LAX base
06-29-2024, 04:29 AM
#61
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: A320 CA
Posts: 245
I’d imagine it would be only the mid morning LAX 7am-9am departures that would be operated as turns. If there was a massive delay it would be relatively easy to recrew the return leg before the 1st flight landed.
I doubt you see JFK-LAX-JFK turns for the airspace/delay reasons you mentioned. That return leg LAX-JFK would be a doozy
I doubt you see JFK-LAX-JFK turns for the airspace/delay reasons you mentioned. That return leg LAX-JFK would be a doozy
06-29-2024, 04:57 AM
#62
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2011
Posts: 468
But, is a circle really the best shape for a wheel? Let’s try and reinvent it. We’re smarter than everyone else.
06-29-2024, 05:27 AM
#63
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: A320 CA
Posts: 245
06-29-2024, 05:55 AM
#64
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: blueJet
Posts: 4,534
Not if the other guys have already tried the tactic and it was a bust. Because we don't learn from others' mistakes, and we certainly never learn from our own.
Our leadership pats themselves on the back for "disrupting the airline business model" whether it works or not. We keep trying to go against the grain, hence his "reinvent the wheel" expression. We'll come up with some idea and work out 80% of the kinks, then we hope that our culture will make up for the lack of planning and preparation; in other words that our front-line people will figure out the other 20% on the fly, and the crazy idea will make us the big winners in the airline world.
Our leadership pats themselves on the back for "disrupting the airline business model" whether it works or not. We keep trying to go against the grain, hence his "reinvent the wheel" expression. We'll come up with some idea and work out 80% of the kinks, then we hope that our culture will make up for the lack of planning and preparation; in other words that our front-line people will figure out the other 20% on the fly, and the crazy idea will make us the big winners in the airline world.
06-29-2024, 10:28 AM
#65
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2011
Posts: 468
Locking the Mint suite doors open saves money. How do you feel about that one?
I’ll tell you how to save money. Spend a bit of money to teach the gate agents how to operate the jet bridge and you’ll save a bunch of money in fuel costs.
I’ll tell you how to save money. Spend a bit of money to teach the gate agents how to operate the jet bridge and you’ll save a bunch of money in fuel costs.
06-30-2024, 01:19 PM
#66
Line Holder
Joined APC: Feb 2019
Posts: 77
If we can't figure that out...
07-03-2024, 11:50 AM
#67
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2019
Posts: 170
I believe we only need to have 5% one day pairings, right? So with 25 departures a day, that's only about 1 trip per day and we're currently running SLC and SJD, so I don't see how/why have an augmented 1 day double transcon would make sense. Am I missing something?
07-03-2024, 12:04 PM
#68
SDQ Base Chief
Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: 320 CA
Posts: 5,664
I wouldn’t be surprised to see SLC and SJD disappear if the transcon turns work out
07-03-2024, 05:48 PM
#70
off weekends (if Reserve)
Joined APC: May 2023
Posts: 331
I mean why NOT put all your eggs in one basket...that way when ATC shortages disproportionately effect you can say It's out of your control.......I mean sounds much better than "Gee we suck, and we should have better contingency planning by diversifying our network"...............if only there were numerous consultancy groups and a pilot group who had screamed this for years.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
