Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1087202)

Oh wait, AE still open... Death trap.

The MD-88.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1087227)

Sure beats the

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1087229)

What happened? Was the airplane frozen and they added hot oil and an open flame and the whole thing burned to the ground?

See, watch this video from our own Denny Crane:



You tell me. Frozen airplane. Oil. Open flame. Disaster.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1087218)

Yikes! Not making fun at their expense. Having been boned three (or four, depending on the definition of "getting boned") times since the merger, it is easy to be sympathetic. Everyone hates a base closure. Especially when they are keeping the FA base and just shifting the cost of NYC lodging to junior pilots.

My explanation as to how the bid window got expanded remains the same, or at least that's the story among the bottom management types.

In the past Delta has carried a few extra in category over and no displaced as many as initially published. ACL tells me it is unlikely in this bid, but we can always hope.

... and once again, folks down at my juniority are talking about going elsewhere. Last time Delta held a few back in category and it turned out to be mostly talk.

Originally Posted by LeineLodge (Post 1087234)

The Shat just took about 7 minutes from me. Watch the "real fryer fire" video afterwards for a wakeup call.

Where do you find this crap ftb? :D

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1087236)

I guess I just think they can see with the 767 going away and say the ER goes senior that MD'd 737 pilots will go to another airplane's initial and then return as soon as they can to the 737. Given that 757s and 767s will be replaced by 100-130 future 739s why MD off that category? That's going to cost a lot of money.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 1086867)

Three airports with reports as early as 5 AM. Look at the open time pot, mostly MEX trips. I would not sit reserve on the ER with having three airports of responsibility.

Just my .02, ymmv.

Originally Posted by tomgoodman (Post 1087128)

http://www.hilmerby.com/md80/mdhydpump.jpg

Here's a question for "MadDog Mushers": What's the real reason that the Aux pump switch has an OVRD position?

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1087236)

Given that 757s and 767s will be replaced by 100-130 future 739s