New Delta Capacity Cuts

[General Lee]

GL,
Why are you not in charge over at Delta! Wow! Maybe because you spend too much time over here.

I have been asked, but I love FI so much and being management would take a lot of valuable time away from my enjoyment of this board.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[nwaredtail]

How are the 744 loads from DTW to KIK and NGO doing? Not great.

Well, NWA doesn't fly DTW-KIX direct, but for the next week = 87% load factor NRT-KIX. DTW-NGO is at 98% LF for the next 10 days. Yeah, let's cut that one.

2 flights a day to NRT from DTW? I bet that could be trimmed to one.

Average LF for next two weeks is above 96%. Yeah, that would be a good one to trim. Frickin Genious!

I think a lot of the Asia stuff will be pulled down, and the Atlantic stuff from DTW and MSP too to AMS. Do we need 4 daily flights to AMS from DTW?

There you go thinking again. We do two a day right now from DTW-AMS, all above 91% LF next two weeks. What, don't you like to make money?

DTW itself isn't doing well as a city either.

And people said you were a dumbass.....

Our "older" 767s may be the right fit on a lot of those A333 routes.

Yeah, I am sure the 30% less fuel efficient 767 will replace the 330. Absolutely!


You see General, all that chest pounding that you tried to shove in the face of the NWA folks about our crappy fleet, lack of expansion, etc is now total crap (most knew it was before). NWA runs a much leaner operation, always has. Remember, RA was our's first.

Again,hoping for no furloughs.

 

[redflyer65]

Oh Snap!!

I can't believe the General tried to spin the 'we haven't grown that much internationally' crap. You've got to be kidding me, right?

So basically he's blaming Northwest now....

 

[Cobra17]

That is true. Seniority is good during rough times.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Your concern for others is touching.

 

[avrodriver]

While there still might be some right-sizing of equipment to routes to make sure flights are not only full, but maximizing their profit potential I'd have to agree that NWA has always been extremely savy in regards to how they run their operation.

In the end I think it's all going to get a overhaul...no need to keep singling out one sides operation verses the others anymore...we're merged remember?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Lots of good stuff or bad stuff post SOC?

Better than this!

Only thing that I really did not like is that we were off by a billion in our non-restricted cash reserves. It will be up next quarter, but that basically told me that we had a really high burn rate on our cash with the fuel hedges.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

While there still might be some right-sizing of equipment to routes to make sure flights are not only full, but maximizing their profit potential I'd have to agree that NWA has always been extremely savy in regards to how they run their operation.

In the end I think it's all going to get a overhaul...no need to keep singling out one sides operation verses the others anymore...we're merged remember?

People do not care except that little caveat that Bloch put in the arbitrated settlement. Furloughs will come off the premerger list prior to SOC. That one can bite a lot of people that are safe post SOC.

 

[nwaredtail]

Better than this!

Only thing that I really did not like is that we were off by a billion in our non-restricted cash reserves. It will be up next quarter, but that basically told me that we had a really high burn rate on our cash with the fuel hedges.

What's 1.6 billion in one quarter among friends? 18 million per day baby. remember "synergies".

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Oh I know. But even that burn rate scares me.
I will be quite interested to see what our 8K states at the end of the second quarter.

 

[avrodriver]

People do not care except that little caveat that Bloch put in the arbitrated settlement. Furloughs will come off the premerger list prior to SOC. That one can bite a lot of people that are safe post SO.

Yeah I was more addressing the General's post on NWA stuff needing to be pulled down (NWA bad) while DAL stuff just needs to be re-tooled (Delta good...just messing with ya general, but there is a little truth to it in regards to the tone of a lot of your posts).

I definitely agree with you that this has the potential to be a huge mess depending on exactly what is on the horizon. Without any details though I think we're just finding new reasons to "go at it" with each other again...it's probably better to sit back and wait for some actual hard facts to surface.

 

[SpauldingSmails]

I just wish they'd get on with it so I know I can start looking for a new job.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

If they take more off of one list than the other, it will get ugly.
But lets all take a step back. What and how they will do this has yet to be determined. Also, Sept is a long way off, things could be a lot better or worse by then.
FWIW they are still stating no furloughs yet. I would not see them cut anyone before fall anyway.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I just wish they'd get on with it so I know I can start looking for a new job.

there is nothing out there. Well, not much, so keep what you have. I do know people that got jobs in China if that is your sort of thing. Personally, I will just go raise Angus Cattle to pass the time.

 

[SpauldingSmails]

there is nothing out there. Well, not much, so keep what you have. I do know people that got jobs in China if that is your sort of thing. Personally, I will just go raise Angus Cattle to pass the time.

Yeah, I know. It's hard to give "tone" on the internet. In any case, I'm planning to ride this horse into the ground.

I'll get by regardless, beside I'm not too good to go back to a "crappy" flying job if need be. Come to think of it, I had more fun at my crappy flying jobs.

 

[General Lee]

Well, NWA doesn't fly DTW-KIX direct, but for the next week = 87% load factor NRT-KIX. DTW-NGO is at 98% LF for the next 10 days. Yeah, let's cut that one.

LOAD FACTORS MEAN EVERYTHING...right. There is NO WAY those flights could be losing money, because the Load Factors are high. Why did RA say we will be cutting 12-14% in Asia?


Average LF for next two weeks is above 96%. Yeah, that would be a good one to trim. Frickin Genious!

There you go again, talking Load Factors and not yeilds. You didn't go to college, did you? Maybe NWA didn't require that. Think outside the box.



There you go thinking again. We do two a day right now from DTW-AMS, all above 91% LF next two weeks. What, don't you like to make money? Maybe not in September. And how many flights do you fly again from DTW to AMS? End of this month shows 4 flights--flights 40, 68, 36, and 48. I count 4. I stated would they need that many in SEP? Doubtful. You need to think MORE.



And people said you were a dumbass.....

Only People who don't understand my genius.




Yeah, I am sure the 30% less fuel efficient 767 will replace the 330. Absolutely! It is on the PDX NRT flight. What about the PDX AMS flight? Why would that be? Only because the A332 needs to go somewhere else? Riiight. It's called right sizing.


You see General, all that chest pounding that you tried to shove in the face of the NWA folks about our crappy fleet, lack of expansion, etc is now total crap (most knew it was before). NWA runs a much leaner operation, always has. Remember, RA was our's first.
That's great. He was your's first, just like Bastain, who runs you guys now, was our's first. Enjoy.
Again,hoping for no furloughs. Amen to that.

Ummm yeah.


Bye Bye--General Lee