Originally Posted by
80Z28Dude
What is the most recent date that you witnessed “panels awash in deferral stickers”? Do you keep track of other airlines and comment on their performance? Why don’t you take a snapshot of FedEx’s fleet when 80% or more of it is on the ground because of the time of day, and post it with a negative inference in mind? .
Few other operators have the deplorable level of maintenance seen at WGA.
When 80% of FedEx's fleet is on the ground, its because the fleet is airworthy and awaitng their next flight in a few hours. When the typical 70% (or higher) AOG rate for WGA applies, it's because the airplanes aren't airworthy. You know this.
You can deny this, but you'll be lying, and you know it.
Previously, the status of each airplane was shown to demonstrate the lie; those airplanes weren't simply resting between flights, and you know it. Your inference of FedEx's fleet, which is well maintained, is a straw-man fallacy: another lie.
Where are your airplanes, then?
N411SN, enroute to Incheonl from Chicago on August 27, diverted into Anchorage and sat there until October 15, when it was ferried to Shreveport. It hasn't moved since. Must be one of those fed-ex quality ships that's just waiting for the right moment, a few hours of down time before it flies the return leg, right?
N412SN is sitting in Huntsville, presumably airworthy, relatively speaking.
N415JN has been sitting in Incheon for three days. WGA airplanes don't sit in Incheon unless they're broken.
N435KD is the dearly departed, most likely to never be seen again. Still counting it as one of the fleet, though.
N512JN is airborne, enroute to LAX.
N513SN is sitting at LCK, though it had an air turnback at Anchorage four days ago.
N542KD is at TPE; heavy check
N543JN has been sitting at LAX for three days
N545JN is at TPE; heavy check.
N546JN had two diversions toward the end of December, and has been sitting in Shreveport since December 31.
N581JN has been sitting in Shreveport since March 27.
N630SN is a ghost, but still part of that "fleet".
N783SN is on the ground in Chicago, having arrived today. Going like gangbusters, it is.
N784SN arrived in Shreveport from Frankfurt on April 20th; destined to be the latest jewel in the fleet, if it does't get raped for parts in the meantime, like so many others.
N799JN has been sitting in Incheon for three days. See N415JN.
N804SN has been sitting at Ft. Myers since May 13.
N258SN is enroute to Hong Kong. It was recently out of service in Shreveport.
N344KD just arrived in Anchorage.
N356KD has been sitting in Anchorage since June 2nd.
N452SN is enroute to Chicago at the moment.
That's 20 airplanes on the roll, with 13 unavailable. WGA is having a banner day presently, with only 65% of the fleet grounded. So yeah..just like FedEx, right? Of the MD11 fleet, that's only four operational airplanes. WGA claims a fleet of 14 MD11's, which makes that a 28% operational fleet...or 72% out of service.
This isn't a special project of mine; you brought it up (again), so a quick visit to flightaware and flightradar24 is something anyone can do, quickly enough.
You were making a comparison between WGA's fleet, and Federal Express. Please, don't let me stop you. Go on.
Explain your wages offered in comparison, too. Remember, YOU introduced it. Please, go on.
If there's nothing intelligent to add, please keep throwing out non-sequitur references to irrelevant threads, or keep trying to muddy the water by introducing Seinfeld and the TV guide; it's what one does when one has nothing to offer, and it speaks volumes about you. Deny, dismiss, diminish. Which one will you try next? You were saying?