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What is the deal with the 319? I was just payload optimized off a flight from PHL to SLC. Well actually, I was not payload optimized as I had a JS reservation, but my daughter who was non-reving got bumped after being boarded and sitting in the cabin. She had to do the walk of shame off the aircraft. So I was de-facto optimized.

I thought the whole reason we put the Bus in SLC was because it could hit both coasts from there. The Capt was great and tried to work it out with dispatch but could not do it.

PHL, clear day, 35F, no MELs and the 319 could not make it to SLC. Must have been very, very, strong HWs. Now I know why the Jetblue guys keep dropping into SLC on the way to the West Coast a few years ago.

Oh well - part of the excitement of non-reving these days. :D

Scoop

80ktsClamp

03-23-2013 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1378314)

What is the deal with the 319? I was just payload optimized off a flight from PHL to SLC. Well actually, I was not payload optimized as I has a JS reservation, but my daughter who was non-reving got bumped after being boarded and sitting in the cabin. She had to do the walk of shame off the aircraft. So I was de-facto optimized.

I thought the whole reason we put the Bus in SLC was because it could hit both coasts from there. The Capt was great and tried to work it out with dispatch but could not do it.

PHL, clear day, 35F, no MELs and the 319 could not make it to SLC. Must have been very, very, strong HWs. Now I know why the Jetblue guys keep dropping into SLC on the way to the West Coast a few years ago.

Oh well - part of the excitement of non-reving these days. :D

Scoop

I've never seen an A319 optimized... and I've only seen full tanks on a 320 (same wing, same fuel capacity), and we weren't optimized then despite having a full load.

The jetblue guys only fly 320s... they have shorter range than the 319.

80ktsClamp

03-23-2013 05:26 PM

Were you trying for the 1015am flight today? You could have logged into DL net and checked the payload and such... that could answer your question as to why.

Scoop

03-23-2013 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1378321)

Were you trying for the 1015am flight today? You could have logged into DL net and checked the payload and such... that could answer your question as to why.

Yep - that was the flight. I have no idea how to check that. Did I miss another memo? :D

Scoop

80ktsClamp

03-23-2013 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1378325)

Yep - that was the flight. I have no idea how to check that. Did I miss another memo? :D

Scoop

Nah, you can just go and pull up the release on icrew and take a look at the loading.

We had to defuel 12,000 lbs recently when they changed us to a plane that had been fueled to GDL.... we were going to CLT. That took a while...

Purple Drank

03-23-2013 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1378325)

Yep - that was the flight. I have no idea how to check that. Did I miss another memo? :D

Scoop

I think 80 meant that you can pull up the flight plan and look at the cargo, etc.

dalad

03-23-2013 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1378310)

What route do you fly? Do you pretend that you're flying the plane when you're sitting back here? Don't they need you up front? Do you ever get scared up there? So tell me about the electronics thing... do they make us turn them off just to annoy us? You ever see a UFO? Are you the pilot or the copilot? Whats your least favorite airport to fly in to? So what branch of the military were you.... you weren't??? Tell me about that landing, was that a good one or a bad one? I usually fly American, but you guys were cheaper for this flight.

.... I need to get off reserve... I've been deadheading way too much.

Ouch, I have a serious case of Deadhead butthurt after sitting in a coach seat for over 9 hours.

THEBRICK

03-23-2013 06:07 PM

Just saw this under the regional forum. I hope the crap is not going on at DALPA.

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/re...ml#post1370026

Purple Drank

03-23-2013 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by THEBRICK (Post 1378342)

Just saw this under the regional forum. I hope the crap is not going on at DALPA.

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/re...ml#post1370026

DALPA approves FPL for guys to post on these forums...I'm pretty sure that's just the tip of the iceberg.

By posting that, you probably earned a ton of FPL for the DALPA propaganda clowns to come here and defend their annual boondoggle at the Westin, their ALPA-funded preloaded debit cards, etc. etc.

I suspect that if someone started digging, he would find that DALPA's corruption, in terms of dues dollars involved, dwarfs the graft at Eagle.

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