DL has stated that they would order a 797 had it been available. I wonder if they will keep their word.
Jump to postI remember those pipe-dream ideas of building one big super-hub airport in San Marcos/New Braunfels for both metro areas to rival DFW and IAH to replace both AUS and SAT. Like that will ever happen. AUS is just more business-heavy than SAT.
Jump to postAnother issue with USPS mail on passenger aircraft was the 15 minute drop requirement. If the USMAIL wasn’t in their “box” 15 minutes after the plane blocked in, they often assessed a penalty, that IIRC, was $10,000 per occurrence. One penalty could erase all the revenue for a month in small statio...
Jump to postAt LGA I believe the largest gate size available is Group IV/Code D, which can fit up to a 764ER. The 777 and 787 are Group V/Code E.
Jump to postFor FEDEX to walk away it must have been low margin business Many airlines years ago were one of the primary movers of USPS. Most dropped the contract because it wasn't worth the little revenue they got from it, some even mentioned it cost them more money than what it brought in. Also, much of the ...
Jump to postFor FEDEX to walk away it must have been low margin business. UPS will no doubt move most of the Priority on the ground where they have a more robust system and lower costs. So it's worth it for UPS. I am curious how this will affect the FEDEX day flights that carry a lot of this USPS freight. As f...
Jump to posthttps://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ups-to-become-usps-primary-air-cargo-provider/ar-BB1kSgSq?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=555fff99889046fe94b298f01bb28da9&ei=38 It looks like UPS has won the primary air cargo contract for USPS away from FedEx. I presume this mainly covers Priority M...
Jump to postAn airline CEO is not an appropriate candidate for this position IMO. Part of how we got here, is pressure from airlines on training requirements. Among many policy changes we should make, barring airlines and manufacturers from coneidering training requirements in the sales process seems rational ...
Jump to postI wonder Paul Soubry is willing to move over from New Flyer Industries to Boeing. He has been with New Flyer for a while and seems to lead the company well.
Jump to postI advocate for the Pixel 8 for one main reason. Its a clean version of Android with no 3rd party software that Samsung will install (this might have changes as I have had Pixel's since 2018). You will get the updates first and I find that it integrates very well with your Google account. I have an ...
Jump to postI wonder if Boeing will introduce a new logo, similar to Wells Fargo and Subway did after their scandals.
Jump to postThe only true home bases were pretty much ended in 2020 with the pandemic (legacy US 757s assigned to PHL, legacy AW 757s assigned to PHX, and legacy US A330s assigned to PHL). Before that, you had the MD-11 pretty much out of DFW and the A300 pretty much out of JFK and MIA. I remember for much of ...
Jump to postThey are absolutely killing UPS on price, though. UPS has desperately tried to preserve margin over volume, but the dam is cracking. I generally can get better rates through UPS than FedEx at least without volume. I am not sure who offers better volume discounts though. I typically use Pirate Ship ...
Jump to postI would like to know; does anyone have any data on what the industry average ratio of ticket sales of Main Cabin to Basic Economy is? From what I understand, Basic Economy bookings on Delta are lower than the industry average. Of the legacies I would expect AA to have the highest percentage of Basic...
Jump to postThey are not leather. There isn't an ounce or real leather in those seats, at least not in the Y seats. It's plastic and therefore it's cheaper to purchase, cheaper to maintain, and it last longer. They are terrible. I just experienced them on a DL 763 flying TATL. It was the most uncomfortable rid...
Jump to postI feel like I’ve seen some newer planes on Delta maybe? that don’t have illuminated no smoking signs at all anymore, only the seatbelt sign and a “WiFi Available” illuminated sign, I’m guessing those are under some alternate compliance/ waiver as well? The 739ERs came like this from the factory, wh...
Jump to postNot sure what to think just having seen it, but I do like the darker hues. I wish they had put just a touch of branding on the seats and introduced cloth on the backs and bottoms of seats on its long-haul fleet like AF has. I also wish we could go back to some of the eye-popping color palates of th...
