Originally Posted by 944Turbo (Post 1042097)

I flew the 737-900 at CAL. I'll take my old Douglas DC-9-88 with an APU and the left pack on the hook over that jet. Yuck!

Originally Posted by DAWGS (Post 1042028)

I guess I am a little pessimistic also, given DALPA's track record. All the company has to do is ask. I'm sure you don't understand the majority of our Pilot's pessimism based on your continued drum beating for Dalpa.

Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1042116)

I find it hard to believe we'd order 100 737-900s right now.

Its not a good long-term plan, and that's a lot of money tied up in replacing an existing capability. Even worse would be a committal to buy the 737-9 with the LEAP-X engines.
It's possible DAL is using the 787 penalty to get these jets for a song, right at a time when Boeing need orders for its cash cow that's about to run dry...

Airbus vs Boeing is as childish as Ford vs Chevy does it really make a difference?
Now if we're talking MB vs BMW, now you're talking :D

Cheers
George

Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1042116)

I find it hard to believe we'd order 100 737-900s right now.

Its not a good long-term plan, and that's a lot of money tied up in replacing an existing capability. Even worse would be a committal to buy the 737-9 with the LEAP-X engines.
It's possible DAL is using the 787 penalty to get these jets for a song, right at a time when Boeing need orders for its cash cow that's about to run dry...

Airbus vs Boeing is as childish as Ford vs Chevy does it really make a difference?
Now if we're talking MB vs BMW, now you're talking :D

Cheers
George

Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 1042120)

Really?

Why hasn't the company asked already if it's that easy?

It would be so easy to pay DAL pilots less than any other legacy or LCC if that was the case!

You mean the company that asked DALPA to staff jets with 2CA's and 2 FO's on 12+ hr flights instead of the 1CA and 3FO's like NW had?

There's plenty more but I'll just pretend like you were kidding.

Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 1042124)

It could be a planned leak to "urge" the Airbus folks to get a better offer. None of the Bloomberg article is fact, it is just speculation......

It might not be as bad with a 757 nose/cockpit assembly on the front....anything to try and get that cockpit quieter!

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1042074)

Irish? Really?

My question is, did ACL get scooped on airplane order news?

Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1042083)

True that we spend most of the time on AP. That is not the time that matters though. During critical phases of flight, I prefer secondary inputs. I'm old and shiny new things don't always impress me.... I also think the cockpit display in the 767 is just fine. Amazingly I haven't been lost one single time going across the Atlantic/Pacific/ to South America, and even to Africa, so having 4 CRTs instead of the 2 I have just doesn't give me goosebumps, and it certainly doesn't make my job any easier or safer.

I will assume that your insistence on the tray table is TIC, but if not, I will tell you that I couldn't care less that the 767 doesn't have one.