Comments on: Flight Cancellation Conundrum http://www.stantonchampion.com/2008/04/27/flight-cancellation-conundrum/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:17:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Stanton http://www.stantonchampion.com/2008/04/27/flight-cancellation-conundrum/#comment-2775 Stanton Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:49:45 +0000 http://stantonchampion.com/?p=201#comment-2775 Ben: I sort of agree with you, except I'll take it a step further. My guess is that between the pilot, ground crew, and gate agents, someone had to have thought of the idea. But then someone else cited Rule XYZ or called ground ops and was told "we can't do that because of Computer Op Code 345" and the issue was dropped. Christi: The flight was end-of-day regardless. It was supposed to go out around 9:30 PM, and I do not believe the plane was scheduled to go anywhere after that. So the crew would have rested anyway. It's possible, however, that crew rest time set the upper limit on how long the mechanics could work, but that doesn't answer why they couldn't have just flown another plane. Ben: I sort of agree with you, except I’ll take it a step further. My guess is that between the pilot, ground crew, and gate agents, someone had to have thought of the idea. But then someone else cited Rule XYZ or called ground ops and was told “we can’t do that because of Computer Op Code 345″ and the issue was dropped.

Christi: The flight was end-of-day regardless. It was supposed to go out around 9:30 PM, and I do not believe the plane was scheduled to go anywhere after that. So the crew would have rested anyway. It’s possible, however, that crew rest time set the upper limit on how long the mechanics could work, but that doesn’t answer why they couldn’t have just flown another plane.

]]> By: Christi http://www.stantonchampion.com/2008/04/27/flight-cancellation-conundrum/#comment-2756 Christi Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:34:20 +0000 http://stantonchampion.com/?p=201#comment-2756 My guess is that the flight crew had overextended their flying hours, or if they did fly in a backup plane, they wouldn't have the legally needed rest to fly the next day. They would rather screw over one airplane full of people at the end of the day than start a day already behind. My guess is that the flight crew had overextended their flying hours, or if they did fly in a backup plane, they wouldn’t have the legally needed rest to fly the next day. They would rather screw over one airplane full of people at the end of the day than start a day already behind.

]]> By: Ben http://www.stantonchampion.com/2008/04/27/flight-cancellation-conundrum/#comment-2750 Ben Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:32:57 +0000 http://stantonchampion.com/?p=201#comment-2750 Having had a similar experience with Delta in Atlanta, I wouldn't rule out plain old incompetence. With airline companies it often seems the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing... Having had a similar experience with Delta in Atlanta, I wouldn’t rule out plain old incompetence. With airline companies it often seems the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing…

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