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Old Aug 16, 2018, 4:34 am
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Delta pilot bases by aircraft type
This is directly from a post by 80ktsClamp on https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/d...lta-19580.html

NYC crew can start or end a trip at any of the three major NYC airports: JFK, LGA or EWR

Delta's 7ER category covers 767-300ER, 757-200 and 757-300.

Note the designation of C-Series (A220) bases at NYC and SLC.

ATL:
777
767-400
330
7ER (767-300, 757-200, 757-300)
737
320
M88
717

CVG:
737

DTW: (777 is closing there)
350
330
7ER
737
320
717

LAX:
777
7ER
737
717

MSP:
330
7ER
737
320
M88 (closing)

NYC:
767-400
330
7ER
737
320
220
717

SEA:
330
7ER
737

SLC:
7ER
737
320
220
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Old Aug 16, 2018, 5:00 am
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I'm surprised SLC hasn't lost its 737 base. There aren't that many that flow through there.
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Old Aug 16, 2018, 5:49 am
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Where's the A319 and A321? Is that covered by 320?
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Old Aug 16, 2018, 6:15 am
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Originally Posted by EBiafore99
Where's the A319 and A321? Is that covered by 320?
Yes, all airbus narrowbodies share the same pilot group.
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Originally Posted by readywhenyouare
Yes, all airbus narrowbodies share the same pilot group.
I'm being overly pedantic, but that statement is no longer true with AIrbus's acquisition of the Bombardier C series...
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Old Aug 16, 2018, 6:35 am
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Originally Posted by ethernal
I'm being overly pedantic, but that statement is no longer true with AIrbus's acquisition of the Bombardier C series...
Well, that's an airbus in name only. Sort of like the 717.
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Originally Posted by readywhenyouare
Well, that's an airbus in name only. Sort of like the 717.
Hence my comment about being overly pedantic...

With that said, the C-Series (... sorry, A220) probably won't be anything like the 717. The MD-95 (717) was a side-effect of the MD aquisition, whereas Airbus specifically bought into the CS program because they believe there is sustainability there. They'll be selling the C-Series and its derivatives for some time I suspect.
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Originally Posted by readywhenyouare
I'm surprised SLC hasn't lost its 737 base. There aren't that many that flow through there.
With the exception of the last departure, SEA-SLC is all 737-800s/900s (the last flight of the night tonight shows an E-175). All of today's flights to LAX from SLC are on 737-800s/900s. 3 of today's 5 JFK-SLC flights are 737-800s/900s. 2 of MCO's 3 flights today are on 737s. 2 of BOS's 3 daily flights today are on 737s. SLC-CLT is a 737-800 today. I did see some routes (such as PDX-SLC and SAN-SLC) that I've flown a 737 on before that didn't show any 737s today (all Airbus series) but still plenty of 737 ops to/through SLC.
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Old Aug 16, 2018, 4:02 pm
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Originally Posted by ATOBTTR
With the exception of the last departure, SEA-SLC is all 737-800s/900s (the last flight of the night tonight shows an E-175). All of today's flights to LAX from SLC are on 737-800s/900s. 3 of today's 5 JFK-SLC flights are 737-800s/900s. 2 of MCO's 3 flights today are on 737s. 2 of BOS's 3 daily flights today are on 737s. SLC-CLT is a 737-800 today. I did see some routes (such as PDX-SLC and SAN-SLC) that I've flown a 737 on before that didn't show any 737s today (all Airbus series) but still plenty of 737 ops to/through SLC.
IND-SLC was 738 for the summer until last week I believe
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Old Aug 16, 2018, 4:55 pm
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Originally Posted by MIDWESTERNFLYER
IND-SLC was 738 for the summer until last week I believe
It's not much, only 1-2x per day, but EWR-SLC is 738 or 739 as well.
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Originally Posted by ATOBTTR
With the exception of the last departure, SEA-SLC is all 737-800s/900s (the last flight of the night tonight shows an E-175). All of today's flights to LAX from SLC are on 737-800s/900s. 3 of today's 5 JFK-SLC flights are 737-800s/900s. 2 of MCO's 3 flights today are on 737s. 2 of BOS's 3 daily flights today are on 737s. SLC-CLT is a 737-800 today. I did see some routes (such as PDX-SLC and SAN-SLC) that I've flown a 737 on before that didn't show any 737s today (all Airbus series) but still plenty of 737 ops to/through SLC.
RDU - SLC is also switching (sadly) to the 739 with a second frequency hinted at recently
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Originally Posted by ATOBTTR
With the exception of the last departure, SEA-SLC is all 737-800s/900s (the last flight of the night tonight shows an E-175). All of today's flights to LAX from SLC are on 737-800s/900s. 3 of today's 5 JFK-SLC flights are 737-800s/900s. 2 of MCO's 3 flights today are on 737s. 2 of BOS's 3 daily flights today are on 737s. SLC-CLT is a 737-800 today. I did see some routes (such as PDX-SLC and SAN-SLC) that I've flown a 737 on before that didn't show any 737s today (all Airbus series) but still plenty of 737 ops to/through SLC.
Interesting. Upon doing a departure breakdown it looks like there are also 11 MD-90 departures. Weird since they closed the SLC -90 base over five years ago. Their operation at SLC leaves me scratching my head. SLC is a small hub. I don't see the point of having both a 737 and A320 base. Both aircraft have similar capacity and range and either can perform any mission from SLC. It would seem to make more sense to consolidate SLC to all 320 since it is a more versatile fleet with the 319,320,321. And soon SLC will have a C Series (A220 base). For a hub with ~220 departures and only half of it being mainline it seems crazy to have three narrobody types based there.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 10:23 pm
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Originally Posted by readywhenyouare
I'm surprised SLC hasn't lost its 737 base. There aren't that many that flow through there.
Perhaps it’s related to the fact that it was a 737 base since before the merger.
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Originally Posted by readywhenyouare


Interesting. Upon doing a departure breakdown it looks like there are also 11 MD-90 departures. Weird since they closed the SLC -90 base over five years ago. Their operation at SLC leaves me scratching my head. SLC is a small hub. I don't see the point of having both a 737 and A320 base. Both aircraft have similar capacity and range and either can perform any mission from SLC. It would seem to make more sense to consolidate SLC to all 320 since it is a more versatile fleet with the 319,320,321. And soon SLC will have a C Series (A220 base). For a hub with ~220 departures and only half of it being mainline it seems crazy to have three narrobody types based there.
After the A320 mods were complete, DL lowered the listed range on them making SLC-East Coast flights out of range with DL standards (obviously the A320 can make it). Before the mods, SLC was almost all A320 with very few 737s, but it seems like DL has slowly been sending the A320s to the east coast (they do a-lot of NE-FL and short hauls out of ATL) and the 737s out west. (they do a lot out of LAX and SLC now) DL bringing the MD-90 back to SLC dosen't make much sense to me as I'm not quite sure what the need for them is out there.
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Old Aug 18, 2018, 4:35 pm
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Friend of mine just bid Captain on it in SLC. Currently an SLC 320 FO. He says the 737will be growing slowly over the next two years. According to him the pilots have been told that the base will grow significantly once the new airport comes online in 2020.

Also my soon-to-be daughter-in-law is a Delta FA. She said the FA's have been told the same thing. SLC is to have a lot of new flying.

As they both also said, that and three bucks will get you a cup of coffee...
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