It happened to me once. We were non reving out of MHT. Got seating in the first class upgrade. Everyone was on and the Capt was talking to the gate agent. I told my wife, don't get comfortable, I think we are getting pulled of because the the plane is overweight. Sure enough they start calling names...
Jump to postedit to add. Some of the largest MROs in the world have airframe operations in the US. HEACO, AAR, ST Aero......guess they missed that microeconomics class as well with Delta leadership. :roll: No, I will never see the math because I'm not a Delta employee. But I can infer lots of posters here have...
Jump to postDL retiring the 73Gs never made much sense. Sure they were a small niche fleet but they were only around 11-12 years old in 2020 and shared pilot/crew commonality with the 738s and 739s and were often used on niche routes to Central America and EYW where the short field performance was needed. Now ...
Jump to postThe airflow in a typical pressurized airplane cabin is from ceiling to floor; there is very little forward-aft or side-to-side flow. In small aircraft where there isn't really much distance between the front and the back - and where the seats are often crammed pretty close together - it is conceiva...
Jump to postOne thing to add. Get the degree NOW. It's way easier to stay in school for a couple of more years and get the 4yr done, than to go back later when you realize you want to move on to other things. I did the B.S. with my A&P and was mostly done with school. Yes I did tack on a one year Avionics p...
Jump to postDelta is not going to run an engine repair operation for another airline if they aren't flying the jet themselves. And you really think the BR715 production will continue into the 2030s? Entertaining pipe dream. Those engines are repowering the B52 fleet. So yes they will be available for years to ...
Jump to postI recall when one of my former Duty Managers took a Blackbelt team job. I asked him why he was switching from a manager role to a team role. He said half of his crew was making more money than he did due to overtime. He directly had little control if one of our planes made it out of C check on time,...
Jump to postEverything costs more now. Why should anyone expect FFM to be any different? A business class ticket to Europe that used to cost me 120,000 miles is now 400,000 miles…I don’t think their costs have gone up 234%. I doubt it's about costs. It more like the opportunity to sell the Full fare ticket vs ...
Jump to postI think what we will really see out of the short term from the Ultra Fan project is improved blade technology moving down to the other Trent families. The next gen blades are getting ready to hit the 1000 and 7000 fleets soon with projected increases of life.
Jump to postEveryone seems to focus on the pilot cost savings for regional operations. Wages and benefits for all the employees at a regional are a huge cut from mainline. Many times the above and below wing gate crew is 100% contract with minimal benefits and close to min wage. Cabin crew and maintenance are u...
Jump to postI've heard it was a lease that was too good to turn down. The not as good selling 330NEO will be both good and bad for the decision making in the near future. Good for the cheap price and availability but not as good since more and more airlines are not choosing in to replace the older 330CEO. Will...
Jump to postHe says it in his post, for GEnx MRO work. The GE engine is better on the 787 than the RR, anyways. Plus GE has friends in DL now with the appointment of several ex-GE execs over the past few years. Is DL performing maintenance on the Trent 7000 and XWB Rollers now? If so shouldn't be an issue to a...
Jump to postFlight Mode only disables your cellular 4G/5G service. WiFi is not inhibited in in flight mode.
Jump to postWhat’s the best ATL airport hotel? One of my co-workers is going for 1 night just for a global entry interview the next day, and was curious where to stay. Is anything connected, it looked like the renaissance might be via train? Global Entry interviews are done at the Customs Office Near Terminal ...
Jump to postWhen I was at Riddle in the late 80's there were a bunch of propliners sitting over by the firehouse. I think they were Convairs. Some outfit had a charter airline that did some casino and sports charters I recall. Out of the 4 or so planes I think only 1-2 were airworthy at a given time. Rich kids ...
Jump to postHere is a good right up for ball park numbers
https://thepointsguy.com/news/how-much- ... ass-seats/
The crew seat rework is not tied to a cabin refit. They get removed and inspected at various 'C' check visits. Seat covers are the big wear items and be changed when ever they are worn. Most inspection programs I've dealt with also remove the cabin seats at least once in the cycle of checks. Usually...
