Originally Posted by
Scoop
I don't understand how running PCS three times a day vice continuously prevents guys from dropping or picking up trips. If someone has a trip next week that they want to drop what difference does it make if is dropped real time or at the next PCS run in a few hours? If the coverage is good it will drop in either system.
I am also having a hard time understanding how three PCS runs a day, inhibit "daily" open time changes. Guess I picked the wrong week to quit "Ginko."
Continuous PCS runs may increase the churn a little, but three daily runs is not that bad.
The open time at DAL may indeed be stagnant, but that is not because PCS only runs three times a day. It is because PCS minimizes open time and there is generally not much to choose from.
Scoop
I understand, I'm just saying that the system that CAL developed was old and it was still more user friendly. It made trip trading and line modification a piece of cake. With that said, I agree that the lack of open time makes the need for live trading less important but these airlines need to start investing in better IT systems. Just because it works doesnt mean its good
On a positive note, Who'd have thought those old Ms-dos control commands would've come in handy one day