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05-04-2026 | 11:55 AM
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Well like everything else, not everything is black or white…when you start both at the gate, you have lower workload while taxiing, both pilots heads up and out, lower thrust settings during taxi, no asymmetrical thrust…in fact, while taxing on contaminated surfaces two engine taxi is a requirement…so…and you can always shut one or two down if you encounter a delay.
05-04-2026 | 12:37 PM
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Well like everything else, not everything is black or white…when you start both at the gate, you have lower workload while taxiing, both pilots heads up and out, lower thrust settings during taxi, no asymmetrical thrust…in fact, while taxing on contaminated surfaces two engine taxi is a requirement…so…and you can always shut one or two down if you encounter a delay.
The airplane starts screaming at you when you advance the thrust levers for takeoff and you only have 1 engine and the apu running.
ask me how I know……
05-04-2026 | 12:43 PM
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Normal taxi times are about 12 minutes for both takeoff and landing. Let's use 15 mins for an example. Each engine burns approx 600 lbs / hr at idle and requires a 3 minute cool down (or 3-5 minute warm up). So, that's 12 minutes of SE taxi (saving 240 lbs of fuel) or about half of what you're claiming.
Thank you. I start the APU 2 minutes after landing, single engine 3 after landing. As soon as the parking brake is on both engines are off. To me it’s a safety issue, period. And I am willing to bet I use less fuel than sitting at the gate for 5 min waiting to get plugged in.
05-04-2026 | 12:46 PM
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05-04-2026 | 05:21 PM
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Ground problems
Whatever happens on ground staff delays is not our problem (directly). If there's a problem it should be properly addressed and reported. As a pilot I am responsible for what I can do on my flight (more precisely Frontier,s flight) to make a few more savings trying to make the business more attractive to investors and save the business .
. Whatever they are doing with the administration of the company is way above my pay scale.
. Whatever they are doing with the administration of the company is way above my pay scale.
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