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A rolling hub is great when the weather is great (ATL). But when thunderstorms roll throughand departure/arrival gates get shut down the system gets overwhelmed and there is no longer any accumulator to absorb the shock. If the airport shuts down it’s even worse, it’s impossible to catch up.
Look at what happens to Delta in ATL when thunderstorms roll through or it snows. It takes Delta days to recover. I predict this will fail and will last for a single summer. |
Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
(Post 3986560)
A rolling hub is great when the weather is great (ATL). But when thunderstorms roll throughand departure/arrival gates get shut down the system gets overwhelmed and there is no longer any accumulator to absorb the shock. If the airport shuts down it’s even worse, it’s impossible to catch up.
Look at what happens to Delta in ATL when thunderstorms roll through or it snows. It takes Delta days to recover. I predict this will fail and will last for a single summer. |
Originally Posted by RippinClapBombs
(Post 3986564)
Delta makes a fortune out of ATL—what’s your point again?
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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
(Post 3986566)
My point is DFWs weather is terrible and ATL is not.
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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
(Post 3986560)
A rolling hub is great when the weather is great (ATL). But when thunderstorms roll throughand departure/arrival gates get shut down the system gets overwhelmed and there is no longer any accumulator to absorb the shock. If the airport shuts down it’s even worse, it’s impossible to catch up.
Look at what happens to Delta in ATL when thunderstorms roll through or it snows. It takes Delta days to recover. I predict this will fail and will last for a single summer. In the past it has always been about connections; maybe they were able to rig up a solution just based on the shear number of flights. By that I mean maybe DFW is just so big now, that a rolling hub can preserve most of the connections that used to only exist with say 600 departures whereas now we do like 900. |
Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
(Post 3986566)
My point is DFWs weather is terrible and ATL is not.
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Originally Posted by RippinClapBombs
(Post 3986578)
LMAO what?
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Originally Posted by RippinClapBombs
(Post 3986578)
LMAO what?
not my data just a fact. you guys ***** on here all the time about how terrible DFW weather is and how bad AA is at handling it. I would say the same thing if United said they were turning DEN into a rolling hub. It would be a god awful idea. Some hubs need the accumulator to barely function |
Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
(Post 3986581)
according to the NWS ATL has 45 days with thunderstorms a year mostly in the spring. DFW has 77 mostly in the summer (July) durring the peak schedule.
not my data just a fact. you guys ***** on here all the time about how terrible DFW weather is and how bad AA is at handling it. I would say the same thing if United said they were turning DEN into a rolling hub. It would be a god awful idea. Some hubs need the accumulator to barely function |
Originally Posted by Name User
(Post 3986580)
ATL seems to get a lot less TS that just sit, some squall lines that pass through quickly and that's it. Also a ton less winter weather. It's a much better hub, not just in weather but geographical location, and layout as well.
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