so does the guy standing next to him.

Controllers are by and large pretty sharp in the airports we fly in and out of and they have one huge advantage, they see more of our airplane than we do.

But saying your takeoff clearance is cancelled conjures up the idea that the issue at hand is a technical one and not a life threatening one and pilots may respond in kind.

Bar mentioned that Airbus said the C-Series was dead.

With Republic, mind you a Delta Connection carrier that the NMB is jumping up and down begging someone to ask again if they're a STS, is ordering A320s for I guess Frontier:

johnso29

I think F9 will not be part of RAH much longer. BB is realizing he made a mistake.

forgot to bid

Boeing is a ship without a rudder, as some CEOs say in passing.

If Airbus continues winning and Boeing continues to flounder then the disparity will only get worse. Hell, even SWA is now saying their next aircraft order doesn't have to be a Boeing. Something has gone really wrong there. Maybe it's age. Maybe Boeing after the 787 debacle and it's enormous B/E on the thing may be willing to just give up commercial aerospace after their product run their course?

As to the CHS thing, I think its union busting and sometimes union busting is over more things then just pay. I think Boeing is mad as hell at their SEA employees and the state of Washington and I don't think that's completely unfounded. You can't beat a golden goose to its death and expect it to still produce. Add that to mismanagement and yikes. Still to me it's obvious the 787 outsourcing and the CHS plant are retaliation but what the NLRB is doing on behalf of Boeing unions could be very bad for the 28 non-right-to-work states.

As to RAH, I could see the skepticism to RAH taking the aircraft ordered. To my knowledge this is the second order by RAH for RAH with the first being the C-Series. The rest have been orders to do outsourced flying and so they've yet to stand on on their own two feet and order something and fly it.

trlaketige

Thanks 'dude. My first time getting an award under this system.

While I'm typing, do I need to save brain cells or kill some off. Boeing guy going to Airbus? (tic)