Jump to postThe article mentions possible 717 updates with this cabin. Do you think they would update those aircraft with IFE and/or the new style of Domestic First seating for parity across all mainline aircraft? Or is the 717 too close to being on its way out to merit that much of an upgrade? From what I und...
Jump to postI had a Google Nexus back in 2013 and loved it. I was in the market for a new tablet like 2019/20ish and my decision came down to the screen resolution between Apple, Samsung, and something else. Apple was the clear winner, but can't say it'd be that way if the Nexus was still a thing. I'm with you...
Jump to postIt appears to have full-color mood lighting. I wonder if DL will install this fleet-wide. Currently 717s, 738s, and most 752s are only bi-color blue/white.
Jump to postGood quality of Ipad will be apple. Android tablets pretty much have a stigma, especially in the United States where Amazon Fire tablets are very popular. You can't compare an Amazon Fire tablet to a high-end Samsung S-series tablet. Even the lower-end Samsung A-series tablets offer more functional...
Jump to postSmooth jazz would be welcome as boarding music. Also, not all fleet types have full-color mood lighting, some are bi-color blue/white only. The types that I think have full color are 739ER, 753, 764ER, A221, A223, A321, A321neo, A332, A333, and A359. No full-color mood lighting on the A339? Did I r...
Jump to postWith the 100 year anniversary, A350-1000s, max 10s, and more coming on the back half of the decade along with the current livery approaching 20 years of age what are the chances we see a rebrand in the coming years? I’d welcome it for sure. The current iteration of the widget has already outlasted ...
Jump to postI wonder what catering company AF will use. DL uses LSG Sky Chefs at PHX. Gate Gourmet closed their kitchen at PHX many years ago. According to Google Flying Food Group is shown as "Temporarily Closed". LSG is the only game in town. That sucks that they're the only catering outfit here. S...
Jump to postSo will there be club access for premium pax? and if so where? There two lounges there and they're both pretty decent - an Escape lounge and a Centurion Lounge. I don't profess to be a DL/AF expert and if this info is out of date, don't @ me, but apparently upper tier Delta AMEX card holders can ge...
Jump to postLet me tune to the Weather Channel to see if Hell has frozen over. I'm in a state of shock with this AF announcement. Glad I switched my credit card spending to Citi Thank You card so I can now transfer points to Flying Blue! Great minds think alike. I have put more of my credit card spending towar...
Jump to postSo will there be club access for premium pax? and if so where? The only possible options would be the Escape lounge or the other one right next to it (Forgot name) at high B I suppose being towed over to T3 for departure is an option, albeit uncommon in the US. It would make the most sense so that ...
Jump to postI wonder though if DL will boost their schedules at PHX with the AF announcement to feed traffic for this flight.
Jump to postmy two Q's are: will it be successful without Olympics related travel? Will they fly out of T3 so passengers can use the Delta sky club on the south concourse? T3 has no FIS facilities, so they will have to use T4B. However PHX plans on connecting T3 and T4 airside. AC can use T3 because their flig...
Jump to postMy guess is that AF expects much of the traffic to be PHX-originating, which is why they are starting in the summer instead of the winter.
Jump to postscbriml wrote:1337Delta764 wrote:scbriml wrote:
It's not defamation if it's true.
I know with 100% confidence it is NOT TRUE.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. You've offered none.
scbriml wrote:1337Delta764 wrote:I wonder if Boeing would consider this report as defamation. Yes I know the media is protected by the 1st Amendment, but they are not protected from posting knowingly false information.
It's not defamation if it's true.
Here is something I gleaned from the Leeham News article: "It’s common knowledge within the airline community that the relationship between Boeing and the FAA has never recovered from the original MAX crisis. The FAA removed authority from Boeing to certify new MAXes as airworthy. The FAA must...
Jump to postI just noticed they refurbished the Y seats with headrests, which the 738s currently lack.
Jump to postIn economy, the IFEs look like the Panasonic ones, which is not Delta’s latest IFE hardware. In first class, the IFE doesn’t have a plastic strip at the bottom, so that might not be Delta’s wireless IFE. But then again it also lacks the angled bottom that’s found on most Panasonic IFEs. So I wonder...
