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Old 26th September 2007 | 12:00
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The Real Slim Shady
 
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00Seven's Bold Statement

these pilots will simply do whatever FR wants of them. Carry defects, go with min fuel, cut corners to make schedule, and even misrepresent the actual departure times to make them look good because they are too scared to face the music.
Let's see - Carry Defects - the oldest jet is just coming up to maybe 5 yrs of age and will be gone shortly, replaced by another brand new shiny 800. Biggest defect I've seen was an airstair that didn't work on the normal system and we carried that for maybe 2 days until the new part arrived. But then we have a book - airlines call it an MEL - which allows us, and all the other airlines, to carry certain defects for certain periods of time.

Go with min fuel - since when has that been a crime? If the PLOG requires us to 9136kgs and the weather is good, no notams to affect timely arrival etc what's your problem? The arrival fuel is usually at least a tonne more than minimum anyway as they PLOG burns are very pessimistic.

Misrepresent the actual departure time - what do you file as departure time? The time the doors closed ? The time you pushed back ? The time the aircraft first moves under it's own power ? Is it the time the aircraft and crew are ready - what happens if you have 3 or 4 fail to join pax and have to offload bags? Different airlines have different policies but at FR we don't push, start and taxi to remote holding burning unnecessary fuel and being so non environmentally friendly as other LoCo carriers do simply to massage their times.

Go back to your Flt Sim world where everything is rosy.
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