Delta Memo looking at new narrowbody aircraft

[GuppyWN]

Or even before that when everyone hated United because they were the ********************.

Gup

 

[dicko]

Or even before that when everyone hated United because they were the ********************.

Gup

Yes.

They appeared so arrogant and threw their pay rates in peoples faces ?

Sorry Gup. It was such a wide opening that I couldn't help myself. I know you understand.

 

[GuppyWN]

You saw the shot. The shot was clear. You took the shot.

It's all good my future brother.

Gup

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Ya know, The guy is excited about trying to get on with a major and you guys bust on him while you're sittin' pretty? Not too cool.

It's the typical southwest d-bag attitude. They bought their job cause they couldn't get hired by interviewing.
They should spend less time worrying about other airlines' growth and worry about the screw job they're gonna get by the Ait Tran pilots.

It's only because the guy's a jerk.

Another internet tough guy hiding behind the safety of his keyboard.

 

[GuppyWN]

This message is hidden because Scope out RJ's is on your ignore list.

I love the way you say that!

Gup

 

[Scope out RJ's]

This message is hidden because Guppy WN is a PFT d-bag.

 

[Candide]

Challenge to Scope out RJs

Scope out RJs is employing a classic propaganda mechanism: say something enough times to a wide enough audience and you'll get people to believe it. Even if it isn't true.

PFT is defined as paying a company for training. Since that is demonstrably not the case at SWA, I'll give him a benefit of the doubt and expand the definition of "PFT" to any expenditures a pilot makes to upgrade his resume.

So...Scope out RJ's, as a SWA pilot, I challenge you to a little duel. I've listed below every expenditure I've ever made to advance my career (flight school, CFI, Comm, Multi, ATP, type ratings, etc.). I challenge you to do the same.

If my expenditures exceed your expenditures, you may continue to insult my job Southwest as being "PFT" without regard to the statement's accuracy. But: If you've spent more to get your job at Delta than I've spent to get my job at Southwest, I will reserve the right to call you out for being a PFT'er after every post you make.

In your rather odd world, virtue is defined by not investing in one's career. So, how do you compare?

Me:
Flight school: $0
Comm: $100 for Mil Equivalency prep/exam
ATP written: $120 for test prep, exam
ATP flight: $0 (flown in military aircraft w/FAA examiner)
737 type: $0
=$120 total

You: ?

 

[General Lee]

Joshua Freed, AP Airlines Writer, On Thursday January 13, 2011, 7:48 pm EST

Delta Air Lines Inc. is considering an order for as many as 200 jets -- possibly with options for 200 more -- to replace the aging fleet it uses for domestic flying.

Delta said it asked "several major aircraft manufacturers" for proposals for firm orders for 100 to 200 planes, with options for 200 more, with deliveries to begin in early 2013. No decisions about an order have been made yet, said Nat Pieper, Delta's vice president for fleet strategy and transactions. The request went to manufacturers in late December.
The new planes would replace Delta workhorses such as the DC-9-50s and Airbus A320s that it got when it bought Northwest Airlines in 2008, as well as Boeing 757-200s, which both airlines have operated.

CEO Richard Anderson said in a message to employees that Delta pilots will fly the new planes, not feeder carriers. Delta has shifted flying away from feeder carriers, and has gotten rid of more than 70 of its 50-seat regional jets and 25 Saab 340 turboprops.

A jet order will give Delta the size of planes it needs "to be able to replace retiring airplanes and have modest growth when the economy and fuel prices support it," Anderson said.He said Delta is looking for small, medium, and large planes in the "narrowbody" category, meaning planes with a single aisle for passengers.

Boeing Co. and Airbus, a unit of EADS, are the main manufacturers who could meet such an order, although Chinese and Brazilian manufacturers also plan new planes of the size Delta is looking for.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Scope out RJs is employing a classic propaganda mechanism: say something enough times to a wide enough audience and you'll get people to believe it. Even if it isn't true.

PFT is defined as paying a company for training. Since that is demonstrably not the case at SWA, I'll give him a benefit of the doubt and expand the definition of "PFT" to any expenditures a pilot makes to upgrade his resume.

So...Scope out RJ's, as a SWA pilot, I challenge you to a little duel. I've listed below every expenditure I've ever made to advance my career (flight school, CFI, Comm, Multi, ATP, type ratings, etc.). I challenge you to do the same.

If my expenditures exceed your expenditures, you may continue to insult my job Southwest as being "PFT" without regard to the statement's accuracy. But: If you've spent more to get your job at Delta than I've spent to get my job at Southwest, I will reserve the right to call you out for being a PFT'er after every post you make.

In your rather odd world, virtue is defined by not investing in one's career. So, how do you compare?

Me:
Flight school: $0
Comm: $100 for Mil Equivalency prep/exam
ATP written: $120 for test prep, exam
ATP flight: $0 (flown in military aircraft w/FAA examiner)
737 type: $0
=$120 total

You: ?

Try to pay attention, k?
You had to have the type to get hired at swa, right? That makes it pft.
I got all of my type ratings paid for by my employer.
Thanks for playing.......
Now back to your regular scheduled pft job of flying 6 legs a day doing the texas 2 step.
Your pay rates are great. Congrats, on that.

 

[Candide]

So now any airline with rating requirements is a "PFT" outfit?!

Did you have to have a Comm, ATP, and or FE rating to get hired by Delta?

By your definition, you are PFT pilot. And since you didn't take me up on my challenge, I'll conclude that you've "paid" a lot more than I did.