Delta and MD-90
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milleR
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Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
That is ship 610, and it is not a pink Song livery, it is the BreastCancer Awareness paintjob. The interior is the same as every other domestic 757 on line.
KSCessnaDriver
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Last I'd heard, it wasn't in the pink anymore, and they're in the process of putting one of the 764's into the Breast Cancer paintjob.
Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
As of three weeks ago, when I flew it last, it was still pink. THere is a 764 in the Habitat for Humanity and one in the SkyTeam already though.
SurferLucas
Southern Gentleman
Ship 610 is in the new colors, there's a pic on a.net. The 764 is supposed to be out by the 25th of May according to the Delta press release.
JoelT
Well-Known Member
Well dang! That was the only 757 that I haven't flown yet and I wanted to fly it in the pink colors.
Last trip I flew a fNWA 757 from JFK-SEA. It was a little different up front and it took a bit to get used to. The back end was really different and it felt like I was getting on the wrong airplane.
jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
Have you guys integrated crews yet, or just the 757 fleet?
JoelT
Well-Known Member
Yep, as far as pilots we are one big happy family. The FAs are still separate however. Although, when I flew that fNWA plane it came with fNWA FAs as well. They were a great crew to work with.
Duck_Twacy
Well-Known Member
Are we talking about the same one? It said Song on it and had blue leather seats, and seatback video screens (I played that trivia game all the way to DEN).
Of course you certainly know better than I do....I rode from JAC to ATL on one in December, and I can't remember if the seats were leather or not. Definitely no video screens though.
EDIT: After some furious A.Netting, I see what you're saying. It used to be the Song Breast Cancer awareness plane, now it's just the Widget Breast Cancer Awareness plane....enough a.net geeking, time for more coffee...
Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
Hey Guys,
Front end crews are integrated, but are mostly still "clumped" together due to the demographics of the bases (if you're in DTW, you're probably going to fly with a fNW guy...ditto for ATL for fDAL).
A fair number of guys are starting to trickle out of training...you'll start to see a lot more fDAL guys on the 320/330, and more fNW guys on the MD-88 and the 737.
The 757/767 is a different animal, since it's now one big happy category and you can wind up with anyone and flying anything. My last trip I left my base on the first leg, and didn't see it again until the last leg, flying all sorts of DAL 757s and passing through ATL and SLC.
Right now, DAL birds are flown with DAL FAs, and NW birds with NWA FAs despite who is in the front end. This is getting ready to change, and you might find NWA FAs on a DAL bird, BUT, there is still no mixing of the FA crews due to representation issues.
Richman
Front end crews are integrated, but are mostly still "clumped" together due to the demographics of the bases (if you're in DTW, you're probably going to fly with a fNW guy...ditto for ATL for fDAL).
A fair number of guys are starting to trickle out of training...you'll start to see a lot more fDAL guys on the 320/330, and more fNW guys on the MD-88 and the 737.
The 757/767 is a different animal, since it's now one big happy category and you can wind up with anyone and flying anything. My last trip I left my base on the first leg, and didn't see it again until the last leg, flying all sorts of DAL 757s and passing through ATL and SLC.
Right now, DAL birds are flown with DAL FAs, and NW birds with NWA FAs despite who is in the front end. This is getting ready to change, and you might find NWA FAs on a DAL bird, BUT, there is still no mixing of the FA crews due to representation issues.
Richman
JoelT
Well-Known Member
My three day later this week is JFK-SFO, SFO-MSP-LAS, LAS-JFK. I'm looking forward to passing through a fNWA base.
Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
I was just assigned the balance of a DTW 767ER rotation since the fNWA FO sicked out. Looking forward to it, although the DH back to ATL only connects to the last flight home and it's oversold
NC_BE300
Well-Known Member
As of yesterday, 3 China MD-90's are still sitting over on the MX side of airport.
There are some "Hello Air" MD-90's also over there. Are these part of this plan also or are they just other work for Timco over there?
KSCessnaDriver
Well-Known Member
From the discussion that has been going on for months over at airliners.net, I'd assume they are all destined for Delta. But, I don't have anything that confirms that for sure, so what do I know. I'd guess that eventually Delta will end up with all the remaining MD-90's, minus the 27 or so Saudi equipped planes, and maybe the 1 or 2 that were built in China.
PeanuckleCRJ
Poodle Wrangler
everyone at airliners.net just rolled over and began twitching.
Finishing up 737 training in a couple days.
Manaus, here I come!
