Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Do you use ACARS? I consider reasonable reliability from a passenger standpoint above the mid nineties. A turn I am sure would be fine but 4 legs in the SE in the summer is going to see you pushing the block limits often.
Of course, who doesn’t use ACARS? Not sure what ACARS has anything to do duty limit days.
There were a few days over the course of the summer where a diversion happened so a reserve crew had to be called in for the second turn but the vast majority of the time it has worked.
I have yet to time out on any day due to block hours. It happened far more frequently flying in and out of NYC or MIA then it appears to affect TPA. I’ve only ever seen TPA backed up on the ground once since this summer and that actually happened last month.