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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Oh for Default Weather!
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DVA5643
Senior Captain, DC-6

Joined on February 08 2008
Piston Prop Professional
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
Globetrotter
US Mountaineer Club
Flying Colonel
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Long Beach 500 Club

"I'd rather be lucky than good"
Hampton, GA USA

1,914 legs, 2,888.2 hours
5 legs, 3.8 hours online
1,907 legs, 2,878.2 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on December 20 2015 18:22 ET by Jim Daigneau
This is a picture of my ND on Friday in DAL1920, B717, on the way back to ATL from EWR. Note the groundspeed and wind! Ugh. We were in fact only about 3 minutes late, which I considered a miracle. I wasn't smart enough to take a picture on the way to EWR where our max ground speed was 624 knots! I told the pax that they were now firmly in the "600 knot club", no small feat for the 717.
Here's the Flight Aware tracks going up: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL1920/history/20151218/1405Z/KATL/KEWR/tracklog
and coming back: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL1920/history/20151218/1645Z/KEWR/KATL


DVA12216
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP

Joined on July 25 2013
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tin Dispatcher
White Knuckles Club
Online Triple Century Club
Million Mile Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
US Coastal Club
DVA Fleet Master
Everett 500 Club
Flying Colonel

"Speed is life, altitude is life insurance."
Alexandria, VA

1,798 legs, 4,339.1 hours
378 legs, 681.8 hours online
1,718 legs, 4,088.0 hours ACARS
14 legs, 36.8 hours event
311 legs dispatched, 224.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on December 20 2015 18:38 ET by Matthew Murray
Wow! Looks like you got lucky with the amended cruise at FL240, ha ha.


DVA5643
Senior Captain, DC-6

Joined on February 08 2008
Piston Prop Professional
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
Globetrotter
US Mountaineer Club
Flying Colonel
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Long Beach 500 Club

"I'd rather be lucky than good"
Hampton, GA USA

1,914 legs, 2,888.2 hours
5 legs, 3.8 hours online
1,907 legs, 2,878.2 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on December 20 2015 21:20 ET by Jim Daigneau
Yeah, the dispatcher actually planned us for that. We picked up about 50KGS as I remember. The ride was remarkably smooth.


DVA5973
Captain, B757-200

Joined on May 25 2008
B757 100 Club
Million Mile Club
Everett Millennium Club
Flying Colonel
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Atlanta, GA

1,514 legs, 4,691.2 hours
1,459 legs, 4,569.9 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on December 26 2015 10:53 ET by Joe Coughlin
The jetstream was remarkably strong last week! I noticed a number of westbound flights had early releases to try to remain on time.


DVA11380
Senior Captain, A330-300
OLP

Joined on March 20 2013
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Million Mile Club
Iron Dispatcher
US Coastal Club
Commuter Conquest
US Mountaineer Club
Everett Millennium Club
Events Century Club
Online Fifteen Century
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"If cats could text you, they wouldn't."
Boston, MA

2,082 legs, 4,889.8 hours
1,722 legs, 3,657.3 hours online
2,060 legs, 4,813.2 hours ACARS
172 legs, 354.7 hours event
422 legs dispatched, 311.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on January 24 2016 08:01 ET by Bob Donovan
31 minutes to the Westminster VOR ...
If there weren't tolls down there, I could almost drive that. smile

And every time I see a 717 cockpit, I'm really disappointed PMDG hasn't developed that aircraft. They would have such a good head start with all the work they did on the MD11.


DVA5643
Senior Captain, DC-6

Joined on February 08 2008
Piston Prop Professional
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
Globetrotter
US Mountaineer Club
Flying Colonel
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Long Beach 500 Club

"I'd rather be lucky than good"
Hampton, GA USA

1,914 legs, 2,888.2 hours
5 legs, 3.8 hours online
1,907 legs, 2,878.2 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on January 24 2016 19:54 ET by Jim Daigneau
I know, right? It's literally all the same avionics, displays, symbology etc. Very similar to the C-17 also--It's the perfect marriage of the Long Beach tank builders and the St Louis fighter guys.


DVA12719
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
OLP

Joined on July 26 2015
Piranha Club
50 State Club
Century Club
US Capital Club
Piston Prop Professional
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"Let the FO land"
Boca Raton, FL

153 legs, 258.9 hours
32 legs, 43.1 hours online
145 legs, 252.0 hours ACARS
16 legs, 23.9 hours event
12 legs dispatched, 16.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on January 24 2016 21:58 ET by Yisrael Wealcatch
Wait. Jim, you're a real world airline pilot???


DVA11021
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on September 13 2012
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Milford, NH

375 legs, 620.5 hours
365 legs, 604.5 hours online
374 legs, 618.9 hours ACARS
21 legs, 51.4 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 24 2016 22:05 ET by Sean Zarella
Yisrael Wealcatch wrote:

Wait. Jim, you're a real world airline pilot???


You could say that ... cool


DVA12719
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
OLP

Joined on July 26 2015
Piranha Club
50 State Club
Century Club
US Capital Club
Piston Prop Professional
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"Let the FO land"
Boca Raton, FL

153 legs, 258.9 hours
32 legs, 43.1 hours online
145 legs, 252.0 hours ACARS
16 legs, 23.9 hours event
12 legs dispatched, 16.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on January 24 2016 22:12 ET by Yisrael Wealcatch
Sick! Get me into the cockpit if I ever fly in your plane smile


DVA5643
Senior Captain, DC-6

Joined on February 08 2008
Piston Prop Professional
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
Globetrotter
US Mountaineer Club
Flying Colonel
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Long Beach 500 Club

"I'd rather be lucky than good"
Hampton, GA USA

1,914 legs, 2,888.2 hours
5 legs, 3.8 hours online
1,907 legs, 2,878.2 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on January 27 2016 08:21 ET by Jim Daigneau
You're all welcome any time! Being basically a DC-9, it's pretty cozy: you still have to be careful of the overhead switches.


DVA12216
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP

Joined on July 25 2013
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tin Dispatcher
White Knuckles Club
Online Triple Century Club
Million Mile Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
US Coastal Club
DVA Fleet Master
Everett 500 Club
Flying Colonel

"Speed is life, altitude is life insurance."
Alexandria, VA

1,798 legs, 4,339.1 hours
378 legs, 681.8 hours online
1,718 legs, 4,088.0 hours ACARS
14 legs, 36.8 hours event
311 legs dispatched, 224.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on January 27 2016 09:15 ET by Matthew Murray
Jim Daigneau wrote:

You're all welcome any time! Being basically a DC-9, it's pretty cozy: you still have to be careful of the overhead switches.


Gonna have to make that one happen some day... Heheheh. Mother Delta has been flying DTWORF on the 717 for the past few months, terminating flight.



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