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Old 01-28-2021 | 05:32 PM
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So thinking about cost savings and general waste of resources, how soon are we getting rid of the paper release/flight plan? Getting tired of answering questions about why we still use dot matrix printers at the gate.
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Old 01-28-2021 | 05:58 PM
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So thinking about cost savings and general waste of resources, how soon are we getting rid of the paper release/flight plan? Getting tired of answering questions about why we still use dot matrix printers at the gate.
FAA —> Focus Group —> Tiger Team —> Checkairmen in a sim —> FAA —> Focus Group —> Tiger Team —> Surface to keep Microsoft happy because SEA (wait big mistake. Let’s double down for a few years and go with the Surface 2 — wait, sunk cost fallacy. Let’s do what every other airline in the world does and go with the iPad but first) —> Focus Group —> Tiger Team —> Checkairmen in the sim —> But what if —> Tiger Team —> But we still have a warehouse full of North receipt printer paper that no one wants —> COVID —> cost savings.

Unless the Okidata printers start breaking or we run out of paper, I give it another 5 years.
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Old 01-28-2021 | 08:28 PM
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FAA —> Focus Group —> Tiger Team —> Checkairmen in a sim —> FAA —> Focus Group —> Tiger Team —> Surface to keep Microsoft happy because SEA (wait big mistake. Let’s double down for a few years and go with the Surface 2 — wait, sunk cost fallacy. Let’s do what every other airline in the world does and go with the iPad but first) —> Focus Group —> Tiger Team —> Checkairmen in the sim —> But what if —> Tiger Team —> But we still have a warehouse full of North receipt printer paper that no one wants —> COVID —> cost savings.

Unless the Okidata printers start breaking or we run out of paper, I give it another 5 years.
Ha! Solid work there Goggles. I mean, just looking at iCrew I don't really have my hopes up, though MiCrew does give me a smidgen of hope.
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Old 01-28-2021 | 08:40 PM
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Delta is your wealthy uncle who drives a 17 year old
Cadillac. He’s not selling it because it still runs. He can afford a new one, but part of the reason he is wealthy is because he is still driving that damn car. I plan on stuffing the paper flight plan and weather update into a grey bag on my retirement flight a couple decades from now. I’m just surprised it won’t be on the mad dog.
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Old 01-29-2021 | 03:35 AM
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Delta is your wealthy uncle who drives a 17 year old
Cadillac. He’s not selling it because it still runs. He can afford a new one, but part of the reason he is wealthy is because he is still driving that damn car. I plan on stuffing the paper flight plan and weather update into a grey bag on my retirement flight a couple decades from now. I’m just surprised it won’t be on the mad dog.
Haha I couldn’t have said it better myself!
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Old 01-29-2021 | 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by 180ToAJ
Delta is your wealthy uncle who drives a 17 year old
Cadillac. He’s not selling it because it still runs. He can afford a new one, but part of the reason he is wealthy is because he is still driving that damn car. I plan on stuffing the paper flight plan and weather update into a grey bag on my retirement flight a couple decades from now. I’m just surprised it won’t be on the mad dog.
you and velos nailed it! Hahaha.... that being said, June is the plane for bye bye flight plans that we throw away anyways.
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