Originally Posted by
Planepirate
Actually none of this would be an issue if our ground crew plugged the power in and turned on WORKING cool air when we park. That right there would save the company $20 million a year. But they'd rather cut costs than invest wisely.
On a recent trip I actually had a ground guy who hopped on board as we were getting ready to leave the cockpit, and he wanted to let us know that "his people" were really hustling to hook up ground air immediately, and since we had turned the bleed air on right away (100+ temps that day), he wanted to let us know and maybe look out the window to see if his guys were hustling the big yellow tube over before we pooked in the button.
He wasn't giving us grief, just taking pride in what his guys were doing.