Delta Rumors

[Doug Taylor]

Just for basic trivial consumption:

From my unions forum. Completely uncorroborated. Nothing beyond "Heard from a guy who was talking to a chief pilot after a big meeting in ATL" but:

* 777 order grows from 6 to 8 (good)
* UAL in deep kimchee (bad)
* Delta "plans" to resume hiring in the fall (great)

Again, these are purely uncorroborated rumors.

[frequentflya]

More power to ya.

[Capt. Caucasian]

I've been trying to get into the DALPA forum all day. It just won't load. What else am I supposed to do while sitting short call?

[Hacker15e]

At least they're not talking about furloughs at DAL.

[Polar742]

Somebody has a glimmer.

Great for DL. That's the NEW south.

[Doug Taylor]

Originally Posted by Capt. Caucasian

I've been trying to get into the DALPA forum all day. It just won't load. What else am I supposed to do while sitting short call?

1. alpa.org

2. log on.

3. click webboards.

4. Acknowledge the "OMG! OMG! Behave or we'll get SOOOOD!" statement.

5. Select and confirm the "ALPA message board" not the DALPA.

6. Click "boards" underneath the webboards graphic.

7. Click "DAL MEC" on the right screen.

8. Voila, you've just circumvented the port forwarding that's causing all of the problems.

[BobDDuck]

I had a long discussion with an ALPA IT guy about the web forum you guys use. Apparently they switched to a .asp forum but that didn't have the control that was required so they dumped it in favor of good old webboards.

That's good (potentially) news though.

[Bluto]

Someone on some rumor-mongering forum mentioned the potential of downsizing the LAX NG category. Anyone heard that one? I'm starting to get a little nervous since I'm averaging about 20 hours/month on reserve. Don't get me wrong, I love the part-time gig, but I'm a little concerned. Am I just paranoid from my years of abuse at the regionals?

[Doug Taylor]

Are you at Southernjets? You must have slipped in under my radar!

[SmitteyB]

Delta impresses me. They needed to merge and they will.

United will liquidate by Xmas at their rate, they need to merge. Their only possible merge partner is US Airways and Tilton would rather take the company under than merge with them.

Good on you Delta!

[mwflyer]

Originally Posted by SmitteyB

Delta impresses me. They needed to merge and they will.

United will liquidate by Xmas at their rate, they need to merge. Their only possible merge partner is US Airways and Tilton would rather take the company under than merge with them.

Good on you Delta!

if united and usair merge the combined company would go under as well. just my opinion though.

[SmitteyB]

I don't know.

US Airways has no Asia presence. United does.

US Airways is king of the east and United is king of the west.

I think would be massive reductions, but at least both airlines would survive.

[meyers9163]

Originally Posted by SmitteyB

I don't know.

US Airways has no Asia presence. United does.

US Airways is king of the east and United is king of the west.

I think would be massive reductions, but at least both airlines would survive.

United goes under perhaps USair now has an Asia presence? Now of course I would not want to see that but you never know what CEO's are thinking.

[Cptnchia]

Originally Posted by meyers9163

United goes under perhaps USair now has an Asia presence?

Does LCC have enough money to buy UAL's Asian routes. I would think that they would go to the highest bidder in a fire sale.

[Capt. Caucasian]

Originally Posted by SmitteyB

US Airways is king of the east

That is so funny on so many levels. Never heard of DAL have you?

[Cptnchia]

Originally Posted by SmitteyB

US Airways is king of the east

Originally Posted by Capt. Caucasian

That is so funny on so many levels. Never heard of DAL have you?

No, no, they are the DYSFUNCTIONAL king of the East.

[surreal1221]

Originally Posted by Capt. Caucasian

That is so funny on so many levels. Never heard of DAL have you?

I actually choked on my Root Beer. . .too funny.

[BobDDuck]

Originally Posted by meyers9163

United goes under perhaps USair now has an Asia presence? Now of course I would not want to see that but you never know what CEO's are thinking.

Airways already has permission for an Asian presence, and they just delayed that because they couldn't figure out how to get an airplane for it.

[Doug Taylor]

Originally Posted by BobDDuck

Airways already has permission for an Asian presence, and they just delayed that because they couldn't figure out how to get an airplane for it.

"Hello Airbus? I'd like to place an order. Yes, umm, a couple planes that'd make it from the eastern US to China. Do you deliver? Great, here's my credit card number..."

[georgetg]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

1. alpa.org
2. log on.
3. click webboards.
4. Acknowledge the "OMG! OMG! Behave or we'll get SOOOOD!" statement.
5. Select and confirm the "ALPA message board" not the DALPA.
6. Click "boards" underneath the webboards graphic.
7. Click "DAL MEC" on the right screen.
8. Voila, you've just circumvented the port forwarding that's causing all of the problems.

Right ON Doug! Finally DALMEC rumots in Safari! Mow if they can only get the silly middleware vendor Jacada to wake up and realize that Safari is a browser we'll have full access to everything without constantly switching browsers...

Originally Posted by Bluto

Someone on some rumor-mongering forum mentioned the potential of downsizing the LAX NG category. Anyone heard that one? I'm starting to get a little nervous since I'm averaging about 20 hours/month on reserve. Don't get me wrong, I love the part-time gig, but I'm a little concerned. Am I just paranoid from my years of abuse at the regionals?

LAX NG to be reduced? I'm not sure about that with the 700s coming. They still have crews from SLC and ATL overnighting on Wilshire so airplane orders/money wise that rumot sounds bunk to me...
FWIW Gary and Steve mentioned a buildup for the next 2 months...

Cheers
George

[777forever]

Originally Posted by SmitteyB

I don't know.

US Airways has no Asia presence. United does.

US Airways is king of the east and United is king of the west.

I think would be massive reductions, but at least both airlines would survive.

Originally Posted by Cptnchia

Does LCC have enough money to buy UAL's Asian routes. I would think that they would go to the highest bidder in a fire sale.

Originally Posted by Capt. Caucasian

That is so funny on so many levels. Never heard of DAL have you?

Originally Posted by Cptnchia

No, no, they are the DYSFUNCTIONAL king of the East.

Originally Posted by surreal1221

I actually choked on my Root Beer. . .too funny.

I've heard in the good ole' days US Airways was nicknamed "The Beast in the East" Im pretty sure those days are gone...

[deadstick]

The "Beast" just canceled two 330 deliveries and soon will give pax an option: For $2 you can either have a soft drink or a share of LCC.

Seriously folks, what's up with this share price?!?! THAT is scary.

[Doug Taylor]

Or at Southernjets, lemme check... I think a share of stock will get you an Amstel Light and a bit of pocket change onboard!

[SmitteyB]

Originally Posted by Capt. Caucasian

That is so funny on so many levels. Never heard of DAL have you?

I guess I should clarify.

Delta rules the south.

US Airways is north/east. Like it or not, but US Airways is the biggest carrier in the NE.

[mccube5]

Originally Posted by SmitteyB

US Airways is north/east. Like it or not, but US Airways is the biggest carrier in the NE.

i think that clarifies things a little better so that you won't get chewed up. without a doubt USair dominates the northeast.