Mickey Mouse sorry man. I’ve always made less than major airline pilots but my job dodged this bullet. Freight operators are still hiring, I have a friend who flys 777 for Omni
I love the 777s with the GE engines. Flew Boston to London to Bangalore thru Dubai back to Boston on various 400 and 300s. Beautiful planes. Tough news for the industry, let’s get flying again.
You have a good looking son. I enjoy all your videos. I worked in aerospace all my life and now retired at 73. I miss the work. I worked on the Space Shuttles in Palmdale for 6 years. Loved it.
Juan, you are quickly proving yourself to be the Walter Cronkite of our generation. I absolutely dig the way you present the FACTS in a calm, clear, accessible way and let the FACTS speak for themselves, whether it’s talking about growing rice, a mishap as tragic as the T-38 incident you discussed a few days ago, or a topic like this one, the forced (and rapid) reshaping of an entire industry. Kudos to you, sir.
My buddy and I use to have the job every Sunday morning to go wake up the airplane about an hour before the crew showed up. Seemed to cut down on the gate calls on the first one out.
CAK Not friendly at all, although my buddy and I took a liking to the airplane. Once we learned the avionics quirks and with the help of a co worker who worked the flight test line at Douglas, it wasn’t bad at all.
I think the only time I've been on one was coming back from a business trip. Friday night at SJC - of course I got kicked off my scheduled flight, and sent out first thing the next morning. I ended up on business class, MD90 series, Reno airlines. I remember I couldn't hear engine noise, at all, even during takeoff, only aerodynamic noise once we were flying. Cool plane.
@@mattbartley2843 I'm curious you couldn't hear the engines but once the plane was up you heard what aerodynamic noice? Cause usually an aircraft is more quieter once airborne. So what is the aerodynamic noise are you referring to?
I'm retired with a decent pension but I still wish I was still there with you all. Thanks for being a great reporter, and I hope you get back flying with a successful ending Juan.
😁 Pete!!! You break this down logically and succinctly, as well as giving us perspective. Wish the msm took cues from you. I hope things go smoothly for your work and your family through this crazy shake up. So glad we have you (and Pete) to keep us informed 😎💜
Another great job, I always like your video’s. Aircraft planting rice was one of your best. Keep up the good honest reporting work, Hi Pete, Love it!!!
Sad news about those Triple-7s - heck, sad news all around regarding the airlines, but at least you bring it to us with some gentle humor and in a way non-industry people can grasp. You're looking good - hope that means the recovery has been complete or is at least well underway - and kudos to your handsome little co-star. Great on-camera chemistry you and Pete!
Smiles at 0:04 are priceless. Thanks for sharing as you encourage a future pilot (or astronaut). That is cornerstone of Capt. Pete seeing world as full of opportunity.
The MD-88 was built to a Delta spec. Both the MD-88 and the MD-90 were new build airplanes. The 717s are secondhand. Both my dad and my uncle were refugees from Douglas Long Beach. I had to haul my dad over to Long Beach well into his 90s to check on things. Watched those those airplanes being built.
And don't forget that's the profitability on the units still flying, the larger portion of the fleet is being held static or stored away and is a deadweight average cost and a nuisance factor to housekeep.
You always gives us the best information from the Airlines industry. We all thank you 🙏 very much from the bottom of our hearts. I am a loyal supporter of your fabulous work.
Juan, a couple of points: 1)As usual a very informative video this time made even more impactful by Capt. Pete! 2)You provided some amazing still aviation shots in the video and 3)Your reference to the rotating oscillator cracked me up!
Hi Juan , Good to see you and your co-captain. Again , more troubling news this time for Delta. I'm deelpley sadend for all the employees in the airline industry. What tough times they are facing. Thanks for the information.
@@robinmyman agreed. His dad would not let him get into such an unstable industry. Funny reminds me, my captain once told me, I would rather see my kid in a wheelchair than in a pilot's costume.
You should be on live news. Your information on airlines and traveling public is so interesting. I love to travel, but at 73 years old I have to be safe. Just hope I can travel again as my daughter and family live in the Netherlands. This is so sad to and hear what is happening in our great country. Great video with you little boy too.
Juan, with the economic situation the way it is, and the medical situation that you have, when do you expect to get back working with the airlines? I love your videos, and you seem to be about the happiest person I've ever seen. No matter what, I know you're going to continue to be happy due to your wonderful family you've been blessed with.
@CraZy Jay Sorry to hear of your situation. Myself and a few others I work with didn't buy into this either. No amount of numbers, reasoning, indusputable first hand observations have been enough to stem the fear mongering by the deepstate and their lapdogs in the media. This is all to cover up their crimes. They knew they were screwed when Trump got elected. For every 1 person I encounter who is wise to what has been going on, there are 10 around who don't. I know we are in for serious rough times, I do still believe Trump can pull us out of it. That maybe naive, but we really do not have anything to lose by not hoping he can. If air travel can increase, is it possible they need more mechanics to service fewer aircraft being worked harder? Best of luck to you... I am really pissed about all this too!
