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

I had a sit down with him in 2001ish for a P-Check. I asked him about recapturing 70 seat scope. His replied was that the current economics (pay, retirement, medical, ...) do not work financially for DAL pilots to fly a jet of that size and "besides, what pilot would like to come to Delta from the military or regional to fly a 70 or 50 seat jet."

Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

Why didn't you respond with "What about all those non 'heavy' drivers in the military? Are the C-21, G-V, Saberliner, etc guys not good enough to be a DAL pilot?" What moronic logic he had. :rolleyes:

acl65pilot

11-16-2011 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by firstmob (Post 1085978)

What's up with JFK--MAN/BUD/BER next summer all flights zeroed out in Travelnet?
Are we shrinking more?

Maybe they are getting ready to announce a new JV with a British carrier. :eek:

Probably changing the gauge and you might have caught it mid upload. Go check the sked loads in the Marketing site.

It does look like they had bookings and the flights are cancelled though.

PilotFrog

11-16-2011 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1085638)

All any of 'em get now is a blanket since da judge says yes to freedom of speech, but no to campin' out in public parks...

It actually is a private park that is for public use.

BlueMoon

11-16-2011 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by sevenfiveseven (Post 1086001)

, "besides, what pilot would like to come to Delta from the military or regional to fly a 70 or 50 seat jet."

Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

Probably the same ones I fly with it at my regional...I can count in the past two months at my regional flying with a retired NAvy Hornet Driver, an Army King Air (forgot what the military called it), and a Navy C130 driver. That's not counting the two Army Helo (both retired) guys I had the privelage of flying with.

They'll go to the best place hiring at the time and you won't be hiring if you continue to outsource.

sevenfiveseven

11-16-2011 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1086011)

I did...and here we are :eek:

cni187

11-16-2011 09:44 AM

I'm an ex Air Force guy and I'm happy to be here. On reserve sitting at home with my 4 month old son is awesome! Besides I flew the C-5 so it doesn't matter what I fly at Delta since all the planes are smaller.

cni187

11-16-2011 09:46 AM

not smart enough to post a pic of Freddie

Justdoinmyjob

11-16-2011 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 1085720)

SWA and FDX actually want to run an operation with a proud brand, and only have their pilots take care of that brand.

Funny, I seem to remember while furloughed from Delta and at Gemini Air Cargo, we flew as a subcontractor for FedEx using DC-10s.

tsquare

11-16-2011 10:26 AM

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