Originally Posted by
trip
Big mainline airline management is imposing fines on regional partners if the APU is run on the ground for more then 30 minutes. Teams are on the ground standing around to monitor this.
The offending Captain then gets to explain to his CP why he did this.
Never mind the fact no pre-conditioned air will ever be routinely hooked up to an RJ when it pulls into the gate.
Enjoy your sweat box.
Which mainline would this be? I have never heard anyone being called by the CP to explain his/her APU use. And unless the airplane is sitting at the gate for a few hours, I leave the APU running. I have also delayed passenger boarding if the airplane is to hot. I don't care how ****ed off the gate agents get. No one needs to sit in a 200 that is so hot that it causes possible physical issues.