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Originally Posted by alfaromeo
(Post 1174358)
That guy in the article was all over the place. First he asserts that the Ex-Im bank only gives loans to companies that have no access to credit but then claims Delta pays higher interest because they have a poor credit rating. Do these other carriers have high credit ratings or do they not have access to credit, you have to pick one or the other.
Second, he claims that there is no subsidy in the Ex-Im bank. Then he claims if we end the Ex-Im then carriers will all go to Airbus because they have subsidies. Which is it, are there subsidies or not? This was probably written by a Boeing PR guy and handed off to Forbes along with a large advertisement buy. |
Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 1174425)
Wow, a scheduled MD88 ATL-MCO turn on Wednesday? No deadheads? Crazy stuff.
I swear there are so many 757s flying out of MCO it's insane we don't have a pilot hub there. I mean you have 32 757s flights to and from ATL, 8 757s to and from MSP, 12 757s to and from DTW and 2 757s each to and from LAX and SLC. That's 56 flights that either land or leave MCO every day, why can't it be a MCO pilot hub? It's a maintenance hub and a flight attendant hub, but not pilots? How many 757 pilots have to be put up a night there? Well, this I know, every pilot on an overnight there has to be provided a hotel. FTB |
Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
(Post 1174429)
I had a layover in MCO last trip and also marveled at the size of the MCO operation. It sure would make sense to open up a base there... and boy would it go senior!
There is NO MONEY IN FLORIDA!!!! Srsly though I think we're being indirectly penalized to fund the never ending marketing blank check that's been given. Fly anything, anywhere, regardless of trip construction, pilot productivity or basing, that generates one penny more revenue. So every city gets every plane in the fleet and nothing makes sense for a base for any one of them. Then the company squeals about how unproductive we are with all the low credit days and long sits and overnights because of the marketing situation they created along with their choice to have a zillion fleet types in the first place. They then pile on that said lack of productivity is the reason we can't achieve profitable LCC parity, but maybe we can scrounge up some used fleet refreshment jets at the bottom end for 10 million each, but only if we can order and outsource more 20-40 million dollar "RJ's". canihazMBA? |
FTB is now cleaning the house.
I talked to the wife. She said, why would you want to be on the internet instead of cleaning the house? http://www.gifflix.com/files/7b3a13aedcfd.gif Actually I don't know what she said. I just had the sudden urge to do something, so now I'm cleaning. |
Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 1174465)
FTB is now cleaning the house.
I talked to the wife. She said, why would you want to be on the internet instead of cleaning the house? http://www.gifflix.com/files/7b3a13aedcfd.gif Actually I don't know what she said. I just had the sudden urge to do something, so now I'm cleaning. Annnd...you missed a spot, over there, behind the Fridge! :D I got to go put the dogs out and swap the laundry and take in the trash cans and get the kids and...this is why I was never going to get married! |
Originally Posted by forgot to bid
(Post 1174465)
FTB is now cleaning the house.
I talked to the wife. She said, why would you want to be on the internet instead of cleaning the house? http://www.gifflix.com/files/7b3a13aedcfd.gif Actually I don't know what she said. I just had the sudden urge to do something, so now I'm cleaning. I knew you'd regret putting that in writing. Carl |
Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
(Post 1174429)
I had a layover in MCO last trip and also marveled at the size of the MCO operation. It sure would make sense to open up a base there... and boy would it go senior!
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Originally Posted by gloopy
(Post 1174462)
OK first of all there is no money in Florida. None. And forget about Florida to Europe. There is absolutely zero money there, as evidenced by the high number of money losing super premium widebodies there at any given time. They are only doing those money losing routes to help repay their WWI/II and subsequent perpetual defense debts to us. They are doing us a favor. Likewise, Florida bases are why SWA and JB are about to liquidate.
There is NO MONEY IN FLORIDA!!!! Srsly though I think we're being indirectly penalized to fund the never ending marketing blank check that's been given. Fly anything, anywhere, regardless of trip construction, pilot productivity or basing, that generates one penny more revenue. So every city gets every plane in the fleet and nothing makes sense for a base for any one of them. Then the company squeals about how unproductive we are with all the low credit days and long sits and overnights because of the marketing situation they created along with their choice to have a zillion fleet types in the first place. They then pile on that said lack of productivity is the reason we can't achieve profitable LCC parity, but maybe we can scrounge up some used fleet refreshment jets at the bottom end for 10 million each, but only if we can order and outsource more 20-40 million dollar "RJ's". canihazMBA? When I was a newb, I was based in MIA, then later BOS. Most of what DAL (and EAL) did was fly 727's and L10-11's, BOS/LGA to MIA, FLL, MCO, TPA, PBI. I remember reading in Airline Pilot mag, that at that time, the North East to FLorida market was 40% of all US Domestic passengers! Every night in BOS there were 5 L10-11's parked there, all going to Florida the next morning, and there were more parked at BDL, which would go directly to BOS or LGA in the morning, then on to FLL, PBI, MIA. For a while DAL was flying L15's from MCO to London and Frankfurt as well. Oh...and up until Mo'Ron took over, and bought Pan Am, (1991) Delta had NEVER lost money, ever. Then Mo'Ron started buying MD-11's and trying to "Rule the World" and well...that's when the furloughs started. Funny how Delta was able to make money in the North East-Florida market back then, even with People Express selling seats in that same market, for $19. |
Originally Posted by TenYearsGone
(Post 1173791)
I think LW sucks. My back and shoulder are hurting (maybe its from the ER seats). The thing bends and breaks and cuts up my car's interior. The funny thing is the zippers/tracks are breaking too.
I bought the thing because, like a sheep, I noticed almost every pilot had one. Im going back to my Travel Pro 22 suiter. It lasted over 15 years (two complimentary repairs) and it fit a little more than my LW. Plus it was light and I had never had a zipper issue. The 22 TP cost $99 and will be cheaper to buy than fix the LW. Again, this is my opinion based on owning both bags. TEN |
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