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11-17-2011, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by UncleSam
OK, so did you see the news tonight that a "Delta pilot" on a Delta flight from Asheville to Lagardia was trapped in lav while the only FA onboard this "Delta jet" was in the cockpit. I bet Delta management is sure proud of that! I think we should flood the reps and CPOs with emails about this one.
If your in the mood for some comedy, check out the regional thread post about this "incident".
Either way it's an embarrassment.
11-17-2011, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by UncleSam
OK, so did you see the news tonight that a "Delta pilot" on a Delta flight from Asheville to Lagardia was trapped in lav while the only FA onboard this "Delta jet" was in the cockpit. I bet Delta management is sure proud of that! I think we should flood the reps and CPOs with emails about this one.
11-17-2011, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by UncleSam
OK, so did you see the news tonight that a "Delta pilot" on a Delta flight from Asheville to Lagardia was trapped in lav while the only FA onboard this "Delta jet" was in the cockpit. I bet Delta management is sure proud of that! I think we should flood the reps and CPOs with emails about this one.
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11-17-2011, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DeadHead
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing myself.
If your in the mood for some comedy, check out the regional thread post about this "incident".
Either way it's an embarrassment.
If your in the mood for some comedy, check out the regional thread post about this "incident".
Either way it's an embarrassment.
What were the alternatives for the captain in the lav?
11-17-2011, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by PilotFrog
Which system are you on Diamond or Gold? Thanks. Was going to PM you but you are soooo NEW! LOL
I simply asked that we demand the same increase Delta / UHC has been getting on our health care coverage and a similar decrease in what we cover (productivity).
Since Richard used to run UHC, he surely understands what we mean when we say "increased premium for decreased coverage." UHC's profits are up 21% year on year through the first quarter 2010 so its strategy of acting like an unregulated monopoly (they have good scope) is rewarding them well.
When you baseline the cost of my coverage since 1999 through Delta and its various subsidiaries, the cost is up somewhere in the neighborhood of 350% while coverage is around 80% (very rough number) of what it once provided.
11-17-2011, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by contrails
In slight defense of those involved who are strangers to me, you've got a crappy door design and one single flight attendant on the airplane who is in the cockpit.
What were the alternatives for the captain in the lav?
What were the alternatives for the captain in the lav?
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11-17-2011, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by contrails
In slight defense of those involved who are strangers to me, you've got a crappy door design and one single flight attendant on the airplane who is in the cockpit.
What were the alternatives for the captain in the lav?
What were the alternatives for the captain in the lav?
It's still an embarrassiment to DAL, but like Carl said that's what you get when you outsource your product.
11-17-2011, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by contrails
What were the alternatives for the captain in the lav?
(2) Pull the pins out of the hinge, or
(3) Kick the thing, repeat as necessary
Any Pilot who can't extricate himself from a plastic honeycomb door does not have the common sense to be in command of a jetliner.
Heck, how many of us have had those things simply fall out when bumped?
One one aircraft type Cockpit Door used to fall out when the power was pushed up for takeoff. the French had a complex electromagnet cockpit door locking system with a computer and lights. The problem was the hinges were the same crap that must be used to hold the glove box door on a Citroen 2CV. When a cockpit door hits the floor flat, it is really, REALLY, loud.
The FAA Certified the design. That doesn't say much. The FAA Certified the MD88.
11-17-2011, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(1) Stick his pen in the latch
(2) Pull the pins out of the hinge, or
(3) Kick the thing, repeat as necessary
Any Pilot who can't extricate himself from a plastic honeycomb door does not have the common sense to be in command of a jetliner.
(2) Pull the pins out of the hinge, or
(3) Kick the thing, repeat as necessary
Any Pilot who can't extricate himself from a plastic honeycomb door does not have the common sense to be in command of a jetliner.
I had one of these doors gets stuck one time. The long pin connecting the bi-fold doors together slid out and got caught on the lip of the floor. Almost had to get the axe to pry the door up and slide the pin over the lip. Real pain in the butt!! It would be real hard to get out from the inside. You'd have to put your back against the wall and kick the snot out of the door.
11-17-2011, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by hoserpilot
You'd have to put your back against the wall and kick the snot out of the door.
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