DAL 757 with no Wemacs??

[CA1900]

My company books me on a Delta 757 from Orlando to Atlanta this morning. It's running late, because the APU died on the previous turn, so the thing's already hot and stuffy. The ground air cart isn't doing a whole lot to help things.

I get to my seat in the hot airplane, and reach up to open the air vent -- and there isn't one. I look around, and there aren't any wemacs in the whole damn cabin!

Everybody on the plane is fanning themselves with briefing cards in the heat, hoping the maybe once the engines get started, it'll get a little better. Not really...

The interior of the plane was beat to hell; the plastic molding piece around the window fell off when I touched it, and my seatbelt detached from its anchor during the flight. Niiiice....

Where in the world did DAL find this POS? Are wemacs really an option on the 757 that they decided not to order?

 

[embpic1]

They were removed to save weight....

Seriously, that is pretty weird. I have never seen a Pax jet without them.

 

[DrewBlows]

My company books me on a Delta 757 from Orlando to Atlanta this morning. It's running late, because the APU died on the previous turn, so the thing's already hot and stuffy. The ground air cart isn't doing a whole lot to help things.

I get to my seat in the hot airplane, and reach up to open the air vent -- and there isn't one. I look around, and there aren't any wemacs in the whole damn cabin!

Everybody on the plane is fanning themselves with briefing cards in the heat, hoping the maybe once the engines get started, it'll get a little better. Not really...

The interior of the plane was beat to hell; the plastic molding piece around the window fell off when I touched it, and my seatbelt detached from its anchor during the flight. Niiiice....

Where in the world did DAL find this POS? Are wemacs really an option on the 757 that they decided not to order?

flame.

 

[CopilotDoug]

I'm sure everyting is optional. On the upside...it's less mx for DAL!

 

[CA1900]

flame.

Uhhh.... no. I rode on it. I'd have taken a picture of the overhead console if I had thought of it.

Delta 692, MCO-ATL, this morning. It left 36 minutes late, meaning I missed my connection to Wilmington. It left 5 minutes after we blocked in (pushed 5 early), and we got to enjoy 3 extra hours in ATL waiting for the next one.


The only other oddity was that the Smoking and FSB signs had Korean text over the English. Second-hand airplane, maybe?

 

[~~~^~~~]

What's a "wemac." Don't that chant "owe wemac" in that annoying the Lion Sleeps Tonight song?

 

[CA1900]

Could it be ....

Somebody doesn't know the difference between a 757 and a 767....?

No, I'm quite sure of what a 757 looks like. But in case you need proof:

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1328/delta2pw9.png

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Uhhh.... no. I rode on it. I'd have taken a picture of the overhead console if I had thought of it.

Delta 692, MCO-ATL, this morning. It left 36 minutes late, meaning I missed my connection to Wilmington. It left 5 minutes after we blocked in (pushed 5 early), and we got to enjoy 3 extra hours in ATL waiting for the next one.


The only other oddity was that the Smoking and FSB signs had Korean text over the English. Second-hand airplane, maybe?

I noticed you blocked the ticket price. Did you get to your destination? Then sit down and STFU! You didn't even pay for your ticket numbnuts!
Oh by the way, "welcome aboard!"

 

[CA1900]

Did you get to your destination? Then sit down and STFU!

:laugh:

That's the Delta I know and love.



Most of Delta's cabins are clean and nice; this was definitely an oddity in their fleet. I just wonder what the story is behind it, because I've never seen a narrowbody without adjustable air vents.

I noticed you blocked the ticket price.

I notice you guys keep editing your messages while I'm replying to them.

 

[General Lee]

My company books me on a Delta 757 from Orlando to Atlanta this morning. It's running late, because the APU died on the previous turn, so the thing's already hot and stuffy. The ground air cart isn't doing a whole lot to help things.

I get to my seat in the hot airplane, and reach up to open the air vent -- and there isn't one. I look around, and there aren't any wemacs in the whole damn cabin!

Everybody on the plane is fanning themselves with briefing cards in the heat, hoping the maybe once the engines get started, it'll get a little better. Not really...

The interior of the plane was beat to hell; the plastic molding piece around the window fell off when I touched it, and my seatbelt detached from its anchor during the flight. Niiiice....

