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10-31-2021, 09:22 AM

beetlehog

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what is up with all the cnx. flights????

10-31-2021, 09:58 AM

atooraya

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Heard they’re all calling out sick after the southwest pilot PA debacle in solidarity.

10-31-2021, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux

Weather.

Definitely weather.

Reminds me of the Simpsons when Homer walks into a pilot bar after he was banned from Moes, and none of the pilots want to fly to "the Windy City", because "conditions are a little windy".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLGzojday4o

Not to be confused with volunteering to join the Mile High Club, er ah, go to the Mile High City.

10-31-2021, 11:12 AM

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Nah. Weather and staffing. Reserve pilots are timed out for the month and we inexplicably still have well over 1000 FAs out on furlough. Most of the staffing cancelations are FAs

10-31-2021, 11:16 AM

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Weather that didn’t impact Envoy at all…rare meteorological phenomenon

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10-31-2021, 11:47 AM

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Weather that didn’t impact Envoy at all…rare meteorological phenomenon

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It's like Biden's tax plan. Only affects those making over $250k per year.

10-31-2021, 12:26 PM

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I rather make the big bucks now when I am young, then when I have one foot on the grave as pilots don't have a long life longevity. Just my two cents.

10-31-2021, 12:35 PM

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Nah. Weather and staffing. Reserve pilots are timed out for the month and we inexplicably still have well over 1000 FAs out on furlough. Most of the staffing cancelations are FAs

weather? There has been almost no weather anywhere for the past few days.

10-31-2021, 12:42 PM

FlyGuy2021

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weather? There has been almost no weather anywhere for the past few days.

The wind in DFW caused hundreds of long delays and cancellations on Friday. If you don't have extra staffing laying around and everyone is working full schedules already, it is hard to recover.

Imagine being scheduled within just a few percent of your max duty, and then there are delays. Everything fall apart.

10-31-2021, 12:45 PM

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"High Winds", per the COO.

METAR/TAF's easily available online for the past 120 hours. Looked like peak winds on one day in the 20-30 range, with a couple hours of gusts into the 40s.

I could see where if your roster is thin enough, this could snowball into problems with too many diversions. The temptation to run an ultra-lean pilot/fa staffing formula is universal across major airlines. Looks good..until it doesn't.

The absolute "worst of the worst" on the 28th:

KDFW 282253Z 32030G42KT 10SM FEW090 22/M03 A2982 RMK AO2 PK WND 34043/2239 SLP091 T02171028
KDFW 282153Z 32026G43KT 10SM FEW090 22/M03 A2981 RMK AO2 PK WND 31052/2142 SLP089 T02221028
KDFW 282053Z 31033G43KT 10SM SCT090 22/M01 A2979 RMK AO2 PK WND 32048/2033 SLP083 T02221011 55008
KDFW 281953Z 31029G44KT 10SM SCT090 22/M02 A2979 RMK AO2 PK WND 31049/1910 SLP083 T02221017
KDFW 281853Z 33025G44KT 10SM SCT085 22/01 A2980 RMK AO2 PK WND 32044/1819 SLP085 T02170006
KDFW 281753Z 32028G40KT 10SM SCT070 21/01 A2982 RMK AO2 PK WND 32043/1714 SLP092 T02110006 10211 20156