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02-04-2011 | 06:23 AM
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1) The DC-9's have spares? I've never seen any DC-9's sitting around as spares. Every time I've had a replacement aircraft to replace an aircraft with a mechanical, they've taken it from another flight. It has never come from an aircraft that was sitting around as a spare.
1) The DC-9's have spares? I've never seen any DC-9's sitting around as spares. Every time I've had a replacement aircraft to replace an aircraft with a mechanical, they've taken it from another flight. It has never come from an aircraft that was sitting around as a spare.
02-04-2011 | 06:37 AM
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That's pretty myopic. You've been around long enough to know that the system is incredibly large, and that the "spare" might not come into play until several flights downstream or even several days downstream. It's not like the military where the spare was sitting on your flightline.. it might be in a totally different city..
Also, don't forget that the DC-9 is a very small fleet that operates to a limited number of places. I think my observation with regards to spares is likely to be correct.
02-04-2011 | 06:40 AM
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Just like having 6 SCs/day and the myriad other things that have come to light since BK, I hope the clue bird finally comes home to roost with the negotiators and they realize that if there is potential for something to EVER be a bad deal for the pilots.. it probably will at some point....
02-04-2011 | 06:45 AM
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Okay, I guess I should have also added that I have been told by Maintenance Control on numerous occasions that the DC-9 fleet is operating without any spares. Do you think they would know what they're talking about?
Also, don't forget that the DC-9 is a very small fleet that operates to a limited number of places. I think my observations with regards to spares is likely to be correct.
Also, don't forget that the DC-9 is a very small fleet that operates to a limited number of places. I think my observations with regards to spares is likely to be correct.
02-04-2011 | 06:46 AM
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My verbiage was not precise. They have spares to rotate to the line when the jets go in the hangar, which happens quite frequently. They have the same number of operational spares as the rest of the fleet. They frequently run out of operational spares as there are more maintenance issues. Last I saw, the average hours per day was around 4 while the 88's would get 8-9. That is the point I was trying to make but did not say clearly.
I agree with you on the maintenance issues. I've only been on the airplane since last April, and haven't done all that much flying. But my limited experience has been that the airplanes break frequently.
02-04-2011 | 06:53 AM
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I think you mean 6 SCs/month. That was the limit when I was hired 23 years ago. It briefly went up to 8 and now it is back down to 6, so I think that people understood the ramifications of that deal. What changed was that we reduced reserve manning about 65% and therefore each reserve left had to do more short calls. It was a concession but not one that anyone was surprised by, but it was a concession.
02-04-2011 | 06:56 AM
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Okay, I guess I should have also added that I have been told by Maintenance Control on numerous occasions that the DC-9 fleet is operating without any spares. Do you think they would know what they're talking about?
Also, don't forget that the DC-9 is a very small fleet that operates to a limited number of places. I think my observation with regards to spares is likely to be correct.
Also, don't forget that the DC-9 is a very small fleet that operates to a limited number of places. I think my observation with regards to spares is likely to be correct.
I'll hang up and listen again..
02-04-2011 | 07:12 AM
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02-04-2011 | 07:30 AM
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My verbiage was not precise. They have spares to rotate to the line when the jets go in the hangar, which happens quite frequently. They have the same number of operational spares as the rest of the fleet. They frequently run out of operational spares as there are more maintenance issues. Last I saw, the average hours per day was around 4 while the 88's would get 8-9. That is the point I was trying to make but did not say clearly.
I don't know if this has been stated yet, but I just heard that the DC-9 fleet willbe gone in 12-18 months.
02-04-2011 | 07:31 AM
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The utilization has actually gone up as the DC-9-30/40 were parked.
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