Delta to buy Jetblue?

[Bavarian Chef]

c'mon cheff, the fat chic is USAIR, NWA is the pretty one that needs to loose 20 pounds.........after 6 beers she is hot.....usair.......well, not even after a case and an overdose of viagra

Case of Bourbon, maybe. Notice I spelled Bourbon with an uppercase "B" -- the Germans were on to something with that whole proper noun thing.

 

[Deli Guy]

You whippersnappers and your fat chick talk. When I was your age we would walk 4 miles through a blinding snowstorm for a fat chick........4 miles I tell you....back then.......snooooooooooooorrrrrrrreeeeeee...........snnoore.......
snooooooooooooorrrrrrrreeeeeee...........snnoore.......snooooooooooooorrrrrr
rreeeeeee...........snnoore.......snooooooooooooorrrrrrrreeeeeee...........snnoore.......

 

[ugasucks]

JFK gates and a 100seat airplane, just what they need

 

[Bavarian Chef]

JFK gates and a 100seat airplane, just what they need

JB doesn't even need that crap.

 

[General Lee]

I always wanted to be an Eyetalian U-Boat commander. But then we would all get furloughed right off the bat.

I think we should give them DOH, since our last furloughed guy was hired pre-911. That seems fair. I would be the #1 Airbus Captain at JFK (1996 hire). Dizel8 could be my FO. Sounds good to me.

Actually, the rumors have been around because we need a new terminal at JFK, we need better feed, and we needed a 100 seater yesterday. The remainder of the E190 orders would help when we also merge with NWA, giving them new 100 seaters to replace the DC9s at NWA.

As far as fleet comonality, we could be ordering E190s or E195s anyway, we have a rate for them, and we have had multiple fleets before. Also, if we merge with NWA, the A320s would blend in well from Jetblue. The E190s would replace the DC9s, and the A320s would feed JFK. There you go.

This is all rumor, and there has been some floating around lately. I have also heard a merger with Alaska, and then a merger with NWA. Who knows? We first need to get out of BK and then order some large equipment (787 orders supposedly, and more 737NGs). We'll see.....


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[IronCityBlue]

merger mania

I think we should give them DOH, since our last furloughed guy was hired pre-911. That seems fair. I would be the #1 Airbus Captain at JFK (1996 hire). Dizel8 could be my FO. Sounds good to me.

Actually, the rumors have been around because we need a new terminal at JFK, we need better feed, and we needed a 100 seater yesterday. The remainder of the E190 orders would help when we also merge with NWA, giving them new 100 seaters to replace the DC9s at NWA.

As far as fleet comonality, we could be ordering E190s or E195s anyway, we have a rate for them, and we have had multiple fleets before. Also, if we merge with NWA, the A320s would blend in well from Jetblue. The E190s would replace the DC9s, and the A320s would feed JFK. There you go.

This is all rumor, and there has been some floating around lately. I have also heard a merger with Alaska, and then a merger with NWA. Who knows? We first need to get out of BK and then order some large equipment (787 orders supposedly, and more 737NGs). We'll see.....


Bye Bye--General Lee

DOH would be fine, as long as no one was displaced from their seat. You're dreaming if you think DAL management would put up with the expense of retraining almost 1000 captains so the DAL pilots could get their jollies doing a bump and flush, let alone the FO training pipeline. That would be very expensive and you would have to loosen a lot more scope to pay for that one IMO.

I would think a multi-year company fence freeze during which all new hires went to the bottom of a yet to be combined list would make the most sense. While percentile integrations often seem fair, I don't think it would be in this case. Our top 10% shouldn't be able to bid what your top 10% is able to right now (777 CA, etc) that wouldn't be fair either.

Of course it never matters what's fair. That's why merger language/union drive is a hot button issue with us right now. We would have less protection than any other group out there unless and until our contract language changes, one way or the other. Its being worked on as we speak.

 

[Peanut gallery]

This is good

The really interesting part would be the integration of two complete different mentalities in the cockpit. It would be the 1990's all over again. The Delta boys with their do not share anything mentality information wise and just plug something in and go FMS wise. With the Jet Blue share everything and lets have a group hug before we do it. The NTSB will be busy.

 

[BLUE BAYOU]

Unless you plan on utilizing the new terminal for all your Dash-8s and CRJs, it won't be available for anything larger than a narrowbody. The terminal is designed for Airbus 320 and at the largest 321 aircraft.

 

[AA717driver]

JB being non-union and relying on the benevolence of the Delta pilots, staying on the property would be a victory for JB.

Think "preferential interview"... TC

 

[rf285]

I think AA speaks the truth.