Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
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I think you're right for at least the next few years. Although if Delta pulls with MEM what NW did with ATL years ago, the MEM guys are in for a treat of a commute. I remember stories of it taking a couple days for FAs to get home and such.
As has been previously stated, the purple tailed monster will prove a great benefit to those living in mem.
As has been previously stated, the purple tailed monster will prove a great benefit to those living in mem.
What's the over/under on how junior 88 Capt in NYC will go?
Alot of the current NYC 88 Capts live in Boston and will bid the baby bus to get back on the Shuttle.
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That means they would be agreeing to a 2-3% pay cut this year, followed by 3-5% pay cuts every additional year. COLA is not a raise, and less than COLA is a pay cut. We need to learn how basic math works before we try to negotiate with professional negotiators.
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Like a merger with an airline that would have just dumped an extra 15-25% onto the bottom of their list? Then they would plead for relative and every single pilot there would jump up an extra 15-25% percentage. If it ends up being AS, at least that would be a good "learning moment" for those who write our scope.
If I were to dream and look at where other bases are:
Simsek: ORD and maybe LAX, some Asia authorities. SA routes, and maybe MIA itself. Good hub location for them.
Parker, MIA routes to bring to CLT, or MIA itself. NYC Routes to move to PHL
Anderson: NYC terminals, DFW, close MEM, CVG, MSP and SLC have two heartland hubs, four corner posts. Kill One World, JV with JAL. BA and Qantas are back looking for JV partners. JAL an easy decision, helps stop KAL from undercutting NRT hub. HND access for connecting traffic.
Large jets and pilots would go to the airline that get them. LCC, DAL would really like their orders and 777 fleet. UCAL would not need jets just some authorities. LCC would want the routes and jets to Europe.
80's would be parked.
Now of course AMR could escape CH11, and LCC gets parted.
330's to DAL
PHX to LUV
CLT would be a good hub for AMR, and they would bring some of the SA flying out of MIA up to CLT. Better S curve and pricing power for connections.
PHL, well its PHL.
SWA would be a bigger player in this one.
Also, imo if AMR survives and LCC is parted out, B6 and AMR merge.
Just my guesses.
Simsek: ORD and maybe LAX, some Asia authorities. SA routes, and maybe MIA itself. Good hub location for them.
Parker, MIA routes to bring to CLT, or MIA itself. NYC Routes to move to PHL
Anderson: NYC terminals, DFW, close MEM, CVG, MSP and SLC have two heartland hubs, four corner posts. Kill One World, JV with JAL. BA and Qantas are back looking for JV partners. JAL an easy decision, helps stop KAL from undercutting NRT hub. HND access for connecting traffic.
Large jets and pilots would go to the airline that get them. LCC, DAL would really like their orders and 777 fleet. UCAL would not need jets just some authorities. LCC would want the routes and jets to Europe.
80's would be parked.
Now of course AMR could escape CH11, and LCC gets parted.
330's to DAL
PHX to LUV
CLT would be a good hub for AMR, and they would bring some of the SA flying out of MIA up to CLT. Better S curve and pricing power for connections.
PHL, well its PHL.
SWA would be a bigger player in this one.
Also, imo if AMR survives and LCC is parted out, B6 and AMR merge.
Just my guesses.
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NWA moved the DC9 base from ATL and actually put it in DCA for awhile. I think NWA always had mainline equipment from MEM/MSP/DTW to ATL, usually DC9s and 320s. There was a NW mx base for the DC9 in ATL I believe, which is why many rotated through here even after the pilot base went away.
For the last year or so at NWA, ATL-MEM was 3 Mesaba RJs a day. It's what drove me to DTW. This was after the old Southern hangar in ATL was dumped. To my knowledge there was never a NWA DC9 base in ATL. My old man flew the -9 at NWA from 90-97 (Eastern refugee) and commuted to DTW from ATL the whole time.
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Could we also be looking at LCC's A321 fleet and orders?
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