Jump to postThis is the problem with the whole FAA system: Too much power is placed in the hands of low-level individuals with no accountability. If you run an airline and "your" fed says you can't do something, you can't do it. It doesn't matter if all of your competitors can do it or that the regs ...
Jump to postIt could also be a history issue with Horizon. If they have had a lot of repeat write ups on TCAS the local FAA maybe dropping the hammer on them for abusing the MEL limits. I'm guessing TCAS falls under a 3 day MEL. On day one it gets written up. On day three the MEL is cleared with a "did the...
Jump to postHow does the accounting on that work though? They lowered their estimate but did not reach a contract, so doesn't that mean they would've beat their lowered estimate by a ton? They might have changed guidance. Point us to where they took a reserve for it. (Pretty sure they didn't, but prove me wron...
Jump to postInteresting. I guess my big question is why can’t DL expand at MSP (or elsewhere)? Why couldn’t they do some parts work at MSP (or elsewhere) to minimize any cost increase? If it’s such profitable work, the long-term plan should be to expand to allow more work. Like 777Mech says It's the sunk costs...
Jump to postIf DL ordered the 788 would it be better to go with GE and not Rolls Royce? Again just not to put all of your eggs in one basket. RR engines seem to have their fair share of technical and reliability issues. DL TechOps already does full refurb visits on the Trent 1000C and 1000-TEN engines. IF ther...
Jump to postIf DL ordered the 788 would it be better to go with GE and not Rolls Royce? Again just not to put all of your eggs in one basket. RR engines seem to have their fair share of technical and reliability issues. DL TechOps already does full refurb visits on the Trent 1000C and 1000-TEN engines. IF ther...
Jump to postThe dead horse of the 777 has been well beaten. They are gone. At the end of the day it came down to making tough financial decisions during the depth of the pandemic. I am sure everyone would have loved to keep the 777s around but at the time the decision was made DL was looking for any way possib...
Jump to postIt would be possible, but very expensive. I don't think the JT8D-2xx was ever ETOPS approved, so that would be part of the cert program. I'm betting from a systems stand point there would need to be a lot of mods to meet the back up electrical and hydraulic ETOPS requirements. The MD80 series was g...
Jump to postIt would be possible, but very expensive. I don't think the JT8D-2xx was ever ETOPS approved, so that would be part of the cert program. I'm betting from a systems stand point there would need to be a lot of mods to meet the back up electrical and hydraulic ETOPS requirements. The MD80 series was ge...
Jump to postTropicalSky wrote:Any word on what N501DN was having done in SIN?
n471wn wrote:Given her age (built in 1998) I would not be surprised if she is being retired
LAXPolaris wrote:AdEd wrote:ikolkyo wrote:
Looks like 6?
Yeah n471wn was proving their own point about DL having acquired 6 as opposed to 9 as suggested by other posters.
Why is DL acquiring new 717s, I thought they were going to start phasing them out?
DL does heavy MX on HA's 332s with RR engines. Engine commonality might be less of an issue than it outwardly seems. Heavy maintenance doesn’t normally include engine overhaul, might include minor maintenance etc, not overhaul ,most airlines have power by the hour contracts if they don’t do their o...
Jump to postI would think it's a security issue to publicly name which reg is planned for which flight in advance. Once the plane is set for boarding then it's public, but before that I doubt many airlines would want to to be public knowledge. Why is it a security issue to name in advance ? With FR24 and an ai...
Jump to postYes the ground power connection is ahead of the clear zone but the fwd cargo door is not. By using the APU the engines can be shut down earlier in the gate sequence and placement of the unloading equipment can start. It's only a couple of minutes but multiply that through the entire hub and it becom...
Jump to postI would think it's a security issue to publicly name which reg is planned for which flight in advance. Once the plane is set for boarding then it's public, but before that I doubt many airlines would want to to be public knowledge.
