FDX Fuel Savings program is a JOKE
03-02-2008, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by FLMD11CAPT
Hey "Slick"..........I think you read me wrong. First, it's no "whine" not "no win". Second, I agree accept that there really is no second guessing at all. The decisions are the crews (Capt), and the crews alone. If an LCA wants to give me grief for a sound operational decision based on experience and safety considerations.....so what?
03-02-2008, 06:53 PM
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This also leads to another question, if fuel savings is sooo important now, then why do we fly an empty antique, fuel-guzzling, B-727 EMPTY every day between BOS & ORD, burning about 27,000 lbs. of dead dinosaurs?
I understand that maybe there is always more stuff going to BOS and from ORD every day, but the cross-country reposition? That's the best an elite logistics company can come up with?
I understand that maybe there is always more stuff going to BOS and from ORD every day, but the cross-country reposition? That's the best an elite logistics company can come up with?
03-03-2008, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Purple Nugget
This also leads to another question, if fuel savings is sooo important now, then why do we fly an empty antique, fuel-guzzling, B-727 EMPTY every day between BOS & ORD, burning about 27,000 lbs. of dead dinosaurs?
I understand that maybe there is always more stuff going to BOS and from ORD every day, but the cross-country reposition? That's the best an elite logistics company can come up with?
I understand that maybe there is always more stuff going to BOS and from ORD every day, but the cross-country reposition? That's the best an elite logistics company can come up with?
03-03-2008, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Purple Nugget
This also leads to another question, if fuel savings is sooo important now, then why do we fly an empty antique, fuel-guzzling, B-727 EMPTY every day between BOS & ORD, burning about 27,000 lbs. of dead dinosaurs?
I understand that maybe there is always more stuff going to BOS and from ORD every day, but the cross-country reposition? That's the best an elite logistics company can come up with?
I understand that maybe there is always more stuff going to BOS and from ORD every day, but the cross-country reposition? That's the best an elite logistics company can come up with?
Originally Posted by MaxKts
We have been doing the same with a Maddog between NRT and NGO for a long time. This plane goes empty both ways just to keep a slot open!
03-03-2008, 08:13 AM
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ANC - HKG.... went back for sched rest period up 1800 # of gas...
came back up three hours later down 4000#...ret-ro.... F/O's weren't making gas like they were susposed to! Fortunately there are places to drop into for gas, KIX/NRT... but we need to keep paying attention, doing that Capt &^$%.
ya never know what's gonna be.. but Gilder Radner was right..."it's alway's something"
came back up three hours later down 4000#...ret-ro.... F/O's weren't making gas like they were susposed to! Fortunately there are places to drop into for gas, KIX/NRT... but we need to keep paying attention, doing that Capt &^$%.
ya never know what's gonna be.. but Gilder Radner was right..."it's alway's something"
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