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.

11-16-2011 | 08:16 AM

#80672

acl65pilot

Happy to be here

Joined: Jun 2006

Posts: 18,563

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From: A-320A

Quote:

Originally Posted by firstmob

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.

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.

Last edited by acl65pilot; 11-16-2011 at 08:49 AM.

11-16-2011 | 08:39 AM

#80673

PilotFrog

Line Holder

Joined: Sep 2007

Posts: 1,257

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tsquare

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.

11-16-2011 | 09:05 AM

#80674

BlueMoon

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Feb 2007

Posts: 3,045

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From: FO

Quote:

Originally Posted by sevenfiveseven

, "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.

11-16-2011 | 09:07 AM

#80675

sevenfiveseven

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Dec 2008

Posts: 311

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From: MD88A

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnso29

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.

I did...and here we are

11-16-2011 | 09:44 AM

#80676

cni187

Doing Nothing

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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.