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Originally Posted by BlueMoon
Then the pilots get upset because we are sitting on a plane ready to go at 400am and have to wait an hour or longer for whatever we are ferrying. Been there done that, we were almost always waiting on the part of what not to take with us.
Caution: A1 reserve stories to follow. Viewer Discretion is Advised.
A buddy told me "If you want to know how much money this company wastes, all you have to do is sit A1 window for one month".
I found out how true that is a couple years ago. My favorite was flying CVG-MCO to pick up a part the size of a shoebox. And no, they don't have that part in CVG. Then flying MCO-LEX because that's where the part was needed, and back to CVG so the CRJ could go to work at 6:30AM. And no, they couldn't have us fly the part to CVG then have someone drive the part to Lexington. Why bother, only to save a cycle on the aircraft and $600 in fuel?
Of course the good part was leaving CVG...
"Hi Indy Ctr, Comair 9123 is 11,000 climbing 13,000."
"Good morning Comair 9123, Indy Center. Climb maintain FL330, cleared direct Orlando."
My second favorite A1 story: The plan was for us to fly a good CRJ to JFK at 2AM then ferry the bad one back to CVG at 5AM. We get to JFK and ask them "where's the ship we're taking back?" to which they answer "It's not fixed yet. They're waiting on the part. Did you bring it?" Of course nobody in CVG had informed us we had to ferry a plane
AND A PART to JFK. So we deadhead back to CVG before we timed out and another crew had to DH with the part to ferry the plane after repairs were made. I bet they timed out too.