Wow, I guess Anderson would keep those DC9s forever......riiight. He can't sell them to anyone, so maybe you could keep flying them forever, and always ask for headings...
Typical BS from Generally. It's really hard to believe that someone with such an incredible short-dick syndrome could actually get hired at a major, but hey, congrats on being the embarrassment to your pilot group that you are. Please elaborate on how accepting radar vectors affects profitability. Looking forward to your full report on that.
Airtran, and other LCCs, would love to take some of your profit pie in MSP. If they see an opportunity, they could take it, ATL is maxed out. As you shed your 30 DC9s this year, there might be room. Ah, you will luckily just put E175s in their place. Good?
Yeah, they would love to. I'd love to be Hugh Hefner too. Too bad they have been handing you your sizeable ass for years now in ATL.
You have 23 daily mainline flights out of IND, with only one going to LGA, and the Cancun flight is on a Saturday only (according to OAG). That is a huge base. Your RJ 50s out number your flights 2 to 1.
You asked what mainline flights we had out of IND. I answered you. Read the post. Try to keep up Poindexter. The only thing shorter than your attention span is your.....
We do probably get 55% of our revenue from ATL, because we have other large hubs. You have 3, with MEM being marginal and IND insignificant. We have ATL and JFK, followed by CVG and SLC, and then LAX.
And a total of zero are infested with LCC competition unlike ATL & JFK
Did we give our DC9s to Valujet? They may have come from Delta originally, but not directly from us. You are the moron here. Yeah, we just sold them our DC9s. Do you know when we got rid of ours? If they got them from someone else, then that is not our fault. When did Valuejet start? In the mid 90s. When did we last fly them? In the 80s. Wow, you smart man........
Can you get any dumber on a public forum? Delta Airlines retired the DC-9 in 1992. Delta Air Lines sold several of their -9's to ValueJet Airlines. You could look it up if you weren't so busy making a fool of yourself here playing the part of the clueless, arrogant, deeply insecure playground bully.
And here is another funny one. ATL is the busiest airport in the world. If you want to rank it by revenue, then great dork. I was ranking it by passengers and flights, like most people. But, you are sooooo special. I would rank you in the top 1% for tools.
Yeah, make sure you don't rank it by measurements that actually mean things to investors, creditors, and the business world. Measure it by number of feet walking through. Anything to distract from DAL's sub-prime financials.
Do we need 787s now? No. You do. You are running out of anything new. We are getting planes that are bigger, pay more, fly the same range, and can carry more pax and cargo. Ever heard of the 777LR? You will. That is the plane passing your A330 from BOM to AMS, while we are going nonstop to JFK. Can't wait to see your 787 in Bangalore... When will the 787 fly again? Has it flown? I think you may get Space Shuttles too.......right.
For, like the 10th time, it is glaringly obvious that you just can't understand the mission of the 787 vs the 777LR. I'm sorry you have such a limited cerebral ability in that regard. The 787 will make money on thinner routes that the 777LR would not. Next time you're in RIO, if you EVER leave your room, find a local market and buy an apple and an orange. Take them back to your room and stare at them until this makes sense to you.
Why does our management want your Asia ops?
Because it makes more money than your Atlantic ops. Well, it might be faster than creating one ourselves, but we certainly can do it on our own, and bypass NRT all together. I think they would like to have it now so they can offer worldwide coverage. You certainly can't do anything but Asia and 5 or 6 total European cities.
Yeah, how will we ever get by not being able to do "anything but" operate in the highest profit region of the airline world. Oh yeah, you have Mumbai too. You are the largest "regional" in the world. Asia is your specialty, and you are Tokyo's "darling" airline....riiight.
Ask an Asian what "Delta" is and tell me what they say.Wow, get over yourself and your old planes and cold bases. That is what you have, no way around it. Bummer.
What we "have" is markedly better financials by every metric out there. No way around it. But don't worry. I'm actually sympathetic to the fact that you couldn't debate something factually or on point if your life depended on it.
I'll check back for you reply about aircraft size,avionics, radar vectors,number of Starbucks in various terminals, etc.
Ouch!
Ouch!
Bye Bye--General Lee
Wow, you are getting mad and nasty. It is tough for you to debate me, and you resort to "short dong" stuff. It really shows how you have no answers to my reply. Talk about a bully. Wow, you know about when we retired our DC9s. Great. We got rid of them because they were old and nasty. You still have some, which makes you AWESOME. Thanks, for the 10th time, telling me the difference between the 787 and 777LR missions. We like the 777LR missions, but you BRAG about your 787s that are coming sometime this century. Great. Any more expansion for you in the near term? Nope. You are still waiting for your 787s to fly the first flight. Good luck with that sizzle chest. Thinner routes for the 787s, eh? Of course, that makes sense now. Bangalore, India is just waiting for you. Enjoy the toilet there.
And, you love to spout off about your better financials. No doubt about it, you probably have better financials at the moment. We, on the otherhand, have a better airline, better planes, better bases, trust among our own pilot group (not like your greenbook/redbook krap), better pay, better work rules, and a better BOSS. You lose sucka. Rio rules too, have fun in Rochester.
Bye Bye--General Lee
uke:
. As far as the 787s go, I haven't seen one yet. Have you? Has anyone? Also, you only have 18 firm orders on the 787s, not 68. We have options on our 738s that can be converted to 777s, but that isn't a sure thing until we exercise them. You haven't yet. Sounds like you need to brush up on the FACTS too while you're at it.
