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Voice Of Reason
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I hope so too
Just what I am hearing. I know they want em, and the time frame, but as we know things have a way of changing.
Why would you guys WANT to merge w/Alaska? Won't that start the whole seniority fiasco all over again?
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(This message is hidden because Tanker Clown has been on your ignore list since day 1)
Just saw this...better get rid of those RJs while you can
too much trouble.
"Delta carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines grounds 60 jetsBy Dan Reed, USA TODAY
As many as 10,000 Delta Air Lines(DAL) customers had their travels disrupted Wednesday when Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a Delta Connection regional carrier, grounded 60 regional jets to inspect 87 engines that had been allowed to continue operating past their time limits.
Atlanta-based ASA, owned by SkyWest, based in St. George, Utah, expects to complete the inspection of all those engines and to have all 60 planes back in service by late Thursday, spokeswoman Kate Modolo said. But that means several thousand more travelers Thursday could be affected.
The planes involved are CRJ-200s made by Canada's Bombardier and equipped with engines from General Electric.
Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta, said ASA officials discovered Tuesday that the engines involved had been allowed to exceed the maximum of 4,000 hours of operation between inspections. That, she said, required the immediate grounding of the planes on which the engines are mounted until inspections and any necessary repairs are completed.
Modolo refused to say how many flights were canceled or divulge how many passengers were affected by the groundings.
But based on the number of planes involved — 40% of ASA's fleet of 152 regional jets — and its approximately 800 scheduled flights a day, the loss of all 60 planes from service for a day would mean the cancellation of about 320 flights.
The CRJ-200 has 50 seats, so the maximum number of passengers affected is around 16,000 a day. The actual number, however, is likely closer to 10,000 because flights during the relatively slow midweek period would normally be only about 60% full.
That's a fraction of the more than 250,000 travelers whose lives were disrupted in early April 2008 when American Airlines grounded all 300 of its 150-passenger MD-80s — many for several days — over a wiring harness problem.
Bergen said ASA officials reported the problem to the FAA late Tuesday and canceled "about 50 flights Tuesday night." ASA officials told the FAA Wednesday that they had canceled about 210 flights as of about 4 p.m. ET, she said.
ASA's Modolo said, "We do recognize the impact this is having on some passengers and sincerely apologize for the disruption." ASA is using Delta's reservations offices to contact passengers and to accommodate them where possible, she said.
Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton said her airline put a majority of affected ASA passengers on other Delta carriers "within a matter of hours."
Delta now is the world's largest carrier after its acquisition last year of Northwest Airlines.
Delta said customers not contacted but who could be affected should contact its reservations office online or by phone, or contact their travel agent."
Find this article at:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2009-04-01-atlantic-southeast-grounded-jets_N.htm
Just saw this...better get rid of those RJs while you can
too much trouble."Delta carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines grounds 60 jetsBy Dan Reed, USA TODAY
As many as 10,000 Delta Air Lines(DAL) customers had their travels disrupted Wednesday when Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a Delta Connection regional carrier, grounded 60 regional jets to inspect 87 engines that had been allowed to continue operating past their time limits.
Atlanta-based ASA, owned by SkyWest, based in St. George, Utah, expects to complete the inspection of all those engines and to have all 60 planes back in service by late Thursday, spokeswoman Kate Modolo said. But that means several thousand more travelers Thursday could be affected.
The planes involved are CRJ-200s made by Canada's Bombardier and equipped with engines from General Electric.
Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta, said ASA officials discovered Tuesday that the engines involved had been allowed to exceed the maximum of 4,000 hours of operation between inspections. That, she said, required the immediate grounding of the planes on which the engines are mounted until inspections and any necessary repairs are completed.
Modolo refused to say how many flights were canceled or divulge how many passengers were affected by the groundings.
But based on the number of planes involved — 40% of ASA's fleet of 152 regional jets — and its approximately 800 scheduled flights a day, the loss of all 60 planes from service for a day would mean the cancellation of about 320 flights.
The CRJ-200 has 50 seats, so the maximum number of passengers affected is around 16,000 a day. The actual number, however, is likely closer to 10,000 because flights during the relatively slow midweek period would normally be only about 60% full.
That's a fraction of the more than 250,000 travelers whose lives were disrupted in early April 2008 when American Airlines grounded all 300 of its 150-passenger MD-80s — many for several days — over a wiring harness problem.
Bergen said ASA officials reported the problem to the FAA late Tuesday and canceled "about 50 flights Tuesday night." ASA officials told the FAA Wednesday that they had canceled about 210 flights as of about 4 p.m. ET, she said.
ASA's Modolo said, "We do recognize the impact this is having on some passengers and sincerely apologize for the disruption." ASA is using Delta's reservations offices to contact passengers and to accommodate them where possible, she said.
Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton said her airline put a majority of affected ASA passengers on other Delta carriers "within a matter of hours."
Delta now is the world's largest carrier after its acquisition last year of Northwest Airlines.
Delta said customers not contacted but who could be affected should contact its reservations office online or by phone, or contact their travel agent."
Find this article at:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2009-04-01-atlantic-southeast-grounded-jets_N.htm
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I want their flying and bases. As far as seniority goes, they would probably get merged based on what they bring and upgrade expectations. Since none of them expect a career of anything more than a 737, I don't see how it will be too big of a fiasco. There are only 1500 of them anyway.
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Are they ALPA? Wouldn't their "expectations" be to remain in their west coast bases? I'd be pretty freaked out if I spent my life in the Pacific NW, got on with Alaska in SEA and then find myself somewhere oppressive like NYC or ATL. Would that be protected for them, or just the 737? They haven't hired in years have they? There have to be some pretty senior dudes over there.
-Slamming Comair would just be "overlap." There is about as much chance of these clowns stopping their slamming as their is of DAL making a profit.
-"Make Delta my Northwest...(or my bitch-player's choice)"
-Doug Steenland, 2008
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...and yet they hang on to SVP of HR (Pilot Puppetmaster) Ford & Harrison founding member Mike Campbell! Amazing, since they are all about the pilot love that they would need someone like that (who came out of retirement after ruining Continental, just to "help" Delta with their pilot "issues.") Why wasn't HE "negotiated" out with your JPWA...shows how sincere they are to you guys...yeeah. WAKE UP!
ABSOLUTELY!
Just wait until these poor souls are about to get their nuts whacked off in negotiations. Steenland is totally EVIL!
-You guys (Gen Lee and ACL65) just get back to us when you finally develop some inking of an idea what you are really dealing with here.....
-CLUE: That strange sensation in your rear ain't just another wet fart......
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I would have love you to hear what they said about your RJ last night at the PTC meeting.
Seriously give it up.
We know DAL is a business and we are just workers. It is not about us or what we do. It is about the respect that is status quo over here. I know that is foreign to you.
What part of the DAL interview did you fail?
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