Where in the world did DAL find this POS? Are wemacs really an option on the 757 that they decided not to order?

Ex ATA bird. Not too many in fleet. Next time, make sure you inform the stews, who MIGHT call us.

That is what I LOVE MOST about you Netjet guys. You love to brag about your great contract and your Salmon lunches made to order at your FBOs, but YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TSA AND FLY ON AIRLINES atleast twice a tour. AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA. Hillarious. Enjoy what we enjoy. Sorry about the lack of vents.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Scope out RJ's]

:laugh:

That's the Delta I know and love.

The Delta motto:

We're not happy until you're not happy!

 

[CopilotDoug]

No, I'm quite sure of what a 757 looks like. But in case you need proof:

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1328/delta2pw9.png

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!

 

[CA1900]

Ex ATA bird. Not too many in fleet. Next time, make sure you inform the stews, who MIGHT call us.

Inform them of what? That the air vents are missing? :laugh: I got the window molding to stay back in, but it was definitely not a good interior on that plane.

The seatbelt didn't detach until about 15 prior to landing; I handed it to the stew on the way out the door and gave her my seat number. The spring to keep the latch closed was missing.

That is what I LOVE MOST about you Netjet guys. You love to brag about your great contract and your Salmon lunches made to order at your FBOs, but YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TSA AND FLY ON AIRLINES atleast twice a tour.

Beats twice a day, which is what I left!

Not ragging on Delta, just this particular airplane, which was a freak of the fleet. Thanks for the info about it being ex-ATA; that explains why it's so different from the 757s with IFE that I usually end up on.

 

[~~~^~~~]

Delta appreciates your, and your company's business..

Delta used have some 767's without overhead vents and I thought it was probably one of those.

 

[CA1900]

Gotcha. I just thought the layout was weird enough that I had to share it with my Flightinfo family. :laugh:

On a positive note, we were too late to do the trip, so we ended up just staying in Wilmington. Paddy's Hollow Pub is delicious, by the way. :beer:

 

[Quimby]

I noticed you blocked the ticket price. Did you get to your destination? Then sit down and STFU! You didn't even pay for your ticket numbnuts!
Oh by the way, "welcome aboard!"

....but he's still your customer, "numbnuts".

nice attitude.

 

[TWA Dude]

At AWA we have a few 737s and even an A320 without the vents (punka louvers for you ex Junkstream drivers). I hope whichever airlines order airplanes without them are all out of business.

 

[mt2]

G. Lee is correct, of course. I believe DAL got 4 of our ex P&W powered 757's. And that other language isn't Korean, we got the airplanes from Singapore. Yep, they've been around the block a few times.

 

[crj567]

Ex ATA bird. Not too many in fleet. Next time, make sure you inform the stews, who MIGHT call us.

That is what I LOVE MOST about you Netjet guys. You love to brag about your great contract and your Salmon lunches made to order at your FBOs, but YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TSA AND FLY ON AIRLINES atleast twice a tour. AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA. Hillarious. Enjoy what we enjoy. Sorry about the lack of vents.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Now THAT'S great CUSTOMER SERVICE!

-Tooltruck!

 

[VGerect]

I've also rode on one of these oddball Delta 75's without the psu vents/wemacs/gaspers or whatever you prefer to call them. I thought it was weird at the time but forgot about it after the flight. Yes it was hot on that damn thing in PBI. Got my netjet uniform all sweaty back in cattle class.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I know that there are a few of them out there, but not many, and yes they are annoying.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Ships 6901-4 are these. I flew one of them a few weeks ago.... it's a craphole up front, too. The recircs and wind noise was alot louder than most of the rest of the fleet and everything seemed to be more beat up.

I guess they have been around the block as well as been down to UIO a few too many times.

They are called PSU's officially...not wemacs.

 

[General Lee]

I've also rode on one of these oddball Delta 75's without the psu vents/wemacs/gaspers or whatever you prefer to call them. I thought it was weird at the time but forgot about it after the flight. Yes it was hot on that damn thing in PBI. Got my netjet uniform all sweaty back in cattle class.

Let me guess, you don't fly the Ultra or Beechjunk? Guess what? Those are hot too with no APU, and those customers have to deal with the same thing, but at a higher price. Get used to it, and if you have a problem on my 757 while at the gate, and I am not eating, I will cool it off for you.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Now THAT'S great CUSTOMER SERVICE!

