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7:11. And that was min taxi time in both locations.
10-16-2024, 10:45 PM
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10-16-2024, 10:50 PM
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stop in SFO so must have been two days in a row of rookie mistakes.
10-16-2024, 10:56 PM
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Yesterday, 07:43 AM
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I heard from a van driver that the ER doing Hawaii this winter is to facilitate the engine inspections that the NEOs need.
Actually it was from an LCA.
7:11 is pretty insane block time, min taxi translates to around 6:55 flight time. That's some seriously low groundspeed.
Actually it was from an LCA.
7:11 is pretty insane block time, min taxi translates to around 6:55 flight time. That's some seriously low groundspeed.
Yesterday, 02:36 PM
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I heard from a van driver that the ER doing Hawaii this winter is to facilitate the engine inspections that the NEOs need.
Actually it was from an LCA.
7:11 is pretty insane block time, min taxi translates to around 6:55 flight time. That's some seriously low groundspeed.
Actually it was from an LCA.
7:11 is pretty insane block time, min taxi translates to around 6:55 flight time. That's some seriously low groundspeed.
A flight time of 6:30 plus is probably a rarity considering both AS and DL have their winter block times for SEA-KOA scheduled in the 6:24 to 6:32 range, up from about 6-6:10 in the summer.
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Yesterday, 08:18 PM
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Seriously Clark?? From the September LA base visit:
“Why are the Hawaii flights going back to the 757?”
”We had so much difficulty with the winds last year that PE(Engineering) and the OCC requested that we shift back to the 757….”
I personally had a flight where we kicked 40 revenue pax off a Kona flight due to high headwinds. And that was January 2024 not 2023. Super glad you had no issues though.
Why don’t you go tell engineering and OCC about their fandom.
“Why are the Hawaii flights going back to the 757?”
”We had so much difficulty with the winds last year that PE(Engineering) and the OCC requested that we shift back to the 757….”
I personally had a flight where we kicked 40 revenue pax off a Kona flight due to high headwinds. And that was January 2024 not 2023. Super glad you had no issues though.
Why don’t you go tell engineering and OCC about their fandom.
Yesterday, 09:36 PM
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We did it just fine on the 9ER at a previous carrier. Very rare to have a tech stop. The MAX’s required them early on due to fuel burn tracking for each tail but once that was nailed down zero issues going to the islands. The NEO from my experience handles it just fine. From many I’ve talked to including LCA’s who almost purely do Hawai’i year round the wind excuse just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
They also alluded to it being temporary so I imagine Johnny is right and it’ll be rather short lived.
The 9ER is a whole different issue. We tried that and….. it didn’t go fantastic.
Today, 12:17 AM
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Don’t shoot the messenger man, but that was the official company line per the LAX base visit. I’d rather they stay on the NEO since I’m a bus driver now. I’d imagine OCC and engineering have a bit more of a deep dive into it than LCAs though (no offense as I’ve been an LCA).
They also alluded to it being temporary so I imagine Johnny is right and it’ll be rather short lived.
The 9ER is a whole different issue. We tried that and….. it didn’t go fantastic.
They also alluded to it being temporary so I imagine Johnny is right and it’ll be rather short lived.
The 9ER is a whole different issue. We tried that and….. it didn’t go fantastic.
