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01-30-2017 | 10:35 AM

#11

cal73

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Originally Posted by Grumble

Could start immediately by sh1t canning all the RJs and putting mainline jets at the gates. 320/guppy is an immediate 3x increase over an RJ per slot/gate.

Waited the other day for over an hour and it was all because of the RJ clown show in the lane. Ramp controller sounded like he was about to open the window and start shooting at them.

LA tower was getting punchy too. Some guy would land and say he was parking at gate 70a and tower would come back and say it was occupied, and that he was the second airplane he's been told is waiting for that same gate.

Meanwhile, gotta get those RJs in n out on their "quick" turns.

01-30-2017 | 01:18 PM

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Being clogged by RJs is one thing.....having a 737 work a mx issue for 30 minutes in the alley before taxing out and taking off is another!! There is a big area down by our hangar that is great for working a mx issue. Especially when planes are waiting for gates. I'm just say'n.
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01-30-2017 | 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Grumble

Could start immediately by sh1t canning all the RJs and putting mainline jets at the gates. 320/guppy is an immediate 3x increase over an RJ per slot/gate.

Not a bad idea, so what two markets get the axe?
Face it, you got bigger problems then the clown show at T8.

01-30-2017 | 06:48 PM

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Andy

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Originally Posted by trip

Not a bad idea, so what two markets get the axe?
Face it, you got bigger problems then the clown show at T8.

Erm, he's saying replace RJs 1:1 for 320s/guppies. No markets lost in that conversion. Perhaps a reduction in frequency for some markets but then more markets served ...

United's got 2 RJs/day LAX-LAS; both of those could be replaced with 320s/guppies.

United's got 4 RJs/day LAX-SBA; replace them with 2 320s/guppies. If there's enough demand, make it 3 NBs/day. That would allow more markets to be served.

01-31-2017 | 06:47 AM

#15

Bluewaffle

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I pretty sure at least two gates only have room for RJs, hence the reason why they still exist here

01-31-2017 | 09:10 AM

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Dave Fitzgerald

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All the 80's gates were 737 Shuttle gates in the 90's. They may have to clear out all the extra garbage sitting around for the RJ's, but they do fit. I think the A320 is a tighter fit.

01-31-2017 | 12:38 PM

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cal73

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All the 80's gates were 737 Shuttle gates in the 90's. They may have to clear out all the extra garbage sitting around for the RJ's, but they do fit. I think the A320 is a tighter fit.

Maybe part of the reason is the NG's wingspan is 118'

The classic's wingspan is 95'. That's a lot of '.

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01-31-2017 | 09:52 PM

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Dave Fitzgerald

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Maybe part of the reason is the NG's wingspan is 118'

The classic's wingspan is 95'. That's a lot of '.

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Dang sharklets!! Getting in the way all the time.

02-01-2017 | 07:48 AM

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Delta is moving out of Terminal 6 in May of this year. Let's see if Oscar subleases Continental Gates 60-69 to someone else or starts using them for United. And yes, 4 of those gates are unrestricted WB gates.