Originally Posted by FougaMagister
SATCO -totally agree with you; but there are too many people around just willing to "make do" with clearly insufficient resources (some of them just because they can't get themselves to say "sorry, no can do"). While there are many good aspects to the job, it can also get very frustrating, i.e. when asked to do a job and not be provided with the means to do it (or do it properly).
FougaMagister I'm glad you're in concurrence. One really can stop the world if one needs to; there's an overlying issue here and that's SAFETY (I know you're with me on this one; your reply intimates it). There are too few "sorry, no can do" chaps out there. My example was a real 'stepping out of line and get an ass kicking' thing. But as a junior Ops Super my dispatchers thanked me after for standing up to the DM that, clearly, was in contravention of airline, airport, H&S and IATA rules, to name a few.
Turnrounds at 20 and 25 and 30 minutes ARE achievable, but as you correctly comment, you got to have the tools for the job to do it. Robbing Pete (i.e. the ramp) to hep Paul (pax/boarding) is a trade off - something's always got to give.
The point I'm making to all the threaders here is: IF IT DON'T APPEAR RIGHT, IT AINT RIGHT, and to MAKE it right, you gotta 'pull rank'.