Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

N624AG an ex Aero Mexico what’s the deal with that one. It was offered to Delta by a leasing company that was a deal too good to pass up. I think it was the last plane Delta performed an H check on in house. (D check) https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7388898 Correct. The work was performed in Bay 4 ...

Re: WN3695 engine damage departing DEN

Some areas of the 737 fuselage are 0.040 inches thick. So if by bit you mean 0.016 millimeters then you’re correct. 0.040 inches is 1.016 mm. Where is the fuselage barrel that thin? The crown skin aft of the cockpit reduction joint is chem-milled to .040 thick. BTW, The 757 crown skin in zone A (be...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

35H 3520 third test flight yesterday at TLS https://aviation.flights/aib/A350/654 321N msn 11899 (tail unknown) taxi check at BFM yesterday https://aviation.flights/aib/A320/11899 76L 171 to being ferry tonight and then on to ICN tomorrow 75S 6814 to exit QRO-VQQ tomorrow. In addition to general re...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

With the major expense of repainting an entire fleet with a new livery, I just don't see the business case for changing the current one. When changing a livery, aircraft are painted in the new livery on the regular repaint schedule which is roughly every 6-7 years. That is why livery changes are no...

Re: UA 737-800 Loses Body Fairing In Flight

Airliners have had composite flight controls with honeycomb core for 40 plus years. Elevators, ailerons, flaps and slat wedges are examples. The difference is that flight controls are generally carbon-fiber skinned and WTB (wing to body) fairings, pylon fairings and access panels are generally fibe...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

[quote For people like myself who aren't industry insiders how often do heavy maintenance checks happen on for instance the 757 and 767? Secondly can you estimate how much those checks cost? The 757 at DL is on a 12 year maintenance cycle which consists of L Checks, L2 Checks, H Checks and M Checks...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

[quote For people like myself who aren't industry insiders how often do heavy maintenance checks happen on for instance the 757 and 767? Secondly can you estimate how much those checks cost? The 757 at DL is on a 12 year maintenance cycle which consists of L Checks, L2 Checks, H Checks and M Checks...

Re: UA 737-800 Loses Body Fairing In Flight

Is that because the person that does this job is just "going through the motions?" Perhaps. As you can imagine, the person who empties and services the lavatory waste has the least desirable job at the airline. It's not exactly a career. It is a job that requires no prior training or cert...

Re: UA 737-800 Loses Body Fairing In Flight

Could someone please point out, with a diagram or a picture, what panel was lost in the 737-800? I'm not sure where exactly that panel goes by the picture shown on the news. Left side lower WTB (wing to body) fairing. This is behind the wheel well opening as you can see the #4 flap transmission in ...

Re: UA 737-800 Loses Body Fairing In Flight

Could someone please point out, with a diagram or a picture, what panel was lost in the 737-800? I'm not sure where exactly that panel goes by the picture shown on the news. Left side lower WTB (wing to body) fairing. This is behind the wheel well opening as you can see the #4 flap transmission in ...

Re: UA 737-800 Loses Body Fairing In Flight

Hey, at least there is easy access to the #4 flap transmission for servicing...

Re: Misdemeanor weed charge

Report it on the FAA medical form and ask the doctor, BUT FIRST, join AOPA or see an aviation lawyer with your question. AOPA offers members legal advice. While it’s an offense as a minor, you never know how it’ll show up in the future or during the FAA medical review. It’s not just the medical, ei...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

If Airbus can't pull forward some 321 deliveries if DL wants them to, I expect them to put some of the 757s through a check instead of retirement. I respect your posts, but I really don't expect the very oldest 757s to see another heavy check. It's a big fixed cost into a high operating-cost asset ...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

Any intel on 9585/N985AT, please? It spent 2 months in QRO, ferried to ATL on Feb 5th and hasn’t flown since. Cheers! It had a small crack in the left wing aft spar emanating from the lower flap track attach hole. The decision was made to complete the H check in QRO and ferry the aircraft to ATL fo...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

777Mech wrote:

AdEd wrote:

B757Forever wrote:

3940 is planned for a double engine change and a Reliability Visit (RV) once it arrives in ATL.

Ferrying to CWF later today (03/11)...