I recently turned down a job where they wanted me to travel a lot (I already have an extremely good well paying job, so ...).. Ix-nay on at-thay! D'oh!
@@silasmarner7586 It was fun and exciting for the first 4 or 5 years. After close to 15 years, it got real old. The worst part about it, was eating 2 or 3 meals a day at a restaurant, for weeks at a time. Imagine being hungry, but not being able to think of something you wanted to eat!!
What a precious boy! Our children & grand children are such a beautiful blessing from God aren’t they? My only complaint is that they tend to grow up too doggone fast. 🙏🏻😊🇺🇸
As an aside, I love it when you include Pete in your vids. The love you two have for each other is obvious. Makes my heart smile in these crazy times. #PEDRO #KABLAMMO
Hey JB, been offline for a few weeks. Playing catch up. Thanks for today's update. Hope you're well? With all this going on re: the Aviation industry in the U.S. will you be ok? 🖖🏼👍🏼 Great to see you Pete. ✈
Back when you and I were in different services UPT experiencing the joys of high performance flight, well I can speak for my self but from the opening I bet you to, never imagined the joys we would have decades latter with our new "copilots" as usual well done. be safe and healthy and to a better tomorrow.
I like how Delta is at least saying something. I work at AA and the silence is deafening. I have about 4000 pilots junior to me and worrying for the future. 😬
All of Delta's MD88s were bought by Delta. The earlier ones were actually MD82s but later converted to 88s. Their data plates listed the airframe as a DC-9-82. As for the MD90s, they had their own fleet but started buying every MD90 they could get their hands on. Soon Delta was the only operator of the type. They even operated the only 2 Chinese built MD90s.
I was hired by Delta in 1986. I was awarded a copilot position in the initial MD82 bid at Delta. I went to Long Beach for my initial training in February or March of 1988. The MD82 was an MD88 without a FMS. The first few airplanes Delta got were MD82's and, as time went on, Delta started getting MD88's. At some point those initial MD82's had FMS installed and became MD88's. I'm pretty sure we bought MD90's directly from McDonnel Douglas as well but I'm also pretty sure we got some MD90's used from other airlines. It is my recollection that when I was in my new-hire class some suits came in and talked to us about Delta buying either MD80's or 737's and Delta was leaning towards the MD80 because "...it would allow the possibility of using the Ultra High Bypass engine..." This powerplant was being experimented with by Boeing & McDonnel Douglas. I asked how much degradation in noise and vibration was Delta willing to accept to use that engine. The response was, "NONE!" At this point I was wondering why they had eliminated the 737 from the picture because I was confident that the zero degradation goal would not be achievable. I had spent some time at Boeing as a Flight Controls Engineer (YC14, 757, 767 projects) in the late 70's and still had many contacts at Boeing. They had been doing some failure analysis with an Ultra High Bypass Engine on a 727. As a buddy of mine at Boeing put it, "...If the Bismarck had the armor on it that it's going to take to protect the 27's vertical fin from a failure it would still be afloat today..." I retire from Delta in about 3 months. I hate to see it end like this.
@@sidv4615 To the best of my knowledge, the winner of the flyoff competition between the YC-14 & the YC-15 was never announced. Like the YC-14, the YC-15 was a two-engine airplane; perhaps you are thinking of the C-17 which has 4 engines and appears to have many of the design philosophies of the YC-15. Scott
Sorry, the MD88 was the only airplane I hated flying. The FO had the hardest job at Delta. Everything was manual and my hands were all over the cockpit. It did make you a super sharp pilot because you had to watch it like a hawk (dang, why didn’t it level off like it was suppose to?).
Hey Juan ! Great stuff as always! This New Hampshire boy is wondering how a Northern California guy became a Red Sox fan. Love to here the story. Keep up the great work !!
I’m pretty sure that the triple 7 isn’t going away. Just not in Delta’s fleet any more. But I fly Delta much more than any other airline due to my location in the USA so sadly, I may not be flying them much, if at all.
Demand is not coming back on the 2019 level. Joshua 10, 1405 BC n 2012 gives 3417 years. 2/3 of 5126 years gives 3417 years. Dress rehearsal: fear, p andemic, lockdown, fiat money expansion, inflation, civil wars, food supply chains broken, epidemics, wild beasts. Pale horse: hell expansion. Rev 8:3. CERN explodes. Ten wars. Asteroid Wormwood impacts. 1000 years peace
You have a knack for delivering bad news and not sound sad about it. Can't believe the 777 getting phased out after only 10 years. It has to be a sign of dramatic decrease international travel as this was the first ETOPS 180 twin as I remember it trying to be the newer/small/more fuel efficient 747 class.
