FLASH, This just in,...NWA and DAL pilots

[FDJ2]

Cool! Will I get the secret Batphone access code then or will there be some kinda fence on that?

No, you'll get the Batphone access code right away, along with a new double breasted uniform and a significant pay raise just to get you up to DAL standards.

 

[FDJ2]

Yeah, right..I would say a word about the 787 coming to NWA, but you will just give some smart a$$ comment about "when it comes, if it ever does "...etc etc
same old rhetoric.

No, I wont say that. I understand you have 18 on order. Good for you. It'll be great when that aircraft finally does its first take off and then get's into production.

We'll just have to settle for production aircraft like the 777LR and 737. In about 20 years our MD88 fleet might be as old as your DC-9s.

 

[Superpilot92]

•Northwest Airlines. CEO Doug Steenland two weeks ago called oil prices, which were then at $105 a barrel, a "serious budget breaker," because an average annual price above $100 a barrel would add $1.7 billion to Northwest's fuel bill this year. That's more than double its 2007 pretax profit of $764 million.


Ouch!

•Delta will dump 15-20 older, less efficient mainline jets, plus 20-25 regional jets. The change will result in a 10% reduction in Delta's domestic flying capacity by year's end. It also will eliminate at least 2,000 jobs.

OUCH!

Nice try, bottom line its sucks for all airlines when fuel is rediculous. nice flame attempt though

 

[DTW320]

•Northwest Airlines. CEO Doug Steenland two weeks ago called oil prices, which were then at $105 a barrel, a "serious budget breaker," because an average annual price above $100 a barrel would add $1.7 billion to Northwest's fuel bill this year. That's more than double its 2007 pretax profit of $764 million.


Ouch!

From the very same article:

So U.S. carriers are certain to spend much more on fuel this year than they did last year — $2 billion more in Delta's (DAL) case at current oil prices, for example.

2 Billion $. Wow....Double Ouch!! What multiple of DAL 2007 profits is that? Hmmmmmm?

Lame.

 

[Old School]

I heard the new airline will be called Delta Dis-Orient

 

[FDJ2]

This is all a rehash of an old article. Old news.



http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN0565283420080305

 

[FDJ2]

From the very same article:

2 Billion $. Wow....Double Ouch!! What multiple of DAL 2007 profits is that? Hmmmmmm?

Lame.

Wow, $1.7B more, what multiple is that of NWA's revenue. Ouch.

How many DC-9s are you parking this year, how many 747s? Do you have any scheduled deliveries this year? No. Ouch.

Why does your MEC still want this deal?

 

[NuGuy]

Heyas,

If this article is accurate, that can only mean one thing...

Occam was right again...

Nu

 

[FDJ2]

•Delta will dump 15-20 older, less efficient mainline jets, plus 20-25 regional jets. The change will result in a 10% reduction in Delta's domestic flying capacity by year's end. It also will eliminate at least 2,000 jobs.

OUCH!

Nice try, bottom line its sucks for all airlines when fuel is rediculous. nice flame attempt though

22 aircraft deliveries through 2009 and increased international flying.


March 21, 2008

Delta Pilots and Flight Operations Professionals,
Below find the text from the most recent Flight Operations code-a-phone.

"As our domestic economy continues to slow, the real bright spot in our business plan is our continued international expansion, which should be on the order of approximately 17% through the remainder of this year.Over the next 10 days Delta will initiate service to China and make our long awaited entry into Heathrow.We will continue to support this expansion and will continue to take delivery of 22 international aircraft through 2009 including B-777-200LR, B-757-200ER, and B-737-700s. In fact yesterday, at 4pm EST, we took title to our 2nd 777-200LR, the aircraft arrived in ATL just before 5pm Friday afternoon."

DeltaNet

 

[FDJ2]

Heyas,

If this article is accurate, that can only mean one thing...

Occam was right again...

Nu

Occam is a great guy, well informed and a true asset to the NWA pilots, but the article is a rehash of a 3 week old Reuters article. It must have been a slow day at the NYT.

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN0565283420080305