Rumor Alert! - Delta/NWA SLI

[Schwanker]

None, the ice is thick enough to go fishing! YIPPEE!

Not kidding-
The kids have been skating on the pond since Thanksgiving!

Not much snow doe up der in norder minneeesooooooooooota!

 

[Schwanker]

How about changes in venues? Why's Jimmy been playing indoors lately? Bring him back to Lakewood!

Taking about changes in attitudes ... I'm worried with this merger that the Captains around Delta are going to be a cross between Jessie Ventura and Garrison Keillor.

Someone else wrote that if you want to know where the bookstore, coffee shop and good area to go running is, ask a Delta pilot. If you want to know where the happy hour lasts until 03 hundred, a place to buy a carton of cigarettes for $12, or a breakfast place with a stripper pole is, ask a Northwest pilot. I'm not sure what they meant.

Hey-
I resemble that remark!

 

[FBN0223]

Hey-
I resemble that remark!

On that note:

My favorite line from a NW green book DC-9 Captain as we head to Fargo in Jan '98. Cool guy!!!

Me: "Holy crap, Fargo's reporting wind 360@35 gusting to 50, blowing snow and the temp is at minus 30F."

Captain: "I don't give a $hit, where I'm goin' it's 70 degrees and smoky."

 

[Schwanker]

On that note:

My favorite line from a NW green book DC-9 Captain as we head to Fargo in Jan '98. Cool guy!!!

Me: "Holy crap, Fargo's reporting wind 360@35 gusting to 50, blowing snow and the temp is at minus 30F."

Captain: "I don't give a $hit, where I'm goin' it's 70 degrees and smoky."

Hopefully it wasn't on the PA!
Kind of like "Welcome to the Sin Titties" after landing--it happened, apparently by mistake.

 

[fishguy79]

On that note:

My favorite line from a NW green book DC-9 Captain as we head to Fargo in Jan '98. Cool guy!!!

Me: "Holy crap, Fargo's reporting wind 360@35 gusting to 50, blowing snow and the temp is at minus 30F."

Captain: "I don't give a $hit, where I'm goin' it's 70 degrees and smoky."

Just curious, Do you NW guys refer to each other by the color of your book!

 

[Scope out RJ's]

That's rich, coming from the most classless, generally offensive d-bag on flightinfo. Crawl back under your rock, 737pylt.

AAAh the old d-bag comeback, thinking you know it all, in typical NW pilot fashion.
I just got back, its too dark under there. BTW, your mom and sis say, "hi."

 

[JoeMerchant]

AAAh the old d-bag comeback, thinking you know it all, in typical NW pilot fashion.
I just got back, its too dark under there. BTW, your mom and sis say, "hi."

737Pylt....your material is getting old....

 

[Scope out RJ's]

737Pylt....your material is getting old....

Who is 737pylt? I think you girls are obsessed.
OK, maybe I could be just like you. Join the rjdc sue the world, get rejected by most majors out there, and be stuck in a regional. Not to mention shabby background check. Oh yeah, and one more thing, don't forget the ever popular, date a fat chick!:laugh:

 

[AirportBum]

Sounds good to me. I got my Snow Mobile all ready for the North woods of WI. (Snow Machine to you peeps in Alaska)

Just did a little x-country skiing today. I'm at least one who will not bid ATL if it opens up. Loving the snow!

5 more days :beer:

 

[rf285]

Sounds good to me. I got my Snow Mobile all ready for the North woods of WI. (Snow Machine to you peeps in Alaska)

That's what were doing for our anniversary this January. Flying up on our new passes thanks to the merger to Rhinelander, WI and snow "machining" to our hearts content in Manitowish Waters, WI. My user Id is the address of our cabin up there. I'm truly in love with that place of the world. Sorry for the drift...
One Delta guy that would bid MSP if the wife would let him, but she's a Georgia girl.

 

[michael707767]

i think the B747-400 could be around for quite some time. Some of the newer -400s were delivered around 1996 0r 1997 so they are still relatively new aircraft with lots of life left.

I think we will all be surprised at how quickly the 747-400s go away.

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Imho. Replaced with 777-300s for pax and the 400s converted to freighters.

I think we will all be surprised at how quickly the 747-400s go away.

 

[michael707767]

Imho. Replaced with 777-300s for pax and the 400s converted to freighters.

I agree about the 777-300s. Had not thought about the possibility of converting the -400s to freighters. Would be a great way to keep us in the cargo business.

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Prior to the merger that was the plan. 78s were going to take over most if not all pax flying with 400s converted to freight. Alot of the nrt slots the freighters use are dual use, however some of the china slots are freight only. The good thing about the 400 is you can get out of pvg nonstop to the lower 48 with a full load. No way on the 200. As a matter of fact, when heavy you sometimes have to do a 360 on the dept. to meet a crossing restriction on the sid just going to anc. Great flying on the freighter though, no pax or fas. Despite our disagreements on sli lets hope for all of us they don't disband cargo. Big airplanes are good for all of us.:beer:

I agree about the 777-300s. Had not thought about the possibility of converting the -400s to freighters. Would be a great way to keep us in the cargo business.

 

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Airbus just released a report, "Lessons Learned from the 787." The wild part is, some of the documents in the report are labeled "Boeing Proprietary" and look like stuff Boeing would not have wanted in the general domain / blogsphere.

In other airplanes rumored to be NWA/Delta jets in the future, the Chinese have apparently backed out of the C Series as a result of the global economic downturn.

 

[FmrFreightDog]

Who is 737pylt? I think you girls are obsessed.
OK, maybe I could be just like you. Join the rjdc sue the world, get rejected by most majors out there, and be stuck in a regional. Not to mention shabby background check. Oh yeah, and one more thing, don't forget the ever popular, date a fat chick!:laugh:

Wow. Do any of you Delta guys actually want to claim this guy or is he just a MS Flightsim geek living in his mother's basement? Seriously, I'm curious. If this guy is seriously one of you guys then someone needs to rewrite the psych test.

 

[michael707767]

Despite our disagreements on sli lets hope for all of us they don't disband cargo. Big airplanes are good for all of us.:beer:

I agree. Many of the major worldwide airlines have dedicated cargo operations. I think it tends to smooth out your revenue flow during good and bad times for passenger travel.

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Wow. Do any of you Delta guys actually want to claim this guy or is he just a MS Flightsim geek living in his mother's basement? Seriously, I'm curious. If this guy is seriously one of you guys then someone needs to rewrite the psych test.

Classic. Its responses like this that make you NW girls have the reputation that you do in the idustry.
Keep em coming.
BTW, I'd say I was living in your basement, but you trailer doesn't come with one!:laugh:

 

[MCDU]

Dope,

Total time: 20000?
Yeah 20000 times you curse a day thanks to your tourettes.


Most pilots average 500 hrs/year during their career. Do the math liar.
Nice try shorty.

M

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Dope,

Total time: 20000?
Yeah 20000 times you curse a day thanks to your tourettes.


Most pilots average 500 hrs. Do the math liar.

M

Mcdoosh:
What's the matter, PFT/flight instructor boards slow today?
Or is your myspace page not getting many replies?
Get ready for that UAL furlough, so sorry to hear about your job loss.