United and American?
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jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
So hear me out on this, because I've been thinking about this for a few months.
Delta buys JetBlue in order to strategically block United from gaining access to JetBlue slots and gates in JFK and BOS. Take terminal 5 in JFK, and then Delta sells a third of the slots to United, a third to Southwest and then a third to someone like Breeze, making the DOJ happy there are new entrants. Do the same in Boston.
It also allows Delta to refleet some of the oldest Northwest A320's and gain access to more 220 orders.
SeanD
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killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
That is a....not totally insane idea....
DropTank
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One thing I've learned about high corpies:
The item we're just learning about has been planned for years, if not decades.
knot4u
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Did it have venturis on the side and you "realigned" the HSI during takeoff once you were pretty sure you were headed straight? Mine did. It also had an O-300, an engine that at least up until that point had never had an AD. Pretty solid for a little 6-cylinder, smooth too.
DropTank
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knot4u
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It was a simpler time. I was taught to refine my heading on the HSI as the airplane gained close to flying speed based on what I was seeing through the windshield. Taxiing onto the runway it was "Lights, Camera, Action" (lights, transponder, mixture) and then before rotation it was "Heading, 60 mph, rotate, best speed 71 mph". I was doing all of this at KBUR and I'm glad I did. I know @Cherokee_Cruiser will say that airlines should own airports, but those airports wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for folks in the olden times that decided to build airports so they'd have a chance to learn to fly. I was lucky because I learned to fly in an environment with a lot of mixed traffic. There were warbirds and a few flight schools based at KBUR. I used to belong to a club that kept a fleet of PA-28s to rent, and I rented them. Burbank Airport is a hollow shell of its former self, it used to be awesome. I can recall sitting at the intersection of 15 and 8 watching the final remnants of the F-117 manufacturing depart in a C-5, they were at a 100' AGL before the intersection. I ran into the guy that owns that '56 172 a few years ago, he still keeps it at Burbank and still lets enthusiastic young students fly it for free. I asked him if it still had venturis and he said it did, but he had upgraded the X-ponder to comply. He also said I could come fly it again free of charge anytime I'd like. There's not enough people like him out there.