I see you're having an ultimate fun with your son. My son is a little older than yours, but those were the best times we had together. Going back to the subject of granting 777s, I was surprised by that. I didn't think they were going to ground the entire fleet of 777s.
Ah jeez.The first time I flew on a triple seven was with Delta, ATL-CDG, back in 2006. I was pretty stoked to have a window seat with a decent view of the number 2 engine and it was one of the most chilled-out flights that I've been on. The 777 is my favorite widebody twin hands down.
Juan, when you interact with your grandson, you remind me of an old lion, patiently resting in the shade, while the little cubs bounce around, nipping, tugging, and crawling at his head, trying to get a rise out of the old man. It is so sweet to watch you with your beautiful boy!
I am so sad for all the pilots, crew and support staff who have flown me all around the world. The long list of countries I have visited in my life would not have been possible without all of you. Thank you.
As always, thank you Juan. Great information about a very sad, and sore subject ( I thank God nearly every day that I wasn't recently hired by one of the passenger airlines; I will be happy WITH a job flying my humble little C-208 Caravans for FDX). FHRO (Feces Hit Rotating Oscillators)... LOL
Juan, great information. You frequently talk about pilots being furloughed, let go or taking early retirement, etc. What about other airline personnel? Flight attendants, gate agents, ticket agents, baggage handlers, ground crew, mechanics and administrative personnel? As a pilots, the pilot number interest me more but the COVID-19 impact is much greater than just pilots for the airlines.
Juan, love your aviation content and hope all is well with you and the family. With reference to your assessment of the air line reschedule, lets not forget the public has a very short memory and does not like any kind of inconvenience of any kind. With that in mind, I think we will find an increase in schedule flights this summer. As soon as the restrictions are lifted, you can probably expect a 50 to 70% load factors and increasing to 80% by next fall. For you and all the other pilots on leave, retirement or just furloughed., I hope my prediction becomes a fact. Good luck.
I flew American on Tuesday May 12th from MCO to CLT on an A321, plane was probably 90% full; connected from CLT to RDU and that flight was at least 75%...
Juan - Delta was the launch customer for the MD-88 (FMS and EFIS - Glass Cockpit Upgrade). I did the development and STC Certification Flight Testing as an FTE for McDonnell Douglas in 1987/1988.
OH NO!!!! That was my favorite ride to LAX from ATL..... My first experience with the herringbone seating arrangement -- almost zero interaction with other PAX. That bird continued on to the Sydney or something so it was catered really nice. Most comfortable ride since the MD-11 at DL.
Respects for your professionalism Juan, you set this channel up, explaining sometimes complex, non-standard aircraft related events to a public desperate to know the facts surrounding an event, but also asking for the true context. not sensational trash designed for ratings, but how it impacted the bigger picture. You succeeded magnificently. Then add the metrological reports - I include the Dam in that general area cos it cant overflow with precipitaion - before watching your channel I would just have said "rain", now I know better! - and some of the local impact reports - all revolving around weather - then the Pandemic reports - your are an all round one man TV station - and much better than most, being both timely, accurate and free of political bias of any hue - while running in the background was your own persoanl trial of getting well again, getting all the mind bending paperwork sorted, etc , now to see the industry that you loved crippled this way. All the while you have presented the same friendly informative face to the camera. It must have been very hard at times, but you have come through. A complete, thoroughly professional braodcaster who understands what his public needs and provides it, never talking down to the audience and always explaining the most difficult detail so that it can be understood by all. Total respect to ypu and all that you have achieved, I salute you Mr Brown. PS You have also given me some great laughs and had me cheering - the live planes landing in crosswinds at Heathrow was so brilliant I've watched it 5 or more times - your enthusiam was so infective just loved it! Good luck, good health and pleasant landings to all of you and yours
But it doesn't make sense though. Should have been "faeces hitting the rotating oscillating fan " An "oscillator" when used as a noun as in the video, is an electronic component.
When one airline retires aircraft, does another buy them. Watch the Russians buy them. Maybe Delta and others can lease these planes to a freight line thereby cutting the number of airline employees completely. Which airlines will burn next?
Thanks as usual Juan! Sad to here about this. Your looking very healthy which is great! Glad your getting to spend alot of time with your F.O Pete!! CAPT. JUAN and F.O. PETE!! My favorite crew, PERIOD!! "Rah'!...........................................
I really enjoy watching you interact with Pete. You are obviously a very good father. And Pete is such a lucky young lad to have a father like you.The question I have is, when is Pete going to take over the Blancolirio channel?
