Airline Pilot Central Forums - Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?

Ugh, I don't know if I can republish any announcement on Deltanet.

So let me rephrase it - despite what the Dow Jones Newsire said, there are no plans to retire the MD-88 or MD-90. They are the "workhorses of our domestic fleet."

The 100 new 739s are to replace domestic 752s, 763s and A320s that were to be retired over the next 7 years.

DelDah Capt

08-26-2011 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1044557)

Wonder if any airlines will evac JFK?

Don't know about any airline evacs, but the NYC mayor just ordered the mandatory evacuation of all residents in flood zone 'A' (about a half million people). Both JFK and LGA are in zone 'B' and would be the next to get evacuated. For those who don't know, LGA is all built on landfill....it used to be Flushing bay. The only part of it that wasn't built into the sea is where the MAT is located. The original shoreline is where the Grand Central Parkway is now. Those huge pumps that you see along the side of rwy13/31 keep rainwater and seawater out of the airfield. Even worse off will be JFK which is built on an inland estuary and faces the incoming storm surge. The 12 inches of rain won't help either

The real problem for New York is that the Mayor also ordered the closing of the public transportation system tomorrow at noon. Anyone who knows New York knows that the city grinds to a halt without the subway and busses. I would venture to say that the overwhelming majority of the airport workers use the system and will not show for work tomorrow if it's not running. The bridges in and out of the city will shut donw when the wind reaches 50kts.

fisherpilot

08-26-2011 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by DelDah Capt (Post 1044633)

WOW! Glad I'm not going to be anywhere near NYC then. Sounds like it could become a madhouse

DelDah Capt

08-26-2011 11:47 AM

FWIW, Delta just announced it's cancelling the entire schedule out of LGA/JFK/EWR on Sunday.

acl65pilot

08-26-2011 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DelDah Capt (Post 1044647)

FWIW, Delta just announced it's cancelling the entire schedule out of LGA/JFK/EWR on Sunday.

Makes sense, and I imagine that those going to Europe on Saturday will have a lot longer layover than they planned.......

acl65pilot

08-26-2011 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DelDah Capt (Post 1044633)

Ok, not GS out of NYC for me then! :D

nwaf16dude

08-26-2011 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1044547)

....an extremely faint wiggling for about 30 seconds.

That's what she said...

Forgive me, I'm bored to death on short call

FlyingViking

08-26-2011 01:09 PM

This Irene thinghy could make the insurance company pay for some new terminals at JFK it looks like.... I just called scheduling and told them to call me if needed to get our planes out of harms way, this may get really ugly....

sailingfun

08-26-2011 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1044576)

Slow, before you start throwing stones, that verbiage is directly from DeltaNet, the Press Release and the Q&A. So that someone is your employer. :rolleyes:

Until we see organic Delta growth via pilot hiring above attrition levels, all this excitement is just about shiny new jets.

They are nice, but that's it.

I sure as heck hope we will grow between now and 2018.
Realistically though it's more likely the growth will come from another merger

Cheers
George

Wall street does not want to hear anything about capacity increases in the airline industry. They hammer the stocks after a hint of growth. You will not see anything from the company suggesting growth. If however the company can keep older aircraft flying at a profit as they add the new airframes they will do that. The issue is at a profit. The economy will determine that.

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