GECAS gave Republic a 5 year lease. So much for that excuse :rolleyes:
Aviation Week's news is that there has been no news. There are several engine designs promising 7 to 21% improved fuel burn, but the airframe manufacturers are not interested (unless they fit in the nacelles of the current engines - Boeing has been rolling out CFM56 improvements and I'm sure AirBus does the same no cost to them changes)

Boeing is neck deep in the 787, 747-8, Poseidon and on/off tanker fight. The one part of their company that runs easily, reliably and profitably is the 737 program. They are working through more than 1,000 orders and will increase production with the Navy's version. The last thing Boeing wants is to upset the 737 gravy train with talk of a new airplane.

AirBus is much the same with their narrow body programme. They just got the Chinese building them too.

This year the web boards have been a better source than Aviation Leak. Just think, you have thousands of readers who review the news and post what you'll want to read here!

Bar it is just like the Presidential Daily Briefing! ;)

Hey Freebird, I'm with you..... I'm just waving a yellow flag, so that we all are paying attention to the possible wreck ahead. The majority of us have the same goals; a successful, profitable company which we are an integral part. If that happens, we will have the financial success that we are looking toward.

NEVER forget that a company's financial success does not equate to the pilots financial success. Obviously if the company is failing we won't prosper either, but it does not flow the other way without a proactive, agressive union.

When an MEC starts empathizing a little too much with management the pilots get burned every time.

Steenland or one of our previous illustrious DAL-N exec's was once overheard commenting "think how much money we could make if we didn't have any employees"........

Right now the Delta pilots need a big flag waved to get their attention. I think all of us get frustrated watching the industry burn as we keep throwing gas on the fire. Make no mistake, mngt. will outsource every bit of Delta flying they can if we let them. The very sad truth is that Delta pilots are only 1 of the groups who now do flying for Delta Air Lines. What's going on at United needs to be watched very, very, carefully.

Everyone needs to support the Scope Report card coming up! Educating the group will help.

You couldn't be more correct. That's the beauty of this forum. It gives us (the line pilot) the ability to discuss these things, more or less unfettered. Perhaps we can all agree on some issues that we will collectively hold our union responsible. At the same time, we have to know exactly where we stand within the industry. It's very nice to have some guys on here that have some idea of where we are as a company, perhaps a little idea of where we are going. I'm alway grateful for the"Presidential Briefings" Thanks!

V/R, TC

This is where I become disenchanted with ALPA. In a perfect world, ALPA would be setting the standard for the professional pilot; pay, scope, retirement, medical, disability, training, safety, etc. What about the young pilot at ASA, Comair, or other Regionals in his or her 20's and 30's that will start a family and want to own a home and send their kids to college. Is ALPA serving them properly? Is ALPA setting the standard for their career? Well, obviously it's not a perfect world and ALPA is collecting dues from all of us, but are they making the "Industry" better, or are we keeping the status quo, or moving backwards?

I look at the ALPA monthly magazine and it just seems like a whole bunch of back slapping going on, but absolutely no teeth. Or to quote and old tv commercial, "where's the beef"?

No kidding. He ought to write for Aviation Week, I think there you have to be able to put say more with less words and be as accurate as humanly possible. He could do it.

I'd love to have seen you guys in the crewroom yesterday. Or I could've worn a wire and asked your questions... maybe... maybe not such a bright idea. I think the only thing at DAL I want to know that I even exist is icrew.

I think a lot of people would agree with you.

Add in a perfect world they'd promote us. There is a guy that is the President of some electricians union down here and I used to hear him in commercials on the radio telling everyone why there guys are the best and how we're not the union we used to be. Its like a coach saying these are my kids, I'm proud of them, they play the best, you've got to come and watch. Thats not ALPA.

For several years, my ALPA magazine had never even made it out of the plastic wrapper before going in the trash. About two years ago, I finally called ALPA, and told them not to bother sending it anymore.

Too much self-promotion and too little useful information. What a waste of paper--