Originally Posted by gloopy

While that probably did correlate to an extent, 320 trips in NYC took a dive prior to the 88’s retirement. It was mostly the optimizer which allegedly doesn’t exist. One cycle they bragged about doubling the number of commutable trips from the previous month…to 3% up from 1.5.

The 88 leaving isn’t to blame and an extra leg or two really isn’t either, it’s the sits and especially the constant plane changes that make it sting so much. And every rotation launching between 5-7am and not getting back til 10pm or later. Once when asked why, they said “because New Yorkers like to leave early and get back late.” LOL, um, then why is the rest of the day still full of flying?