Jump to postI wonder if the mood lighting will be upgraded to a full-color system. Currently the 738s have a bi-color system (blue/white only).
Jump to postSurprised to read Delta is moving forward with its MAX10 order with all the issues the MAX fleet has had. It seems it would be smarter for Delta to move away from Boeing and become an all Airbus fleet which has shown to be more reliable. It is is great Delta will have an all Airbus widebody fleet i...
Jump to postWhat did your setup run you cost wise? I didn't total out my full cost, but it wasn't outrageously expensive. I am trying to sell my old build for $430 on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and Nextdoor. I didn't go for the latest and greatest because Socket AM5 motherboards were quite a bit more th...
Jump to postThe Pinnacle is an old seat type. I expect DL to introduce a brand new Y seat. I’m surprised DL chose not to install Recaro CL3710s on the A339s or B764s… they are much more comfortable seats. I actually wondered if the 737 MAX 10s will get Meridian. This seems to be currently the preferred seat mo...
Jump to postWill the A35K and A35H finally see the introduction of Pinnacle economy seats to Delta’s A350 fleet? The Pinnacle is an old seat type. I expect DL to introduce a brand new Y seat. I’m surprised DL chose not to install Recaro CL3710s on the A339s or B764s… they are much more comfortable seats. I act...
Jump to postNow for the question that everyone has been dying to ask--Is the case pink? The case is not, but I set the fans to pink using MSI Mystic Light. Now the bad news is that my old system is now throwing a 4 beep POST code after installing the new PSU and erasing the SSDs. I read this could either be a ...
Jump to postNow for the question that everyone has been dying to ask--Is the case pink? The case is not, but I set the fans to pink using MSI Mystic Light. Now the bad news is that my old system is now throwing a 4 beep POST code after installing the new PSU and erasing the SSDs. I read this could either be a ...
Jump to postI finished my system late last night, and it seems to be working great. Startup time is almost instant. It seems to be very fast and responsive.
Jump to postIf you build, you can get a mini-tower and either a Micro-ATX or a Mini-ITX board. I recommend 16GB RAM or more. For SSDs, reputable brands are Samsung, Western Digital, Crucial, and SK Hynix. For motherboards, my favorite is MSI, but Asus, Gigabyte, and ASRock are also good. For GPUs, most game dev...
Jump to postHis days as CEO are numbered ... Why would the Boeing CEO be scalped for something potentially (likely?) caused by Spirit Aerosystems, a completely different entity? Is the Boeing CEO supposed to inspect every Max built? Every screw? Every torque? The Boeing CEO is expected to own responsibility fo...
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I just started my build, and I had trouble installing the secondary SATA SSD (1TB SK Hynix Gold S31). So as a result, I will exchange the 1TB SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe Gen4 SSD for a 2TB model and will include the SATA SSD with my old system alongside the 1TB SK Hynix Gold P31 NVMe Gen3 SSD.
Since all of these parts are last gen are you getting them discounted or used maybe ? I got a pretty good deal on all the parts. Most of them were at discounted prices. Here are the specs of my current system: Motherboard - Gigabyte Ultra Durable Z370 HD3P CPU - Intel Core i5-8600K GPU - MSI AMD Ra...
Jump to postWhy 3060 and not something bigger like a 3070Ti or even a 3080/3090? I am not an extreme gamer, so I didn't want to spend too much. I am upgrading from an MSI AMD Radeon RX 590 OC Armor. Just as an update for the CPU cooler, instead of the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black RGB, I will use the Hyper 212...
Jump to postWould be we be surprised if it went all A350? Following the precedent set by AF/KLM. Is there mx sharing among SkyTeam members? What cost savings would there be if most of the members flew the same aircraft? It's possible I suppose, but suspect DL will need more TATL aircraft once more 767s start e...
Jump to postLet's just say the truth as it is , their Orderbook is far from balanced , not sure which numbers you are looking at . Delta has been leaning mostly towards airbus in the last couple of years , nothing wrong with that , every airline has a preferred OEM. Nice to see the a35K coming to DL , hopefull...
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