Misfiled. Flight was for a 767 ferry.

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

n515cr wrote:

n515cr wrote:

73R 3940 test hop yesterday and scheduled to exit to ATL today

Re: Does Delta have an oversupply of widebodies?

November - March there is slack in the widebody fleet due to seasonal reduction in flying primarily due to seasonal TATL flying reduction. This is a silly assertion to make based on the premise of a charter flight. DL doesn't have a huge TATL ops compared to the other two carriers. Especially to LH...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

Lets just hope they get the wifi issue fixed. As of now all 767s with Viasat have had the wifi systems deactivated. The problem is that the signal is getting dropped when switching between ground power / APU power / aircraft power. Some additional wiring and relays are being added to resolve the pr...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

Is 188 slated for IFC? All 767s will have Viasat installed before the summer schedule begins with the exception of the 4 to be retired in 2024. Lets just hope they get the wifi issue fixed. As of now all 767s with Viasat have had the wifi systems deactivated. The problem is that the signal is getti...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

Wait so Delta has some planes that aren't actually for passengers ?! Yes that timing would make sense though... DL has a fleet of about a dozen of their mostly oldest 757s in charter service. I believe are technically owned by the NBA, not DL, but they are in DL’s livery and DL is responsible for t...

Re: Delta: Possible new look cabin decor

On the Delta reddit thread there are some photos of the new cabin on a 757 https://www.reddit.com/r/delta/s/tSXUBsJhbR If these renderings are close to the final product, I think the new cabin will look great. The poster on Reddit states, “Testing new design early summer on 757-200!” This sounds li...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

NewYork1K wrote:

Is Delta doing maintenance in IAH now? Saw two A220s in a hangar between Mesa and Spirit while taxiing to 33R this evening.

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

332 3360 to RTS this morning 73R 3934 showing a test hop today @ MCI 764 1819 RTS tomorrow 764 1818 potential IFC mod entry tomorrow...TBD 332 3360 back in service. 1/3 of 332 fleet complete with IFC mods 73R 3934 did a test hop yesterday. Currently not showing more test flights or exit from MCI 76...

Re: Can the A320’s engine type be swapped?

Most likely, everything associated with the engine mounting would need to be replaced which includes the pylons, inlet cowl, fan cowls, fairings and thrust reversers. Possible, yes. Economically feasible, no.

Re: US carriers 4th quarter 2023 earnings

Delta employees will get $1.4 billion in profit sharing. Give or/take about $14k each. It’s not equally divided. It’s a percentage of each individual’s income. A pilot receives more PS per pilot than ramp, CSA, FAs etc. Every employee gets the same percentage of profit sharing based on their earnin...

Re: Are newer aircraft in a fleet more capable than older ones of the same model?

Look at the fleet of A350-900s that Delta operates. From the oldest to the newest, the gross weight has steadily increased, the empty weight decreased and the aerodynamics have been improved with wing twist and modified winglets. So to answer you question; Yes!

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

On a separate note is any active work being done to return the 9 A221s in long-term storage in SBD back into service? This is 100% about the Pratt GTF issues and the 1500 is not immune. Pratt cannot produce enough parts to support new engine production while supplying parts to support repairs. DL i...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

If ship 6700 has been massively cannibalized in storage, would it be similarly cost prohibitive to bring it back to service? As of October 2023, the plan was to sacrifice 6818 to put 6700 back in service. Ship 6700 was planned to ferry to heavy check in April 2024 to be available for 2024 summer op...

Re: Major safety issue with MAX engine deicing system

The news item is that Boeing is requesting several exemptions (again), the absence of which would prevent the MAX 7 and 10 from being certified without modification that will allegedly take years. Operating any system outside of its limitations has the potential to cause damage, but certainly not c...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

Delta was pretty clear back in 2019 that narrowbody (read 757) TATL ops didn't make financial sense. I think its an overstatement to say they are unprofitable but given the revenue potential compared to trip cost, a 757 didn't make a lot of sense. I get the sense that the economics of the 321LR/XLR...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

The 763’s with GE power are newer than the PW powered tails. That’s probably the only correlation. The one remaining caveat is ship 1521 which was originally built for CO and later ended up at DL. It’s the last remaining 6 door 763 in the fleet. The original 762 and non ETOPS 763’s were also CF6 po...

