Great Job Delta!

the actual facts:
Atlanta Airport reached out to me to share their side of the story. They provided an official statement, as well as the letter they sent to Qatar Airways’ CEO on May 31, 2016. Before I share the statement and the letter, I figured I’d summarize, since they’re quite lengthy:

  • On April 25, Qatar Airways approached Atlanta Airport requesting to operate an A380 on the inaugural flight
  • Atlanta Airport’s regulations require 60 days advance notice of A380 operations at the airport, though despite that, the airport said they would evaluate the request and work with airlines in hopes of making it happen
  • Two days after the initial request, without approval from Atlanta Airport, Qatar Airways put out a press release stating they would operate an A380 on the inaugural flight
  • Atlanta Airport couldn’t accommodate that without disrupting operations, but said that if Qatar adjusted their schedule they could get a gate; they’d have to arrive by 10AM and leave by 1PM, or arrive by 8PM and leave by 12AM; Qatar Airways refused
Click to expand...
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/06/03/qatar-airways-atlanta-airport-drama/
 
ian said:
the actual facts:

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/06/03/qatar-airways-atlanta-airport-drama/
Click to expand...

So they:

07061f38c78573c16fd188c3e0619571b04e9006025a22909139edc5129d8265.jpg


then "dove" like they're in a soccer game:

giphy-5.gif


and it's all about evil Delta blocking their grand entrONNNNNZ.

Oh whatever.

"Qatar 123, hold south of Foxtrot, follow a Southwest 737, there's your sequence, monitor tower 123.45"

"A great injustice! Aaaaaaaaaeigh! So mean! ok, wilco"
 
Derg said:
So they:

View attachment 35393

then "dove" like they're in a soccer game:

View attachment 35394

and it's all about evil Delta blocking their grand entrONNNNNZ.

Oh whatever.

"Qatar 123, hold south of Foxtrot, follow a Southwest 737, there's your sequence, monitor tower 123.45"

"A great injustice! Aaaaaaaaaeigh! So mean! ok, wilco"
Click to expand...
Would have been better with "give way to (regional flavor)."

Incidentally, in the flop you linked in GIF format, that actually is a penal foul from what I can remember of the Laws of the Game from...gosh, a decade ago - tripping, striking, kicking, charging, pushing, jumping...although the gentleman grabbing the other player's hand should be assessed the penalty.
 
Avgirl said:
About you? Still haven't seen any of these constructive conversations from you. Until then, I have zero thoughts about you.
Click to expand...

No, I don't care what you think about me. I've told you since page one what is going on here, you chose to ignore what I was saying.

I am interested in your thoughts to about the fact you didn't have a clue what you are talking about, tired to defend it, and the facts have been presented.
 
Derg said:
I think it went over YOOJ. Went over great.

It was BEEG, real BEEG. BEEELIONS and BEEELIONS of really BEEG.

I can't stop imitating Trump. Eek!

But seriously, these things happen all the damned time and it's cool to see a US carrier on the other end of it for once. Try to, as a US carrier, fly to some of those countries, you've got to glad hand, dance, pay off, have the right political connections, kiss the proper butts and then you MAY be granted access. Conversely, the US is darned near "come one come ALL! Our voters want low air fares at all costs!"

This happens all the damned time. Hell, even the Brits trolled the world with Gatwick. "Sorry mate, you can only fly into an airport impossibly far from London, which is really in remote-assed Crawley, if you want to serve the market, unless, of course you grease the right palms…"

All the time.
Click to expand...

Given that Al Baker is a director of Heathrow Airport Holdings, Delta might be seeing a lot more of Gatwick in the future. Or even.... Stansted.
 
Avgirl said:
So, now the conversation goes a completely different direction because I don't agree with you? You seem to be quite the grumpy one on this board and quick to stir the pot and start throwing insults. I addressed the issue, and didn't get off-topic at all. You did. They both need to act like grown-ups and if they are going to box each other out, get more creative because it was so obvious that move was absolutely planned.
Click to expand...

Get use to that sort of thing.

Discourse from certain individuals isn't welcomed by some.

Good luck.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Seggy said:
No, I don't care what you think about me. I've told you since page one what is going on here, you chose to ignore what I was saying.

I am interested in your thoughts to about the fact you didn't have a clue what you are talking about, tired to defend it, and the facts have been presented.
Click to expand...

I fully knew what I was talking about and stand by my opinion of the children at play and how Delta could be the diplomatic one which would probably serve a better purpose in the end. Are those your opinions or those of ALPA who you seem to be most loyal to? How is it wearing a collar and lead? Because, in my household the only thing that wears that is my dog. :biggrin:
 
Avgirl said:
I fully knew what I was talking about and stand by my opinion of the children at play and how Delta could be the diplomatic one which would probably serve a better purpose in the end. Are those your opinions or those of ALPA who you seem to be most loyal to? How is it wearing a collar and lead? Because, in my household the only thing that wears that is my dog. :biggrin:
Click to expand...
I don't know what you are trying accomplish here but for being here less than a month you better check yourself. @Seggy may ruffle some feathers with his opinions but he deserves much more respect than that. I would suggest you apologize swiftly.
 
Avgirl said:
I fully knew what I was talking about and stand by my opinion of the children at play and how Delta could be the diplomatic one which would probably serve a better purpose in the end. Are those your opinions or those of ALPA who you seem to be most loyal to? How is it wearing a collar and lead? Because, in my household the only thing that wears that is my dog. :biggrin:
Click to expand...
Ok, so facts were presented to you and you still hold a grudge?

Why are you making a comment about ALPA? How much personal experience do you have with the Association? What work have you done to hopefully make this profession safer? There are many people on this forum who work tirelessly to make this profession better. Comments like yours should stay to Internet article replies.
 
Avgirl said:
I fully knew what I was talking about and stand by my opinion of the children at play and how Delta could be the diplomatic one which would probably serve a better purpose in the end. Are those your opinions or those of ALPA who you seem to be most loyal to? How is it wearing a collar and lead? Because, in my household the only thing that wears that is my dog. :biggrin:
Click to expand...
Yet you conveniently ignore the FACTS presented that contradict what you are saying about the situation yet you keep rolling with it....
 
Avgirl said:
I fully knew what I was talking about and stand by my opinion of the children at play and how Delta could be the diplomatic one which would probably serve a better purpose in the end. Are those your opinions or those of ALPA who you seem to be most loyal to? How is it wearing a collar and lead? Because, in my household the only thing that wears that is my dog. :biggrin:
Click to expand...

I really hope your SO doesn't know the damage you are doing to his profession.
 
@Avgirl thanks for the PM but I don't need to discuss my profession or the threats to it in a private setting. I'm happy to discuss it in public with someone willing to support American Union aviation jobs.

The fact that ALPA and big airlines like United and Delta are completely unified in the fight should tell you how important the subject matter is to us.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top