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Originally Posted by remlap
(Post 604960)
Folks on the DALPA forum said that a cat food factory in Alabama was shutting down. May result in a shortage.
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Originally Posted by Cycle Pilot
(Post 604957)
I think all those planes were sitting around from the Saturday schedule decrease. It's Sunday now... I'll check and see if they're still sitting there today.
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Originally Posted by beer
(Post 604789)
So I just got back from a 3 day and I have notice a ton of heavy metal sitting at the TOC and at south cargo. I dont mean a few aircraft. It is around 30 planes. Whats up? Did I miss a downsize announcement?:eek:
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I think we are just seeing the first wave of capacity reductions. Open time went from "WHOA, That's A LOT," to "nuth'n" on the 767 on May Second.
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Originally Posted by vprMatrix
(Post 605069)
I have noticed this several times in the last month or two on different days, all ERs with maybe a 777. I have done several turns where when we leave there are 7 - 9 aircraft parked there and when we get back they are almost all gone. I think they are parking them there during the day due to limited gate space and towing them over to E in time for the evening Int push.
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Warning Flame Bait Alert
Ok, not really flame bait but a controversial post. I was in Rome yesterday and the gate agents who have been working Delta flights for years were complaining about the Airbus 330s that we have been putting on the ATL-ROM leg. They said that it is so weight limited that you can't fill it with people and cargo. If you use all the seats they could only put on 2000 lbs of cargo. They even had to put half of the Bus's ATL pax bags on the ER going to NY.
If this is true the future of the Bus IMHO is limited. Our network guys love the belly cargo. I have been told that some routes the belly would make a profit and the pax are just gravy. I don't see those guys sticking with a plane that doesn't give them that option. Maybe there are some routes out there that the Bus is better suited? Any truth to this, Bus guys? Not trying to start a war, just passing on an anecdote. |
Originally Posted by Dirtdiver
(Post 605098)
City of Atlanta charges us by the hour on the E gates. Mechanic at the TOC told me that's why we shuffle them around.
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We are just parking them there when they are not in use. With our frequency changes we need room to park em boys when we are not using them.
Do not worry they will all be gone one day and there the next. Been doing it for some time. |
Originally Posted by Tomcat
(Post 605225)
Sounds like an issue that I had with an old girlfriend, but I guess that's another story....
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Originally Posted by satchip
(Post 605193)
Ok, not really flame bait but a controversial post. I was in Rome yesterday and the gate agents who have been working Delta flights for years were complaining about the Airbus 330s that we have been putting on the ATL-ROM leg. They said that it is so weight limited that you can't fill it with people and cargo. If you use all the seats they could only put on 2000 lbs of cargo. They even had to put half of the Bus's ATL pax bags on the ER going to NY.
If this is true the future of the Bus IMHO is limited. Our network guys love the belly cargo. I have been told that some routes the belly would make a profit and the pax are just gravy. I don't see those guys sticking with a plane that doesn't give them that option. Maybe there are some routes out there that the Bus is better suited? Any truth to this, Bus guys? Not trying to start a war, just passing on an anecdote. |
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