Delta's New 717
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BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Yes, yes you did.
crazyjaydawg
Well-Known Member
Damn, see what JC has done to me?
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
surreal1221
Well-Known Member
Now that's a good trolling attempt.
Only the truth.
Escape the regionals...to keep flying domestic turns to Asheville, Tri-Cities, Montgomery...bahahaha.
But hey - at least its a real contract, for a real company. And, you can wear a legit airline pilot uniform.
Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
That doesn't sound bad at all.
jynxyjoe
Queso King
No kidding? Sometimes I think I'm the only regional guy on the planet that enjoys our flying. International sounds great someday (for a short time), but I miss going coast to coast like butter and toast and long overnights in San Fran/DC/Boise/Seattle/Austin/where ever. I love talking to the MD-88 guys at Delta, sounds great to me. General Lee be damned.
Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
LAX-SAN all day long isn't bad. Variety is nice, though. One of the things I liked about Eagle DFW.
The flying here is fun and can be challenging at times.
SSSSSSEENT FFFFROMM FMS KEYBOAAAAAAARDDDDD
surreal1221
Well-Known Member
Autothrust Blue said:
Okay.
LAX-SAN is much more different than ATL-DHN-ATL-MGM-ATL-TRI.
Just sayin.
But anyway, the RJ without winglets can have it. Mainline > Regional purgatory.
Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
I know.
Like I said, I miss the relative variety on the Shiny Jetttttttt. But I do not miss reserve.
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Worst trip I ever had (from a route standpoint)
CLT-AVL-CLT-GSP-CAE
CAE-CLT-GSO-CLT-AVL
AVL-CLT-AVL
AVL-CLT-EWN-CLT-AVL-CLT-GSP-CLT
surreal1221
Well-Known Member
BobDDuck said:
I wonder if they could have legally added an additional touch of AVL in there...good god.
RRPower
Well-Known Member
Add DCA-HSV-CLT to the front and CLT-HSV-DCA to the back and you got yourself a ZW trip!
H46Bubba
Well-Known Member
Delta is utilizing your CR9's to fly SAN-LAX route in October!
Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
And yet it's still a Brasilia route (Delta, please buy these contracts away from UAX! Please!), and I've launched after the company CR7 and gotten there before them...
H46Bubba
Well-Known Member
Delta doesn't like props! Hence why they got rid of any props as soon as they practically could. For a while they were actually code sharing with AE out of LAX to various California destinations. It's actually easier to fit you guys in than the CRJ's, I've flown SAN-LAX in an CRJ and we took the usual route up the coast then they gave us a right turn at SLI went inland and they finally swung us inbound out by Riverside.
Hence why they got rid of any props as soon as they practically could. For a while they were actually code sharing with AE out of LAX to various California destinations. It's actually easier to fit you guys in than the CRJ's, I've flown SAN-LAX in an CRJ and we took the usual route up the coast then they gave us a right turn at SLI went inland and they finally swung us inbound out by Riverside.
Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
Delta's maniacal obsession with making more money with less airplane should = "WE LOVE PROPS."Delta doesn't like props!
(but only so I can continue to call myself Delta Connection, every once in a great while when I have that 7700-series flight number)
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SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
Not sure how Delta is going to use the airplane, but we never had those sorts of trips. Average day was about 3 legs and 6 hours of block with 8 hours of duty. A 5-leg day was almost unheard of.
H46Bubba
Well-Known Member
As of now, I have not seen any routes west of the Mississippi. The first few aircraft will be doing CLE and EWR from ATL.
Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
That's what we got the M88, A320, 737, and 757 for. 717 will be doing the DC9, and backfill 76 seat RJ flying. Which is, SUPRISE! 5 leg days I/O of a hub.