Wtf delta?

[a320drivr]

Every f'ing final "wind check?"

 

[LearLove]

stick a fork in it, this board is dead...

 

[BentOver]

What a great thread idea... Good job, welcome to 2002 ( or whenever the first guy started talking about wind checks and Delta..)

 

[Mach 80]

There's a Delta pilot who likes to tell departure control that they are airborne on initial contact i.e. "Delta 123, airborne, 2,000 climbing 7,000", but give him credit, at least he doesn't say "with you" or worse yet "checking in with you" as if to let the controller he is talking to him and no one else, like some student pilot says.

 

[Data]

stick a fork in it, this board is dead...

Don't worry, Jenny will be along shortly to get the response count in this thread over 20. That'll help the site for sure!

 

[Freebrd]

Jenny really killed it didn't she with all her "substance" and "informed" postings. Way to go Jenny!

(now she'll be here for sure)

 

[Ex737Driver]

There's a Delta pilot who likes to tell departure control that they are airborne on initial contact i.e. "Delta 123, airborne, 2,000 climbing 7,000", but give him credit, at least he doesn't say "with you" or worse yet "checking in with you" as if to let the controller he is talking to him and no one else, like some student pilot says.

Please elaborate. Were with you...............

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

It could be worse with BA on take off "Speedbird Rolling" (I bet they miss "roger and out")

 

[Ty Webb]

You smell new.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

The wind is nice and all but "how long is final today?"

 

[Freebrd]

"what's our sequence"

 

[Noserider76]

Every f'ing final "wind check?"

You're a Goob.

 

[General Lee]

"what's our sequence"

Shaun, in Da Nang, Vietnam you were always number 1. That probably made you feel good. It had better, you travelled across the World for RJ SIC time! What an idiot!


Bye Bye--- General Lee

 

[Rebound]

The MadDog (M88) has the wing of a DC-9. Clean speed in excess of 260kts is not uncommon for takeoff. The little wing doesn't do much better on final. The wind and especially gust factor is a big deal in trying to avoid falling out of the sky on short final. Most DAL guys started out of the M88 and I think the wind check culture crossed over to other plane types.

 

[J.Otto]

Delta wind checks

Would this somehow stem or relate to the Delta L1011 microburst discovery years ago? How far back do their wind checks go?

 

[Phlintstone]

Ahhh all the communication police have arrived. Who cares what others do. Is it really messing with YOUR life in some way.

On the good side since this whole wind check and departure call stuff, I learned a few more things to say on the radio....

Phred

 

[Zdriver]

The wind is nice and all but "how long is final today?"

Not every plane just falls from the sky... If final is going to be short, sum us need to configure pretty early. Helps 2 no.

 

[xjlifer]

The MadDog (M88) has the wing of a DC-9. Clean speed in excess of 260kts is not uncommon for takeoff. The little wing doesn't do much better on final. The wind and especially gust factor is a big deal in trying to avoid falling out of the sky on short final. Most DAL guys started out of the M88 and I think the wind check culture crossed over to other plane types.

Umm ....No That's not true.

 

[cocknbull]

Umm ....No That's not true.

It has been a while since I was on the Mad Dog but at 167.5k and 165k clean speeds are above 260KIAS.

 

[USA_Av8r]

I thought AA was "Windcheck airlines"

 

[B190Captain]

Isn't it in Delta's manual to ask for a wind check before landing?

 

[Rebound]

All weights in excess of 150k lbs have a clean speed greater than 250kts. The speed book tops out at a clean speed of 264kts.

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Wrong dumbass!

Umm ....No That's not true.

 

[Rebound]

If your a Delta guy: go to the M88 flight deck manual link in Delta net, open the speed book link, and the speeds are all there. I opened it last night just for an exact crosscheck.

 

[TWA Dude]

More importantly, why do so many Delta guys use the call sign "Deltas" ??

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Most of the time, I think it's basically just a slur of words that some guys are prone to when they quickly transition from the vowel ending of Delta into the flight number which they're then trying to remember in the jumble of other numbers. The guys I've flown with who said "Deltas" weren't consistently saying it - and I've even caught myself doing it once or twice even though I personally think it's annoying and cringeworthy.

Granted, I've heard some consistenent Deltas guys - and there's a few theories behind their choice of non-standard call sign:

1.) Some people claim its a subtle dig to denote Delta - South and they're RD, hired not acquired blah blah blah. Personally, I think that theory is horsecrap. If it is true, they need to get over it - $4 Bil annually in profit should be good enough to let go of their petty merger quibbles and worry about their boat, marriage problems, or their train wreck kids.

2.) Delta is phonetic "D", Deltas (Delta's) provides a differentiation.

3.) They mistakenly believe they sound cool.

4.) They're a flight of two or more.

 

[IAHERJ]

Most of the time, I think it's basically just a slur of words that some guys are prone to when they quickly transition from the vowel ending of Delta into the flight number which they're then trying to remember in the jumble of other numbers. The guys I've flown with who said "Deltas" weren't consistently saying it - and I've even caught myself doing it once or twice even though I personally think it's annoying and cringeworthy.

Granted, I've heard some consistenent Deltas guys - and there's a few theories behind their choice of non-standard call sign:

1.) Some people claim its a subtle dig to denote Delta - South and they're RD, hired not acquired blah blah blah. Personally, I think that theory is horsecrap. If it is true, they need to get over it - $4 Bil annually in profit should be good enough to let go of their petty merger quibbles and worry about their boat, marriage problems, or their train wreck kids.

2.) Delta is phonetic "D", Deltas (Delta's) provides a differentiation.

3.) They mistakenly believe they sound cool.

4.) They're a flight of two or more.

We've got all this covered at United. None of our phonetic indiscretions can be heard over our distortion heavy transmissions. Genius!

 

[Brasilia Pup]

Isn't it in Delta's manual to ask for a wind check before landing?

A DL dumpster told me that is had to do with limitations for an auto land.
How true that is I don't know.

But when it is clear and a million, don't they remember how to manually land it?
OMG, there is wind out there!

 

[Rough67]

It is related to the auto throttles. When not in use, the approach speed is calculated on the REF speed plus an additive. The additive is based on a portion of the steady state wind, and the gust factor. If the ATIS is 45 min old and its a windy day, the most current information would be the best. Yes. ... Even if it is clear and a million. Fly safe.

 

[xjlifer]

Wrong dumbass!

Wow...no wonder this forum is a grave yard.

The original post said. "The MadDog (M88) has the wing of a DC-9. Clean speed in excess of 260kts is not uncommon for takeoff"

That led me to believe the poster was talking about his takeoff speed.