Big changes ahead for Delta

[MJ42]

Heyas ACL,

Agreed. Here's to hoping somethng equally fair (or unfair, I suppose) to both sides is hammered out, and we can weather this thing.

I'll say Monday, close of the market. BTW, what's the pot? Free lunch? I'll take mine at Interstate BBQ in MEM, but a 3 piece at Popeye's in ATL will also work.

Nu

Come on now, Rondezvous is the best BBQ in MEM. Plus they serve Yuenglings!

 

[NuGuy]

Come on now, Rondezvous is the best BBQ in MEM. Plus they serve Yuenglings!

Ahhh! Heathen!

Nu

 

[viper548]

Come on now, Rondezvous is the best BBQ in MEM. Plus they serve Yuenglings!

They serve Yuengling there? I wish I would have known that earlier. I had a 20 hour overnight there last month

 

[ATRCA]

My guess is this was my career before you soloed......Were you a "career replacement" when you were a "PeanuckleCRJ" pilot....

I'm not a "career replacement"....I am protecting MY career......

See......thats just it. You can't protect your career any better than the rest of us. Spouting off on this board will not protect anything. There is no solvent alternative to ALPA at the moment. A couple of Regionals leaving ALPA and paying 1.9% of 60K aint gonna get it done.

 

[wings421]

What do you think, Monday at 9:30 sound good for the announcement?

Fine to me as long as my tail is in class.

 

[scarlet]

DL 6% cut coming to delta airlines...

And more will come from other airlines....

And a race back to the courts

 

[MJ42]

Ahhh! Heathen!

Nu

Heathen? You must like the Blues City Cafe? But... Be sure to stop by the Flying Saucer for a "black velvet".

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Are the RJ's operated by Delta?

Delta owns RJ's and also leases them (for Comair) but a majority are owned by the other connection carriers on a fee-per-departure deal which pretty much guarantees a small profit to the commuter whether or not the plane is full......Delta sells and markets the seats, which gives them control of the price.

My opinion about Richard Andersons talk is the non-contract employees (Everybody but Pilots) have been clamoring for a raise to bring them close to industry standard and management is tip-toeing the union push and frenzy caused by the maerger talk. Management was going to give them a raise to keep the unions out and now I think they are going to point at oil and say "Gee, Sorry, Oil is pretty expensive, but we love your SPIRIT!!! (Thumbs up!!)

I have no clue what lift is guaranteed through the fee-through departure arrangement with the connection carriers. There has to be a minimum, with maybe some wiggle room in tough times.....

 

[PCL_128]

that ALPA koolaid is really strong in Memphis

Apparently not as good as that kool-aid laced breast milk you were sucking from Dan Ford's tit.

 

[PCL_128]

No use arguing with a career replacement.

Ohhhh, snap!!! Peanuckle, you're my new hero.

 

[jke406]

.....actually we already have that.....about a hundred ASA pilots have already taken advantage of it in the past year....

So ASA has a "flow up," or preferential interviewing, or whatever...and you STILL haven't been hired.

Pathetic.

Oh, I know...you "don't want to go to Delta" because of [insert Delta bash here].

Then why are you bragging about "flow up" to a company you despise?

good luck to you in the coming weeks.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

We will continue to hire. 47 newbies plus 4 rehires on Monday and at least 70 a month in April.

 

[FDJ2]

The problem with grounding RJs is that will cut domestic feed for the profitable international routes....cut off too much and your international flights won't have enough feed.....
...

If the RJ routes aren't creating the revenue to support themselves, with a few strategic exceptions, DAL can no longer afford to subsidize the route.

At $100/bbl oil, DAL needs deep cuts in the number of RJs at DCI.

Don't be surprised to see the RJ contractor contracts renegotiated. The contractors operational performance has been poor and falls short of their contractual obligations leaving their contract open for renegotiations.

 

[Truckdriver]

I think in the RJ world you will see mainline carriers trying to re-negotiate contracts to have them fly on a cost-basis deal instead of a CPA deal. XJT is flying the LA RJ stuff for Delta and they pay for the gas, not Delta.

 

[maxblast72]

Tanker Clown,

My question stems from a few years ago when I believe Delta was losing $1 million per day (???), while trying to avoid bankruptcy.

I haven't heard any numbers or formulas lately, and was wondering if the current numbers are less/similar/more than last time.

I think a $1 million a day cash burn rate a few years ago is a little low. Pretty sure Delta had some yearly operational losses over $1 Billion a couple of years ago. That means a cash burn rate of $3-4 million every day back in 2004-2005. Obviously, you can't do this for too many years without a trip to the bankruptcy judge.

Maybe Anderson will get the ship righted before they take on too much water this time.