Originally Posted by Gearjerk (Post 1176532)

Jungle,

My intentions aren't to discredit your good news, as I hope the hiring starts and doesn't end for a long, long time. :)

Just curious as to whether it was formal communication from your leadership? (i.e. letter, email, crew information file?) Or if the Chief Pilot told someone who told you?

Thanks,

GJ

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 1176528)

A lot of scuttle but lately about telling pilots to get their apps updated as well. Let's wait and see what happens if we ratify a contract.

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1176497)

That is pretty awesome news.

Truth is, this is shaping up to be a banner DAL year: Record profits, more aircraft, TA before amendable date, (unknown merger), etc. The eurozone is the current fly in the ointment for maybe other things.

Originally Posted by JungleBus (Post 1176521)

Sorry, my wording was a bit imprecise. 110 Compass flowups implies at least 360 total DELTA newhires. My reasoning is that Compass can only flow 20 per month, so 110 equals six months of hiring, and Delta hired a total of 60 per month the last two times around (two classes of 30). 6*60=360. More are possible because, as I mentioned, 110 is the maximum number that can flow from Compass in any 12-month period. On the other hand, it's always possible that they're *only* planning on taking Compass (and Mesaba) flowups. I think that's unlikely, though.

Originally Posted by CVG767A (Post 1176551)

Glen Hauenstein, as quoted by TheStreet.com:

"Thirdly, counter-intuitively, the trans-Atlantic produced Delta's highest unit revenue in the first quarter, despite Europe's weakening economies." Hauenstein said. Trans-Atlantic PRASM grew 22% following a 9% capacity cut.

"Business travel in the aggregate is increasing despite the fact that Europe's in a recession," Hauenstein said. "That's contrary to what we expect. The U.S. is seeing opportunities in Europe to work (so) business traffic goes up.

4 Things to Like About Delta - TheStreet

Originally Posted by Jesse (Post 1176534)

What did we have to give up for that?:D

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1176497)

That is pretty awesome news.

Truth is, this is shaping up to be a banner DAL year: Record profits, more aircraft, TA before amendable date, (unknown merger), etc. The eurozone is the current fly in the ointment for maybe other things.

Originally Posted by CVG767A (Post 1176551)

Glen Hauenstein, as quoted by TheStreet.com:

"Thirdly, counter-intuitively, the trans-Atlantic produced Delta's highest unit revenue in the first quarter, despite Europe's weakening economies." Hauenstein said. Trans-Atlantic PRASM grew 22% following a 9% capacity cut.

"Business travel in the aggregate is increasing despite the fact that Europe's in a recession," Hauenstein said. "That's contrary to what we expect. The U.S. is seeing opportunities in Europe to work (so) business traffic goes up.

4 Things to Like About Delta - TheStreet

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1176568)

Scambo,

I too am a bit optimistic, but lets not get ahead of ourselves here - all the good you speak of above (and I hope it comes to be) are currently just forecasts - none of it has happened yet.

Scoop

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1176568)

Scambo,

I too am a bit optimistic, but lets not get ahead of ourselves here - all the good you speak of above (and I hope it comes to be) are currently just forecasts - none of it has happened yet.

Scoop