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DVA1947
First Officer, B757-200
Joined on October 05 2004
Japan
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Posted onPost created on
October 11 2004 02:36 ET by Nick Bartolotta
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Hi there folks,
I was wondering if we have any cargo flights here at DVA? I think the real Delta does, but I'm not sure...I havent seen any Delta planes in Delta Cargo livery, but I was just curious.
Thanks
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DVA1008
Senior Captain, B757-200
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Posted onPost created on
October 11 2004 03:36 ET by Matt Young
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Delta flew cargo back in the 70s with the civilian version of the C-130 but they were discontinued years ago.
Matt YoungSenior Captain, B757-200
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DVA1892
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Posted onPost created on
October 11 2004 06:39 ET by Gaston Doval
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Members of the SkyTeam AirFrance, KLM and Korean Air fly cargo flights if you want to do some...
(and I think Northwest also does)
Cheers..
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DVA1947
First Officer, B757-200
Joined on October 05 2004
Japan
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Posted onPost created on
October 11 2004 13:48 ET by Nick Bartolotta
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Ya, Northwest for sure does, we should consider putting some codeshares on the list...
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DVA1651
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Posted onPost created on
October 11 2004 14:52 ET by James Marshall
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If you're a cargo pilot for an airline that flies cargo and pax are you required to strictly fly cargo flights or can you fly cargo and pax flights?
James MarshallSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA1947
First Officer, B757-200
Joined on October 05 2004
Japan
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Posted onPost created on
October 11 2004 22:06 ET by Nick Bartolotta
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Good question...I'd think only cargo, but maybe you could get away with a pax flight, it probably just depends on the airlines personal policy.
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DVA1459
Captain, B767-300
Joined on December 30 2003
Western Europe
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Posted onPost created on
October 12 2004 10:36 ET by Chris Pawley
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DAL carries huge amounts of cargo in the belly of their planes.
E.g. The cargo requirements out of EGKK (Gatwick, UK) to the USA are so great that even though there are 4 flights to the USA a day DAL still has to pay other carriers to fly their cargo contracts out of here.
Chris
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DVA1633
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
Joined on April 17 2004
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Posted onPost created on
October 12 2004 11:10 ET by Sander Jordans
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"If you're a cargo pilot for an airline that flies cargo and pax are you required to strictly fly cargo flights or can you fly cargo and pax flights?"
I think this depends on you're type ratings, and besides most major cariers (KLM by example) have their own cargo divisions wich are sort of independent.
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DVA1041
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
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Posted onPost created on
October 12 2004 13:44 ET by Matt Creed
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In the past, Delta operated the Curtiss C-46 and Lockheed L-100 (the civilian version of the C-130) on cargo only routes. I've not seen in any of my timetables that DAL operated jet cargo exclusively, although the initial 747-100 timetable did give a freight schedule that coincided with the passenger flight times. I made an L-100 timetable, but a suitable aircraft was never procured. If anyone would like to do an L-100 repaint, let me know and I'll get you pictures of the aircraft.
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DVA720
Captain, B737-800
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Posted onPost created on
October 12 2004 16:08 ET by Paul Campbell
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Delta still has a cargo division called Delta Air Logistics or Delta Air cargo I believe.
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DVA361
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Posted onPost created on
October 12 2004 19:33 ET by Andy Jones
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Paul is correct. But the Air Logistics and Cargo does not operate a separate fleet like other companies such as Northwest. Any cargo contracted out by these firms goes onboard DAL mainline flights across the globe.
Andy JonesCaptain, B777-200
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