DL - no single aisle orders

[General Lee]

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gene...=Delta+Done+With+Aircraft+Orders&channel=comm


So much for that...

DL ordered 100 737-900ERs, for $8.5 Billion. I think you are wrong.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Next up.....FURLOUGHS!!!

You mean retirements, right? We just had 168 leave for an early out, and most of them flew widebodies. That means lots of upward movement, and that is opposite of what is happening with the Regionals, which are seeing parking of planes, or planes going to Gojet.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Could mean that DL is not buying them and the likes of Skywest Inc. might. Let's see what happens to scope.

DL could have asked for scope concessions in the joint contract when DL/NWA got together, but nothing was increased. The RJ Cap (on number of 76 seaters and 70 seaters) remained the same, while 50 seaters continue to be parked. Comair is down to 44 total planes. Can you see the trend? The next contract will unlikely be a BK contract, which means pilots try to regain things that were lost, not give concessions. DL is projected to have a profit for the year, and the last conference call stated debt was being lowered from $16 Billion initially (2 years ago) to $10 Billion by 2013 (it's now around $13 Billion), which will save the company $500 million a year in interest payments alone. Sound like a concessionary contract is in order? NOPE. Do you think SCOPE will budge? VERY UNLIKELY, and SKW knows it. 4 of their CR7s just went to Gojets. Keep hoping, though.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

That's what I was thinkin. Just a little scope erosion to protect the senior tops, and next thing you know, Pinnacle Inc or Skywest will be launch customer for the Bombardier CS Series.

I would say 95% of the pilots won't budge on scope. That's not a good sign for your dreams. Very Very unlikely. No BK judge is watching this time.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Medeco]

What every happened to the MD-90's from China that Delta was getting?

 

[ArcadiaMaxima]

They were changed to 717s from SWA...excuse me...I mean Guadalupe holdings not SWA.

 

[damnflyboy]

DL ordered 100 737-900ERs, for $8.5 Billion. I think you are wrong.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Key word *half*. We're both right. Read the article.

Here:


"In late August, Delta announced an order for 100 Boeing 737-900ER aircraft to replace aging domestic narrowbodies starting in the second half of 2013 and running through 2018—an order with an $8.5 billion list price that will make Delta the second-largest operator 737-900ER operator in the world. But that is only half the number of single-aisle replacements Delta said it was considering when it issued a request for proposals in late 2010: at that point, the airline talked about the “potential replacement” of 100 to 200 large, medium and small narrowbodies, with options for as many as 200 more, to replace its aging Airbus A320s, DC-9-50s and 757-200s."

 

[CRJ puppy]

What every happened to the MD-90's from China that Delta was getting?

They are flying around the system. Have ridden on 3 in the past month. Very nice seats.

 

[BrickTop]

Some of the regional guys are too dumb

Best you stick to the word SOME. For most of us we blame the Major pilots stupidity and lack of BAL$$ on this industry's demise. Most of the baby boomers are spineless gutless self loathing sellouts. I would have burned the place down.

 

[altimaklr]

Might as well let them go to the regionals, nobody is getting hired by Delta unless they are a female regional FO, or a compass flow.