Originally Posted by
cactiboss
Separate fleets but maintained by same mechanics, and same aircraft models. The problem wit your theory is that the company has data thatshows west crewed flights out of east hubs meet statistical norms while east operated flights don't .
The narrowbody Airbus fleets between East and West would be a good comparision group if you'd just throw out the other fleet types. Otherwise, I'd guess that the, mostly older B737-400's that you don't have out West sure don't help the mx writeup numbers. Also, the B767 and A330, can do nothing useful in this comparison.
I don't consider statistical norms in my decision making and I doubt that many of us do. I fly to comply with SOP and the FAR's. If that causes some grief somehow,
(disclaimer: LostInPA is not, and never has been, a US East pilot)