Jump to postMost schools do a semester of General, two Airframe and two Powerplant. You can test for the airframe with out the powerplant just to get it done as soon as your school signs you off, or you can wait until you have the powerplant signoff and do them together. Best is to do the airfarme as soon as yo...
Jump to postIt depends on the deals the MRO has with the OEM or customer Some contracts state that everything must come from the OEM. That is real common in the engine shops that do power by the hour contract work. It can depend on what the customer requires. Some state only OEM parts, others allow PMA approved...
Jump to postYes there is a strong rumor DL is acquiring some used 717 for parts. I've heard the green time engines are the real target. I idea on the former operator, but I would bet the parked ones at Boeing Capital are the ones. The BR engine parts are still in short supply so I'm pretty sure there is a lot ...
Jump to postThere are rules as to the relative spacing of adjacent doublers. If you have a single one installed and there is a nearby damage requiring another repair, you may have to remove the first one and make a single larger one. I've also seen at major checks entire skin sections replaced due to having a l...
Jump to postWhy is the 737 fuselage built is Wichita? The simple answer is that is where the plant is. Up until the very recent past most of our US aviation production facilities were repurposed WWII vintage plants. In the 1960's these plants were only about 20 years old. They were large enough to build the nar...
Jump to postAlso noticed it looks like Delta is starting to paint the rear of the cargo buildings across from Tech ops. Looks like changing the gray to navy, keeping the red stripe. Looks similar to the widget livery actually. Everything is getting painted in the Navy scheme. The street side of TOC 1 is done a...
Jump to postThere’s been some talk on our pilot forums about Delta acquiring 15-20 Qantas 717s after the TA closes. Also heard they might be acquiring them for parts only. Anyone hear anything about this? Yes there is a strong rumor DL is acquiring some used 717 for parts. I've heard the green time engines are...
Jump to postI think it's more about how the Rolls Civil side is currently a drag on the company. With the widebody flying now coming back that will help with the cash flow from power by the hour. That being said I think this division is still very dysfunctional. They had major old guard purges in the pre pandem...
Jump to postYes, there are manufacturer manuals for every aircraft type. Most major airlines also have customized manuals they have developed for internal use. Most routine work is on controlled job instruction work cards. When I started at DL the JIC were really only there to say whom did what. They captured t...
Jump to posthttps://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221003-dlnw22roc Whoops, 319. Bad memory. I half think they’re flown to get some tails off of Boston for the night, not much space for any extra RONs on the field there. I believe those were done as BOS has a lack of parking space for DL. They have a large bank of fli...
Jump to postSome of that GSE stuff stays around for ever. I think the jet tug in this picture is still in use in BOS for Delta.
I've had a lot of experience repairing lightning strikes. I would call this extreme damage. Most damage is a small burn mark or at most a pin hole for fuselage damage. For wing and stab trailing edges it is not uncommon to see a static wick completely exploded off, but not usually this bad.
Jump to postMaybe its being discussed already. But how are they losing so much money when then are sole providers of engines to some of the hottest selling aircraft in the world ? A lot of the cash flow also comes from 'Power By the Hour' contracts. You don't make much money when most of the world's widebody f...
Jump to postProst wrote:There is a 757 on SEA-CUN which surprises me as that is a fairly long flight.
A lot of people here really have no grasp of the logistics of a issue like an entire terminal of gates going inop at a NYC airport. "Just park them at other terminals", "Just remote park and bus them". There is zero empty gate space at JFK during the afternoon evening Internation...
Jump to postAlso too, what about overhead bins? I'd assume they may need to be reconfigured also to mimc the new seating contours? The bins would likely not get reconfiged. The PSU panels on the undersides of the bins might nave to get moved around, but the bins would remain as they are as long as the 'monumen...
Jump to postDelta used to be proud of it's ATL jet Overhaul base. I used to admire the infrastructure and aircraft being serviced waiting to take off. I believe there is a paint hanger at the east end of the complex. Odd that DL planes are sent to Podunk airports to be painted on the cheap. Paint had to be mos...
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