American Hiring Freeze
07-01-2024, 08:50 AM
#211
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AA flights per day: ~6700 [source: AA investor relations]
AA has 2/3 more flights than Delta does
07-01-2024, 10:10 AM
#212
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Joined APC: Oct 2013
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Delta flights per day: ~4000 [source: Delta]news.delta.com/corporate-stats-and-facts]Delta news hub]
AA flights per day: ~6700 [source: AA]americanairlines.gcs-web.com/#:~:text=About%20American%20Airlines%20Group,in%20 more%20than%2050%20countries.]AA investor relations]
AA has 2/3 more flights than Delta does
AA flights per day: ~6700 [source: AA]americanairlines.gcs-web.com/#:~:text=About%20American%20Airlines%20Group,in%20 more%20than%2050%20countries.]AA investor relations]
AA has 2/3 more flights than Delta does
07-01-2024, 10:34 AM
#214
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07-01-2024, 10:49 AM
#215
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Joined APC: Feb 2022
Posts: 658
Delta flights per day: ~4000 [source: Delta]https://news.delta.com/corporate-stats-and-facts]Delta]https://news.delta.com/corporate-stats-and-facts]Delta]https://news.delta.com/corporate-stats-and-facts]Delta news hub]
AA flights per day: ~6700 [source: AA]https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/#:~:text=About%20American%20Airlines%20Group,in%20 more%20than%2050%20countries.]AA]https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/#:~:text=About%20American%20Airlines%20Group,in%20 more%20than%2050%20countries.]AA]https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/#:~:text=About%20American%20Airlines%20Group,in%20 more%20than%2050%20countries.]AA investor relations]
AA has 2/3 more flights than Delta does
AA flights per day: ~6700 [source: AA]https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/#:~:text=About%20American%20Airlines%20Group,in%20 more%20than%2050%20countries.]AA]https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/#:~:text=About%20American%20Airlines%20Group,in%20 more%20than%2050%20countries.]AA]https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/#:~:text=About%20American%20Airlines%20Group,in%20 more%20than%2050%20countries.]AA investor relations]
AA has 2/3 more flights than Delta does
07-02-2024, 02:50 AM
#218
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07-02-2024, 05:47 AM
#219
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But in the famous words of Carl Price (long time CP) - "if you REALLY need the time off don't ask. Just do it." Nothing like calling the CP to get time off, he doesn't do it, and then banging in sick. Famous event back in the 1980's or 1990's. I don't recall if they got their jobs back.
07-02-2024, 06:04 AM
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The system was actually created by NWA back in the early 50s, so there's something like 70+ years of cummulative worldwide data in the system, and it's pretty accurate. Back in the NWA days, you'd get a print out and have to plot them by hand, and the ACARS was dialed in to send you geographically relevant updates.
Fly JFK to B.A. and back. Southbound was over Barbados, Guinea, eastern Brazil, then towards B.A. Northbound was over Ecuador, Panama, MIA, then up the East Coast. Dad (ex PAA) used to track my flights on FlightAware. "Why you go that far east and then come back over Panama on the way back??" "Weather, wind routing, and turbulence avoidance." "We'd also go down A300, SJU, CCS, Manaus, good luck, 'call us when you land', both ways." That trip was the farthest east AND west I'd done but variances weren't uncommon. But the official aviation weather maps even in the 2020's for S. American just have big blobs in the middle - 'here be storms!'. Thank goodness for the 'IR satellite' option on the weather apps in the non-radar parts of the world!!
The current weather apps can have the real time turbulence reports. Two readouts. I'd forget the exact definitions but one showed actual turbulence and the other showed instability (???) which was part of the analysis if you got comfortable with that function of the weather app.
Keep in mind 787's have GAS - Gust Alleviation System. Online chart showed it reducing vertical G's by approx. 1/3 (variable - quick onset G is harder to dampen). So a 787's perceived turbulence might average 2/3's of what a non GAS aircraft experiences. Or the other way around - a n/b could experience up to 150% of the turbulence a 787 experiences. So a 787's ride report might need to be 'upped' due to GAS creating a smoother ride.
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