737 and BOG
03-30-2017, 06:16 AM
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737 and BOG
Looks like the -700 to EWR doesn't have that many "held" seats. The -800 BOG-IAH had 26 seats held every day. Has anybody been there to give me a heads up about actual loads this time of year?
Is the 26 held usually enough to get everybody else out? Does a nonrev ever make it out below the "held" seats?
Thank you
Is the 26 held usually enough to get everybody else out? Does a nonrev ever make it out below the "held" seats?
Thank you
04-02-2017, 06:53 PM
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I've flown and non-revved into and out of BOG several times.
SA's make it or not depending on the normal weather factors - destination alternate fuel required, takeoff tailwind, etc. Temperature isn't really a factor in BOG since the temps are so stable year round. BOG airport also likes to run takeoffs on 31 at night with a tailwind due to noise abatement. That hurts.
Another factor unique to BOG is the station management - they have their little kingdom and run their own kind of show when it comes to SA's. You are not "normally" allowed to go through security waiting for a seat to open. The station would rather have you all wait out by the ticket counter for seat assignments. This means if seats open in the last 30 or 40 mins, you are out of luck. I have seen exceptions to this rule, however. So it is not a hard and fast airport rule like they pretend it is.
Partly depends on the Captain standing up to BOG station's attitude. The Capt's that routinely go there do not put up with their s#$t. Of course, if dispatch adds 2800 pounds of extra, for no reason, that hurts too. This is NOT an airport where "more fuel is better". Again an experienced BOG captain can make a difference.
SA's make it or not depending on the normal weather factors - destination alternate fuel required, takeoff tailwind, etc. Temperature isn't really a factor in BOG since the temps are so stable year round. BOG airport also likes to run takeoffs on 31 at night with a tailwind due to noise abatement. That hurts.
Another factor unique to BOG is the station management - they have their little kingdom and run their own kind of show when it comes to SA's. You are not "normally" allowed to go through security waiting for a seat to open. The station would rather have you all wait out by the ticket counter for seat assignments. This means if seats open in the last 30 or 40 mins, you are out of luck. I have seen exceptions to this rule, however. So it is not a hard and fast airport rule like they pretend it is.
Partly depends on the Captain standing up to BOG station's attitude. The Capt's that routinely go there do not put up with their s#$t. Of course, if dispatch adds 2800 pounds of extra, for no reason, that hurts too. This is NOT an airport where "more fuel is better". Again an experienced BOG captain can make a difference.
