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06-25-2010, 04:33 PM
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06-25-2010, 04:36 PM
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... and a -400 only has 2 engines. It just does.
06-25-2010, 04:36 PM
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06-25-2010, 05:13 PM
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06-25-2010, 05:17 PM
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There's no defending that... that is just stupid and needs to be corrected.
I don't care what procedures we use. I just want them to be the best... each airline had their own level of idiocy and backwardness in various areas. That is why i so vehemently fight people defending so hard all the glorious things of fNW (or if you havent noticed me chastizing similar with our guys that do the same for over here.... I'm an equal opportunity hater of stupid) when it really wasn't the optimum that we need it to be in the long run.
I don't care what procedures we use. I just want them to be the best... each airline had their own level of idiocy and backwardness in various areas. That is why i so vehemently fight people defending so hard all the glorious things of fNW (or if you havent noticed me chastizing similar with our guys that do the same for over here.... I'm an equal opportunity hater of stupid) when it really wasn't the optimum that we need it to be in the long run.
06-25-2010, 05:27 PM
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BUT..........pushing without the numbers is a step backwards IMHO
06-25-2010, 05:37 PM
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Carl, I was not on the A team. These are the biggest reasons that were stated to me. I know the issues with SAP and trying to ramrod other programs in to their templates. It never works well. My wife transitioned to SAP, and once those templates are made, it is very difficult to have them reworked
I cant find the post I was really going to answer. But, I think we are talking past each other on the SAP issue when in fact we agree.
My understanding of SAP comes from my brother in law, and he wasn't a fan as SAP isn't very flexible from my understanding.
As we are both saying, momma D has way to much $$ invested in it to trash it overnight. Because of SAP, things that "tie together" will have to be changed in chunks over large periods of time. So sad, as how reservations ties into gate agents which ties into baggage etc is going to be big bucks to take apart and put back together.
06-25-2010, 05:37 PM
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What was the hybrid like?
And yes... I don't miss one bit pushing without numbers. Like was stated earlier, we should be focusing on getting the plane out as close to D0 as possible (I think it should be D0-D5), and then again on targetting arriving within a certain window. Slow down or speed up to hit that window.
Then again, that could wreak havoc in ATC with some planes that are running early going 250 and others doing 330.
ftb... draw me a picture!
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Let's see here, at 3% burn per pound per hour we needlessly been wasting approx 2000k fuel (Roughly $1000) per 10 hour flight segment??? Good thing the APU police are out there complaning about the lack of the single engine taxi!!!
How do we make up for the 5000 pounds of cargo we bump for the priviledge of needlessly ferrying around this fuel??? Maybe we can chop one at top of descent to extend the single engine taxi to a single engine descent, approach and taxi!
Why do some just insist on defending yesterday's technology instead of realizing there are better ways to do it? Instead of listening, some prefer to charge forward with Operation Visine. I don't get it. Oh well....I'm sure someone will defend this.
Let's see here, at 3% burn per pound per hour we needlessly been wasting approx 2000k fuel (Roughly $1000) per 10 hour flight segment??? Good thing the APU police are out there complaning about the lack of the single engine taxi!!!
How do we make up for the 5000 pounds of cargo we bump for the priviledge of needlessly ferrying around this fuel??? Maybe we can chop one at top of descent to extend the single engine taxi to a single engine descent, approach and taxi!
Why do some just insist on defending yesterday's technology instead of realizing there are better ways to do it? Instead of listening, some prefer to charge forward with Operation Visine. I don't get it. Oh well....I'm sure someone will defend this.
As I've said before, so many of our current difficulties stem from a lack of adequate technology. There's a quote somewhere from RA saying that Tech is the main worry that keeps him up at night. That's great because I think he's right on target. I just wonder about his underlings that decided on discarding fNWA's clearly better tech. It was about the only thing we had that was near the top of the industry. Those kind of decisions worry me.
Carl
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06-25-2010, 05:46 PM
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