-Tooltruck!

I find it quite amusing, these Netjets guys, who still have to airline travel around. They can try to avoid it all they want, and still have to go through TSA and sitting between fat people. Even I don't have to do that........I can sit upfront if I want and there is a heck of a lot more room.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Cornelius]

CA1900 was probably an airline flunky who went to NJ when they were begging for pilots back in 2003/2004.

 

[CA1900]

Let me guess, you don't fly the Ultra or Beechjunk? Guess what? Those are hot too with no APU, and those customers have to deal with the same thing...

Not even close. They were designed to operate without an APU, and thus have a electric freon system that'll run on either ground power or an engine generator.

...and if you have a problem on my 757 while at the gate, and I am not eating, I will cool it off for you.

Not sure how you'd have done it this morning; the APU was shot and the air cart was hooked up and set to "frosty," but it just wasn't moving much air in the cabin. I blame gophers in the plumbing.

CA1900 was probably an airline flunky who went to NJ when they were begging for pilots back in 2003/2004.

Uhhh... no. I started in '06. 4/10 on the troll-o-meter, but good try.

 

[Palomino]

rode on a Frontier 737 back in the late 90's without the overhead air vents. first and last time i've seen it. makes no sense.

and yes...the 'eyeball' type vent is known as a wemac.

http://www.chiefaircraft.com/Aircraft/Hardware/Images/STA_AV125C.jpg

 

[Buddro]

I find it quite amusing, these Netjets guys, who still have to airline travel around. They can try to avoid it all they want, and still have to go through TSA and sitting between fat people. Even I don't have to do that........I can sit upfront if I want and there is a heck of a lot more room.


Bye Bye--General Lee

Just in cast your not aware, most of us Netjets guys have "medallion status" with Delta. This year I will make GOLD MEDALLION. You may get your seat up front with alot more room as a Non-Rev, however most times I get a revenue seat in FIRST CLASS. YES that's right a seat in first class as a FULL FARE REVENUE PASSENGER, YES Y CLASS TICKETS.

You know it's funny how your railing on Netjets guys, most Delta guys come up to us in the terminal and thank us for our buisness. It's good to know that some guys realize companies like Netjets are the ones that keep them in buisness during slow/rough times.

You better learn who's a$$ needs to be kissed!

The customer is always RIGHT, B.I.T.C.H.!!!

 

[Cornelius]

Buddro, Netjets keeps the airlines in business??

 

[General Lee]

Just in cast your not aware, most of us Netjets guys have "medallion status" with Delta. This year I will make GOLD MEDALLION. You may get your seat up front with alot more room as a Non-Rev, however most times I get a revenue seat in FIRST CLASS. YES that's right a seat in first class as a FULL FARE REVENUE PASSENGER, YES Y CLASS TICKETS.

You know it's funny how your railing on Netjets guys, most Delta guys come up to us in the terminal and thank us for our buisness. It's good to know that some guys realize companies like Netjets are the ones that keep them in buisness during slow/rough times.

You better learn who's a$$ needs to be kissed!

The customer is always RIGHT, B.I.T.C.H.!!!

Well, I don't see many of you, since I usually do INTL flying away from the US. Wait, you might see me though. You know my 767ER that is up against the glass at the terminal? That is me, the guy in the cool shades, sitting in the right seat with a big smile, waiting to go to Rio or Athens. As far as you being the customer, that is sometimes your choice, and sometimes not your choice, since your company is purchasing the ticket, usually at a bulk rate, even though it is often a walk up fare. It is great that you are a Delta medallion flier. If you don't want to be, then that is your choice. But, to rail on airline pilots about this and that, and then having to fly twice a tour on the airlines, I find it funny. But you bet, if you want me to cool off the plane, I will do it, eventually. And you guys are keeping us in business? Right. You mean your high prices are driving people back to Airline first class? Hey, thanks for that. Two things can happen in a bad economy. Either private jet owners may think their own planes are too expensive, and go to the fractionals, or people at the fractionals think it is too expensive, and reluctantly go back to the Airlines' first class services. If you are talking about the latter, then THANKS.


Bye Bye---General Lee