Delta to upgrade MD-88 & MD-90 fleet with enhanced navigation and FMS improvements

[ultrarunner]

Will it be similar enough to get the FAA to sign off on a single fleet type with the 717?

They are all DC-9 type ratings...

 

[RiddleEagle18]

They are all DC-9 type ratings...

Yes but right now being run as separate fleets. If this will get their POI to sign iff on a single fleet it would save some man power.

 

[airplane wizard]

Are the 717s going to be flown by Delta pilots or AirTran pilots?

 

[General Lee]

Are the 717s going to be flown by Delta pilots or AirTran pilots?

Delta pilots and any AirTran pilots hired at Delta.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[aa73]

I hate to burst your bubble guys... We at AA have the IS&S displays on about half of the 75/76 fleet (referred to as MAUI-Flat Panel displays.) In a word - they suck.

- Attitude indicator is TINY.
- If you have weather or terrain selected on the ND, any airports/TCAS traffic/VORs, etc, block out portions of the weather/terrain depiction.
- The FMCs do not talk to the screens. Meaning, when your takeoff data uplinks on the FMC, you still have to manually input V-speeds for TO/LDG (as opposed to the Boeing displays which automatically put the V speeds in on the airspeed tape.)
- Turning on the weather radar involves no less than 3 switches.
- There is no "rate change" on the vertical A/S and altimeter tapes. In other words, as the numbers increase/decrease, they don't slide up or down - they just change numbers. So it's hard to detect a rate of change. (vs Boeing, where the numbers slide up/down.)

Maybe IS&S will have a different setup for the MDs, but based on the pics, they look the same as ours.

Having dual GPS on the MDs is kinda cool, though! And overall, it's an improvement over the standard MD panel. I just think IS&S could have done a much better job (but it woulda cost a lot more $$$.)

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Thanks for the heads up AA.

 

[waveflyer]

So, you assume Skywest will still be around in 10 years? You never know...

Bye Bye---General Lee

That's my point... And the seniority scam outsourcing represents - But I'm trying not to hijack another thread-

 

[PBRstreetgang]

So, you assume Skywest will still be around in 10 years? You never know...

And this avionics upgrade shows DL is sticking with domestic mainline service, along with incoming 717s and 739ERs.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Edsels getting 8 track players, I guess your Monkees/Partridge Family tapes will become valuable to some one other than you and your mom....

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

And right on cue.....PBR chimes in reminding us how old she is.

 

[waveflyer]

Bill, can't see this, but can somebody please explain there are better insults than calling someone a girl.