Re: Man Kicked Off DL for Offering to Fix Broken IFE?

Yeah, I'm guessing there's more to the story. There usually is. Someone wants money and publicity and doesn’t take responsibility for their own actions. Notice the article first says “she” but the refers to the person as a man. I have a lot of questions here. This occurred on December 6, 2021? It s...

Re: News Story: Boeing Urges Inspection of MAX Jets for "Possible Loose Bolt"

At least the planes weren't made by those semi-literate hicks in Charlotte. This is sarcasm for those who can't recognize it. I recognize it perfectly, except you are clearly not a Geography Professor. You are several hundred miles and one state off. I took the comment about Charlotte to be just an...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2023

Regarding 763 retirements, they appear to be retiring them when coming due for a heavy airframe check. What I can deduce from the FAA SDR database: 76Z 181 76Z had its last major airframe check in 12/2017, which are done on about a 6-year cycle. Thus it was due for one here in 2023/2024 hence why i...

Re: Wright Brothers: 120 years.

It's interesting how many others were, in the same timeframe as Orville and Wilbur, attempting to achieve heavier than air flight. The designs put forth varied as wildly as their successes and failures. What an amazing time in history.

Re: What non-weather issues at an airport could cause the airport to be closed with no notice?

About 6 years ago, a construction contractor cut through the primary electric cables that feed the Atlanta airport. The airport was shut down for most of a Sunday evening due to zero electricity. No lights in the terminal, no jetways could be moved, etc etc etc..

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2023

339 3424 en route to NRT 321N 5040 first flight today https://aviation.flights/aib/A320/11475 35L 3570 showing RTS tonight 339 3425 showing exit 11/18 https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N425DX 339 3424 is the 67th A330 in the Delta fleet. This is the first time the number of A330s has exceeded...

Re: End of Delta Connection CRJ200's at MSP

I am old enough to remember when the CRJ-100’s/200’s were praised as the ultimate new aircraft, a sleek and environmentally-friendly ride into the future of aviation, that even though space was tight, was a huge improvement over the Saab’s, Emb-120’s, and ATR’s of the time. Still better than the Da...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2023

Ignoring yields and LFs for the moment (it's the fleet thread), is there some reason DL wouldn't just use the highest MTOW A359s for SEA-BKK/SIN/SYD? I'm another rare advocate of the 338. Build routes 359s may be too much for, as examples BOS/JFK-HND/SEL, LAX-MEL/BNE, etc. And then save money off-s...

Re: Why didn't Delta Air Lines using retro aircraft livery paint?

DELTA HAS NOT AND WILL NOT paint any aircraft. in the livery of any airlines they have acquired. The ONLY exception is after the "merger" with Northwest is that the DELTA LOGO on tail or vertical points in a northwest direction on the left side while the delta on the right side also point...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2023

It was me, and there aren't any 75Ds getting retired, but a couple 75S ships are slated for retirement. Aren’t the 75S (ex -TWA) ships among the newer 757s in the fleet? Why would they be retired vs say 6700 which if I recall has been a parts donor for the rest of the fleet? Are they due for heavy ...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2023

Over the years Delta flew four versions the 767, the -232, -332,-332ER, and 432ER. The original order for the 767-232 which was for 20 GE CF-6 powered aircraft. However, this was amended with the final five aircraft switched from the -232 to the 332 non ER also powered by GE CF-6 . Eventually Delta...

Re: DL157 ACC-JFK Diverts to TER

Those 763s always giving headaches. Data, or loose anecdotes? These are just the ones on Av Herald in the past year Incident Delta B763 over Atlantic on Sep 8th 2023, backup oxygen system problems Incident Delta B763 at Prague on Sep 1st 2023, engine shut down in flight Incident Delta B763 over Atl...

Re: Tom Brady joins Delta Air Lines

/quote] If you are going to PM about it, then at least accept responses. I am simply asking you a question about it and you are being very defensive in both your post and PM. Having said that, might be a thing for pilots but its not for TOP employees. Sorry for being so delayed in my response to yo...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2023