United's number 1
07-08-2010 | 03:17 PM
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United's number 1
at sitting on the "tarmac" for more than 3 hours. 4 of the 5 three-plus hour delayed flights in May were UAL mainline.
Story here: Govt says 5 May flights sat on tarmac over 3 hours - Yahoo! Finance
Story here: Govt says 5 May flights sat on tarmac over 3 hours - Yahoo! Finance
07-08-2010 | 03:49 PM
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The fifth was a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Dallas-Fort Worth on May 28. That flight sat for two hours in Atlanta when the tarmac was closed for lightning. Delta spokesman Anthony Black said air traffic control denied the pilot's request to turn back to the gate, and the plane sat on the tarmac for another hour before it ultimately took off.
Wow, what a racket the U.S. government could get into, "need to return to the gate? DENIED, DENIED, DENIED, oh look, you're past 3 hours, now pay me $27,500 x 142 passengers, thank you."
Wow, what a racket the U.S. government could get into, "need to return to the gate? DENIED, DENIED, DENIED, oh look, you're past 3 hours, now pay me $27,500 x 142 passengers, thank you."
07-08-2010 | 03:58 PM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
Pilot Pushing
For years the safety folks have fought the practice of "pilot pushing."
That is, until the U.S. Government thought they could cash in on the idea.
If the DOT was a Charter Operator, the FAA would shut them down.
That is, until the U.S. Government thought they could cash in on the idea.
If the DOT was a Charter Operator, the FAA would shut them down.
07-08-2010 | 04:20 PM
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What happened to SWA?
Here's a link to the whole list of on time arrivals in May:
Airlines on-time rates in May at a glance - Yahoo! Finance
SWA is in the middle of the pack.
Airlines on-time rates in May at a glance - Yahoo! Finance
SWA is in the middle of the pack.
07-08-2010 | 04:54 PM
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*** is a "tarmac" I have been in this industry since 1987 and the only time I have ever heard or seen this word is in the media. No one in the business uses it. Ramp, taxiway and runway. The only outside spaces and airplane on the ground can occupy. Well I guess you can add penalty box to that too. Rant over. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
07-08-2010 | 05:54 PM
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Here's a link to the whole list of on time arrivals in May:
Airlines on-time rates in May at a glance - Yahoo! Finance
SWA is in the middle of the pack.
Airlines on-time rates in May at a glance - Yahoo! Finance
SWA is in the middle of the pack.
07-08-2010 | 05:55 PM
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at sitting on the "tarmac" for more than 3 hours. 4 of the 5 three-plus hour delayed flights in May were UAL mainline.
Story here: Govt says 5 May flights sat on tarmac over 3 hours - Yahoo! Finance
Story here: Govt says 5 May flights sat on tarmac over 3 hours - Yahoo! Finance
Yet another airline bashing article. What was that joke about building a thousand bridges?
07-08-2010 | 05:57 PM
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From: 767er Captain
*** is a "tarmac" I have been in this industry since 1987 and the only time I have ever heard or seen this word is in the media. No one in the business uses it. Ramp, taxiway and runway. The only outside spaces and airplane on the ground can occupy. Well I guess you can add penalty box to that too. Rant over. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
Tarmac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
07-08-2010 | 06:04 PM
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