Originally Posted by
FODhopper
AWAC has the best performance of all the AAG regionals on the east coast... including fuel savings...it seems to be the only airline that knows how to operate in this area and still raise the average performance curve for all the regionals. PSA can brag about taking flying...but AAG is probably doing that with a gun to their head because AWACs planes are timing out and flying is being reduced... remember AAG was begging AWAC these past two years to cover for PSA who still can't get it done...that's partly why the planes are timing out...they had to pick up the slack.
If AAG is willing to pay for an aging aircraft inspection for some if these birds... they can continue on...right now at least four are already hacked up for parts....three more are being put in long term storage...but not the desert...
Actually, PSA's completion factor and D:0 is really, really good. PSA's completion factor for the past 12 months is above 99.4% and until the summer thunderstorm season hit, the D:0 was also above 88%. I have a really hard time believing that AWAC's completion factor is higher than that.
The way that D:0 is calculated, if the flight is delayed due to weather, then it does not count against the D:0. But, if that delay causes a delay in the next flight (either because you were so delayed that you can't make the time up on the turn, or another airplane is delayed because they were waiting for your gate, or there was a DH crew on your airplane that can't get to their airplane, or several other reasons), then all of those other delays ARE counted against us for D:0. So, during the summer, any D:0 above 80% is pretty good considering there are thunderstorms in CLT just about every day.
And, if AWAC's fuel numbers are better than PSA's, then I really feel bad for the guys at AWAC. After seeing all of the nonsense that we put up with at PSA to keep our fuel numbers as low as possible, I would hate to think what you have to do to get them even lower.