Originally Posted by
theHub
I think that FIL just meant that the times wouldn't be sent until the plane moved 50 feet, but the time does start once the door closes. Dispatch has to monitor that 3 hr rule. Problem is only way for us to see what time is actually sent is to check the times at a computer sometime during the day. TAMDAR will be the official time, but they have to edit whatever time we call to correct when checking out.
I don't think so. SF and AW came in and talked to us in CQ and said that the door closure time is what is calculated for 3 hour rule and that you must move the airplane 50 feet in order for the clock to start on pay. Even though the jets only need to move 10 feet, AW said that the GPS was so sensitive that if the wind pushed the airplane, it could start sending times.
So they made it 50 feet just in case. How much wind would it take to move a 30,000 pound airplane 10 feet?
